Barry Primus

Barry Primus is an American television and film actor, director, and writer.

Career

While Primus is primarily an actor, he has also worked as a writer and director in films in which he has acted. For the first decade of his career, he was employed as a stage actor. He gained some experience on TV in shows like The Defenders, East Side/West Side and The Virginian.
He then made his initial film appearance in the Manhattan-filmed The Brotherhood. His other films include Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me ''Boxcar Bertha, Autopsy, Heartland, The Rose, Night Games, Absence of Malice, and Guilty by Suspicion. He had a recurring role on the TV series Cagney and Lacey as Christine Cagney 's boyfriend, Sergeant Dory McKenna, whose drug problem compromises his performance as a fellow police officer.
After working as second unit director on Mark Rydell's The Rose, Primus increased his behind-the-camera activities; in 1992, he directed his first theatrical feature, the "inside" Hollywood comedy/drama Mistress.
A member of the Actors Studio, Primus has taught acting and directing classes at the American Film Institute, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, the UCLA campus, and at The Maine Media Workshops in Maine. He has taught acting at Loyola Marymount University and at Columbia University.
Primus's recent film work includes Jackson, a film directed by J.F. Lawton; he had a cameo in Righteous Kill with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, American Hustle, Grudge Match, and The Irishman''.

Personal life

Primus has been married to choreographer Julie Arenal for over 50 years.

Filmography

Film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	The Streets of San Francisco	Inspector Dave Lambert	1 Episode
1981	Les Uns et les Autres		TV miniseries
1986	The Equalizer	Walter Wesley	Episode: "Out of the Past"
1986	Murder, She Wrote	Det. Sgt. Len Berger	Episode: "Menace, Anyone?"
1993	Law & Order	Gary Silver	Episode: "Extended Family"
1993	The X-Files	Robert Dorlund	1 episode
1998	The Practice	Porn Film Director Goodwin	1 episode
1999	Black and White	Priest	TV movie
2001	James Dean	Nicholas Ray	TV movie
2007	Boston Legal	Professor Jeffrey Benoit	Episode: "The Object of My Affection"
2011	The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks	George Epstein	3 Episodes