Barry Dennen

Barry Dennen Movies and TV Shows

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barry Dennen (born February 22, 1938) is an American actor, singer, and writer. Dennen was born in Chicago, Illinois. In New York City from 1960 to 1963, he had a relationship with Barbra Streisand, including living together for a year, during which time he helped her develop the nightclub act that began her successful career as a singer and actress. He moved to London for fifteen years and in 1968 landed the starring role of the master of ceremonies in the London version of Cabaret. In 1970, he played Pontius Pilate on the album of Jesus Christ Superstar, and he played the same role in the Broadway production (1971). In the same year, he played Mendel in Norman Jewison's film of Fiddler on the Roof. According to Dennen's website, he suggested to Jewison that he direct a film of Superstar. Jewison did so, and Dennen played Pilate again (1973). He was the voice actor who portrayed the Chamberlain SkekSil in The Dark Crystal. He has also done voice work on such cartoons as DuckTales, Batman: The Animated Series, The Pirates of Dark Water, Animaniacs, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Since that time Dennen has had a variety of small parts on American television shows and films, including: Batman; Superman III; The Kentucky Fried Movie; The Shining; Galtar and the Golden Lance; Tales from the Darkside and Titanic. He played auto dealer Irwin Lapsey in Shock Treatment, the sequel toThe Rocky Horror Picture Show. He has also done voices for many video games, including Fatman in Metal Gear Solid 2, Police Chief Bogen in Grim Fandango, Mimir in the recent video game Too Human, Dean Domino in Fallout: New Vegas expansion "Dead Money", and the Dark One in The Mark of Kri. He wrote the screenplay for an episode of Amazing Stories titled "The Secret Cinema" (1985) and cowrote an episode of The Comic Strip Presents... titled "Demonella" (1993). His autobiographical book, My Life With Barbra: A Love Story (1997), deals with their relationship and with his gradual realization that he was a homosexual. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Barry Dennen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 22/02/1938 (86 years old)
  • Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the UK
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 71%
role:
Defense Advisor (voice)
2015

Action

Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7
71%
Heavenly Sword
IMDB 5.3
TMDB 65%
role:
Flying Fox / Prophet Takashi (voice)
2014

Action

Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.3
65%
2010

Crime

Drama

8.6
80%
Titanic
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 79%
role:
Praying Man
1997

Drama

Romance

7.9
79%
Superman III
IMDB 5.0
TMDB 55%
role:
Dr. McClean
1983

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.0
55%
Trading Places
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 72%
role:
Demitri
1983

Comedy

7.5
72%
The Dark Crystal
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 72%
role:
Chamberlain / Podling (voice)
1982

Adventure

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.1
72%
Ragtime
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 71%
role:
Stage Manager
1981

Drama

7.3
71%
Shock Treatment
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 58%
role:
Irwin Lapsey
1981

Comedy

Music

5.7
58%
The Shining
IMDB 8.4
TMDB 82%
role:
Watson
1980

Horror

Thriller

8.4
82%
Madhouse
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 63%
role:
Gerry Blount
1974

Crime

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

6.2
63%
Jesus Christ Superstar
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 71%
role:
Pontius Pilate
1973

Drama

History

Music

7.4
71%
1971

Drama

Romance

8.0
78%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the UK starring or involving Barry Dennen are, for example, Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, Heavenly Sword and Titanic.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Amazon and iTunes.
The best StreamFat ratings are The Shining (8.4), Titanic (7.9) and Fiddler on the Roof (7.9).