Barry Duffield

Barry Duffield (born 28 February 1962) is an Australian actor, producer, scriptwriter and director from Billingham, England. He is mostly known for his portrayal of Lugo in the Starz television series Spartacus.

Early life Born 28 February 1962 in Billingham, England, Barry Duffield moved to Australia with his family in 1968 where they finally settled in Nhulunbuy in the north of the country.

He studied at the Woodridge North State School until 1972, and then at the Nhulunbuy Area School until 1979. From 1997 to 1998, he chose the South Seas Film and Television School of New Zealand to improve his skills in writing and direction. At the end of it he got his first and only diploma.

He married Susan Flemming, whom he met in 1996, on 26 September 1999. They live together in Auckland.

His first steps in movie making was when he took his father's 8mm camera to shoot a short film in stop motion with dance and singing which he called Salt'N'Pepper shaker show.

Later on, Barry was caught in the act of stealing movie posters from a cinema. The cinema projectionist, David, gave him a choice between calling his parents, the police, or working for the posters he was stealing. He chose to work in the cinema where he had the chance to learn the profession of projectionist.

He also worked for the Australian [Royal Air Force] from May 1980 to May 1993 in the Police Dog Section {Rank of Corporal on discharge}. in Darwin, Australia and continued it in Brisbane where he played in Australia's Most Wanted, a reality crime TV series and in the film No Escape in 1994.

Then, he went to New Zealand where he acted in numerous TV shows like Young Hercules in the role of Maximus, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys playing Kazankis and Xena: Warrior Princess in 1998 with Lucy Lawless in the main role, who he later acted alongside in Spartacus.

Since 2000, he has been a director and a screenwriter for DreamChaser productions.

Filmography

Television 1994 : Australia's Most Wanted 1998 : Young Hercules : Maximus 1998 : Hercule : Kazankis 1998 : Xena: Warrior Princess : Koryak 2012 : Spartacus: Vengeance : Lugo 2013 : Spartacus: War of the Damned : Lugo 2019 : Power Rangers Beast Morphers : Cycletron 2021 : Power Rangers Dino Fury : Smashstone

Film 1994 : No Escape : prison guard 2004 : Treasure Island Kids : The Monster of Treasure Islands : Dr Poulton 2014 : Field Punishment N°1 : Dunkirk Warder

Voix 2010 : Yogi bear : bodyguard