Barry Kivel

Barry Kivel is an American actor, director, editor, and producer who appeared in Crocodile Dundee, Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Coneheads (1993), Bound (1996), One Fine Day (1996), Body and Soul (2000), Turn of Faith (2001), and Q-4: Dream Corporation (2016), a futuristic thriller. To his credits, he has produced Three Sides (2011), a short film. As an editor, he also has edited Three Sides (2011). He also directed Three Sides. He received a special thanks for the 2016 documentary film The Natural: The Best There Ever Was, which is completed, and he has a role in there as Pat McGee and himself. In television he has acted on serial police drama Hill Street Blues, sitcom Full House , sitcom Who's the Boss?, sitcom Empty Nest, legal drama Civil Wars, sitcom Murphy Brown, legal drama Brooklyn South, television drama Judging Amy, and sitcom Scrubs.

Film career

Kivel made his film debut in The Natural (1984), The next year he appeared in the comedy, Crocodile Dundee, as a Coke snorter. In 1991, he appeared along Sally Field, Robert Downey Jr., and Kevin Kline in the comedy film Soapdish. He then made two appearances in 1992 in film with Memoirs of an Invisible Man and a TV Movie Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue. In 1993, he appeared in Science fiction comedy film Coneheads as a doctor.

In 1994, he appeared in the comedy Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women. In 1996, he first appeared in neo-noir crime thriller Bound, which is about a woman wanting to escape her relationship with her mafioso boyfriend and enters a hidden affair with an charming ex-con. Later in the year, he played Mr. Yates Jr. in romantic comedy One Fine Day. He next appeared in 2000 in Body and Soul in boxing film as Willie, in a film about Charlie Davis, a determined small-town boxer who travels to Reno, Nevada and loses himself, and the people he cares for most. He next appeared in the 2002 film alongside Ray Mancini, Mia Sara, Costas Mandylor, and Alan Gelfant in Turn of Faith, which follows three friends who grow up in a tough neighborhood and they choose very different paths.

In 2005, he appeared in a short film as Marty Punion, one of the main stars. In 2011, he directed, produced, and filmed the short drama film Three Sides, about a young woman, who searches for her biological mother, forcing three people to reconsider their life choices. In 2016 he did a film called Q-4: Dream Corporation, a thriller about the government trying to run people's sleeping habits.

Filmography

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1984 The Natural Pat McGee 1985 Turk 182! Callahan the Cop 1986 Crocodile Dundee Coke Snorter 1991 Soapdish Nitwit Executive 1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man Drunk Businessman Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue Principal TV Movie 1993 Coneheads Doctor 1994 Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women Doctor 1996 Bound Shelly One Fine Day Mr. Yates Sr. 2000 Body and Soul Willie 2002 Turn of Faith Tony Fusco 2005 Still Life Marty Punion Short 2011 Three Sides Director, Editor, Film Producer 2016 Tond Men's Mission Friend Short 2016 Q-4: Dream Corporation Captain Pisano Post-production The Natural: The Best There Ever Was Pat McGee and Himself Documentary (completed)

Television

Year Film Role Notes 1985 The Steel Collar Man Attendant TV special Hill Street Blues Artie Neems 1990 Full House Michael Kagan Who's the Boss? Jake 1991 Dream On Ricky 1992 Sisters Fisherman Floyd Empty Nest Dr. Grossman Star Trek: The Next Generation Doorman Civil Wars Aaron Gutbaum 1993 L.A. Law Mr. Gaffney 1995 Murder One Stan Lerman 1997 Murphy Brown Stan 1998 Brooklyn South Barry Neely The Tony Danza Show Mr. Ho Ho 2002 Judging Amy Mr. Taylor's Attorney 2003 Scrubs Mr. Hilliard