Barry Tubb

Barry York Tubb (born February 13, 1963) is an American actor and director. He has worked in both television and film between 1983 and 2014.

Early life Tubb was born in Snyder, Texas, in 1963. He won the state bull-riding championship at age 15 (junior division). After graduating from Snyder High School in 1981, he began stage training in San Francisco. Tubb moved to Hollywood in the mid '80s to begin his screen- and television-acting career.

Career He earned a regular role on the short-lived baseball ensemble series Bay City Blues and later a recurring role as a rookie police officer on Hill Street Blues. He played a shy homosexual boy who comes out to his parents in Consenting Adult, and a wealthy corporate upstart involved in murder in Billionaire Boys Club. Barry's most popular television role was that of Jasper Fant in the epic Westerns Lonesome Dove and its sequel Return to Lonesome Dove in 1993, which were partly set in his native Texas.

Moving on to film, Barry accepted supporting roles in Mask, The Legend of Billie Jean, and as Wolfman in Top Gun. In 1988, he co-starred with Mary Tyler Moore and Lynn Redgrave in the Broadway production of Sweet Sue, in which he appeared nude, and which had a run of 164 performances. The following year, he appeared in the drama Warm Summer Rain opposite Kelly Lynch. Barry turned to independent filming and other interests outside of Hollywood. In 1991, he moved to France and rode in a Wild West show. Barry starred, directed, produced, and co-wrote the Cowboys and Indians low-budget thriller Blood Trail which led to no major offers for distribution.

In 2002, Tubb directed the family film Grand Champion about the exploits a young boy who raises a prize-winning steer and struggles to save it from the slaughterhouse. He shot the film in his own hometown of Snyder, Texas.

Tubb has participated in gatherings of the American Cowboy Culture Association, which holds the annual National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration each September in Lubbock, Texas.

In 2024, Tubb sued Paramount Pictures for the use of his face in the film Top Gun: Maverick without his permission.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1983 Christine Football Player Uncredited 1983 Bay City Blues Mickey Wagner 6 episodes 1984 Hill Street Blues Officer Archie Pizer 4 episodes 1985 Consenting Adult Jeff Lynd TV movie Mask Dewey The Legend of Billie Jean Hubie Pyatt 1986 Top Gun Wolfman American Playhouse Episode: "The Wide Net" 1987 Billionaire Boys Club Todd Melbourne 2 episodes 1989 Warm Summer Rain Guy Lonesome Dove Jasper Fant Valentino Returns Wayne Gibbs 1990 Without Her Consent Trey Cousins TV movie 1991 Guilty by Suspicion Jerry Cooper 1993 Return to Lonesome Dove Jasper Fant 4 episodes 1997 Blood Trail Film Director, Writer, Film Producer 1999 The Big Day Tuff 2001 American Outlaws Captain Malcolm 2002 Grand Champion Dr. Alfred / Jesse James Davis Film Director, Writer, Film Producer 2004Danger Zone: The Making of 'Top Gun''' Himself

Blood Trail| Need Hawks Truce| AD The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada| A.L. 2008 Clown Hunt| Gene

Baghdad Texas| Seth Temple Grandin| Randy TV movie 2009–2011 Friday Night Lights| Tom Cafferty 2010 Dance with the One| Roy

The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy| Sheriff Michaels Javelina| Tex 2013 Dear Sidewalk| Jim 2013–2014 Revolution| Malcolm Dove 4 episodes

Two Step| Horace Deliverance Creek'' Jeb Crawford TV movie