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TELEVISION
TV work
has included roles in "Oppenheimer" and "Oxford Blues" for the BBC, as
well as the following featured projects:
- He'll See You Now (Masterpiece Theater episode co-starring opposite Susan Sarandon)
- Murder, She Wrote
- L.A. Law
- Murphy Brown
- Batman (TV show)
He has recorded voice-overs for ButterfingerŽ, McDonalds®, and many other commercials.
THEATER
Barry has
been featured in many productions, among them "Stop the World, I Want
To Get Off", "Cabaret", "Annie Get Your Gun", "Irma La Douce", "Sweet
Charity" and revivals of "Jesus Christ Superstar". He performed the show-stopping
song "Romantic Atmosphere" in the Ahmanson Theater production of "She
Loves Me", and at the Mark Taper Forum, he co-starred with Andrea Marcovicci
as the ventriliquist's dummy in the English language world premiere of
"Ghetto". With only eight days of rehearsals, he stepped into the gruelling
lead of the LA Charity Parody Foundation production of "West Hollywood
Gyspy" as Papa Rose and brought down the house. He later played the Major
General in Santa Barbara C.L.O.'s "Pirates of Penzance".
His most recent theatrical credit is singing the role of Herod in the
2003/2004 USA touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar.
He was back in live theater during April/May 2006 playing the role of
German playwright Bertold Brecht in Silent
Partners at the Scena Theater in Washington DC.
Barry Dennen's acting career has included roles in many movie,
TV and theatrical productions, including:
MOVIES
- Fiddler on the Roof (Mendel)
- Jesus Christ Superstar (Pontius Pilate)
- Madhouse (Blount)
- Brannigan
- Kentucky Fried Movie (Claude LaMont)
- The Shining (Watson)
- Shock Treatment (Irwin Lapsey)
- Ragtime (Stage Manager)
- The Dark Crystal (voice of Chamberlain)
- Trading Places (Demitri)
- Superman III (Dr. McClean)
- The Lion and the Hawk
- Killer Instinct (Mr. Martin)
- Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
- Liquid Dreams (The Major)
- She Woke Up As Dr. Landover Clifford (Terry the Pterodactyl)
- Wing Commander IV (the voice of Melek)
- Titanic (praying man)