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Rod Barry (born 5 December 1973; also Rob deBaer, Rod Berry, Rod) is a former pornographic actor and director from the United States who has been credited in over 150 pornographic films and internet-based shows since entering the industry in 1996. Most of Barry's appearances have been in the gay pornography genre, but he has appeared in bisexual, transsexual and heterosexual videos. In 2008, he was inducted into the gay pornography industry's Hall of Fame.
Career
Barry entered the industry in 1996, being discovered by Dirk Yates, and his first film was The Few, The Proud, The Naked #8. Barry won a Grabby Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998, for his performance in A Lesson Learned, and the Best Supporting Actor award at the GayVN Awards for White Trash. He has worked for many leading directors, including Chi Chi LaRue, John Rutherford, Wash West, Steven Scarborough, Michael Zen, Mike Donner, and Doug Jeffries. In 2005, he directed his first gay adult video, Down The Drain, for All Worlds Video, which incorporated a "making of" section that was considered important in the development of the genre. Barry went on to direct a series called Argentinean Auditions for the studio.
Barry was inducted into the GayVN Hall of Fame at the 10th annual award ceremony in February 2008. In 2008, he launched RodBarryWorld.com, a video-on-demand website.
Personal life
After completing one year in college, Barry served in the United States Marine Corps in 1994, then entered the pornographic industry.
Barry's sexual identity has been the topic of debate. In a 1998 interview with director Jerry Douglas, Barry said: "I wouldn't say, heterosexual. I'd say sexual. Sexual is you like an orgasm and you don't care how you get it". Barry was noted as a "famous example" of a "gay-for-pay" performer, and Jeffrey Escoffier records his decision to perform full gay scenes was "based solely on financial compensation".
In 2009, Barry wrote about his recovery from alcohol abuse.
Awards and nominations
- 1997 Gay Erotic Video Awards nominee for Best Newcomer
- 1998 Gay Erotic Video Awards nominee for Best Top
- 1999 Grabby Awards winner of Best Supporting Actor in A Lesson Learned (All Worlds Video)
- 2002 Grabby Awards nominee for Best Supporting Actor, Best Duo Sex Scene and Best Trio Sex Scene
- 2002 GayVN Awards winner of Best Supporting Actor in White Trash
- 2005 GayVN Awards nominee for Best Actor in Thirst
- 2006 Grabby Awards winner of Hottest Versatile Performer
- 2008 GayVN Awards inducted into the Hall of Fame
See also
- List of male performers in gay porn films
References
- ^ Jeffrey Escoffier (June 2009). Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema from Beefcake to Hardcore. Avalon Publishing. pp. 356–363. ISBN 978-0786720101.
- ^ Rod Barry at the Internet Adult Film Database
- ^ "GayVN Awards past winners (select year from droplist)". AVN. Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
- ^ Ahmet Atay; Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway (October 2019). Queer Communication Pedagogy. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138066441.
- ^ "rod barry - porn director - filmography". internet adult film database. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
- ^ JC Adams (2008-08-12). "It's Rod Barry's World…". Gay Porn Times. Archived from the original on 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
- ^ "Rod Barry World Blog: How I Became a Porn Star". Rodbarryworld. 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
- ^ Douglas, Jerry (June 1998). "Interview: Ron Barry". Manshots. p. 73.
- ^ Tan Hoang Nguyen (September 2014). A View from the Bottom: Asian American Masculinity and Sexual Representation. Duke University Press. pp. 68–69. ISBN 978-0822356844.
- ^ "1997 Gay Video Guide's Gay Erotic Video Awards". RAD Video. 1 December 1997. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009.
- ^ "1998 Gay Erotic Video Awards (nominations)". RAD Video. Archived from the original on 2010-04-20.
- ^ "Grabby Awards (1999)". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ "The 2002 Grabby Awards Nominations". Grabby Awards Show. Archived from the original on June 4, 2004.
- ^ "2005 GayVN Nominations". 1 February 2006. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010.
- ^ "December RAD Boy Focus: Andy Kirra". RAD. 2005-12-01. Archived from the original on 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
- ^ "Grabby Awards (2006)". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ Keeneye Reeves. "Feature: 2008 GayVN Award Winners (winners and nominations)". TLA Video.
Further reading
- Jeffrey Escoffier (June 2009). Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema from Beefcake to Hardcore. Avalon Publishing. pp. 356–363. ISBN 978-0786720101.
- Tan Hoang Nguyen (September 2014). A View from the Bottom: Asian American Masculinity and Sexual Representation. Duke University Press. pp. 68–69. ISBN 978-0822356844.
- Ahmet Atay; Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway (October 2019). Queer Communication Pedagogy. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138066441.
External links
- Rod Barry's Official blog Archived 2020-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Rod Barry at IMDb
- Rod Barry at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Rod Barry at the Adult Film Database