Barry Duffield

About Barry Duffield

Who is it?: Actor, Writer, Director
Birth Day: February 28, 1962
Occupation: Actor Producer scriptwriter director
Years active: 1987–present

Barry Duffield

Barry Duffield was born on February 28, 1962, is Actor, Writer, Director. Barry Duffield was born in 1962, Billingham, UK. He immigrated to Australia with his family in 1969 and they eventually settled in the Bauxite mining town of Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory.His first foray into film was when he "borrowed" his fathers super-8mm-camera and created the all singing, all dancing, stop-motion Salt'N'Pepper shaker show. There was a guest appearance by a partially consumed milkshake in a frosty glass, which still remains uncredited to this day.He was taught to run the projection booth of the Gove cinema after being caught stealing movie posters from the foyer and given a choice, police, parents, or honest work.It wasn't long before Barry was splicing film, changing out carbon rods, and managing reel changes like a pro.His passion for all things film grew and he eventually went to South Seas Film and Television School in Auckland, New Zealand, where he majored in screenwriting and directing.Barry began his acting career in Darwin with a Kawasaki TVC, and then Brisbane with work on Australia's Most Wanted, and Escape From Absolom. He followed this up with a move to New Zealand where he appeared on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena, Young Hercules, Jack of all Trades, Shortland Street, Street Legal, Field Punishment #1, The Monster of Treasure Island, and Spartacus playing Lugo.Barry has two successful graphic novels on Amazon and is moving into producing.
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Barry Duffield’s zodiac sign is Pisces. According to astrologers, Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.

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Barry Duffield was born in the Year of the Tiger. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Tiger are authoritative, self-possessed, have strong leadership qualities, are charming, ambitious, courageous, warm-hearted, highly seductive, moody, intense, and they’re ready to pounce at any time. Compatible with Horse or Dog.

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Biography/Timeline

1962

Born 28 February 1962 in Billingham (England), Barry Duffield moved in Australia with his family in 1969 where they finally set up in Nhulunbuy in the north of the country.

1972

He studied at the Woodridge North State School, a state primary 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.

1980

He also worked for the Australian Royal Air Force from June 1980 to June 1993.

1987

Barry started his acting career in 1987 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.

1988

Since 1988, he has been a part of the Robert Bruce Agency which represents TV shows, cinema and theater actors.

1998

Then, he went to New-Zealand where he played 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 with whom he will play in Spartacus.

1999

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

2000

Since 2000, he has been a Director and a sceentwriter for DreamChaser productions.

2006

In 2006, he played the Dr Poulton in the second movie Treasure Island Kids called The Monster of Treasure Islands.

2009

In 2009, he was selected in the New Zealand Film Commission First Writers Initiative and is a part of The New Zealand Writers Guild Board as a representative of the north of the country.

2010

In 2010, he made the voice of a bodyguard in Yogi bear with Justin Timberlake.

2012

In 2012, he joined the cast of Spartacus in the second season called Spartacus : Vengeance in which he played the German warrior Lugo freed to help Spartacus in the rebellion against the Romans.

2013

Barry is also the author of two comic books : Deadman's Land for which he was the quarter finalist of the Big Break Screenwriting Contest in 2013, and, still quarter finalist, but this time in 2014, of Scriptapalooza Screenwriting. His second comic book is called Tandoori Apocalypse and a new one is set to be released in 2017.

2014

In 2014, he played in the drama of Peter Burger Field Punishment N°1 in the role of Dunkirk Warder.

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