Barry Pepper biography and movies
Barry Robert Pepper was born on April 4, 1970, in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada, as the youngest of three sons. He has two older brothers named Alex and Doug Pepper. The Peppers didn't stick around Campbell River for too long. They had been building a ship in their backyard for years. When Barry was five years old, the ship was done and the family set sail. The ship, named 'The Moonlighter,' was a 50-foot craft that would be their home for the next five years. They navigated through the South Pacific islands, using only a sextant and the stars as guides. While visiting such exotic locales as Fiji and Tahiti, Barry was educated through correspondence courses and sometimes enrolled in public schools. He grew up around Polynesian children and credits them for his love of dance, music and other expressive arts. Barry had plenty of time to practice his newfound loves, too. Without television as entertainment on the ship, the family relied on games and sketch acting for fun. When the five-year cruise was over, the Peppers returned to their native Canada, where they set up shop on a small island off the West Coast near Vancouver. They built a farm on the outskirts of a small artists' town, which was populated mainly by hippies, poets, musicians and other craftsmen. While in high school, Barry was enthusiastic about art and excelled in sports. In addition to playing volleyball, he was an excellent rugby player. He graduated in 1988 from George P. Vanier High School in Courtenay and then enrolled in college and majored in marketing and graphic design, but after getting involved with the Vancouver Actors Studio, he changed his course. Once again, he was using 'the stars' to navigate. Barry landed his first role on "Madison" (1993) (a sort of Canadian 90210) and other prominent television series before moving on to more prestigious roles in the US. Television movies followed, most notably the mini-series Titanic (1996) (TV), which costarred George C. Scott. Still, Barry's career really wasn't taking off. He was a hard-working actor, but not a star. That all changed in 1998. After a string of big screen duds, Pepper obtained his breakthrough role as a Bible-quoting sniper in Steven Spielberg's WW II drama Saving Private Ryan (1998). With the success of the film came sudden stardom for its cast--complete with photo spreads, interviews and even some Oscar buzz. Barry followed the film with a small but noteworthy role in the blockbuster, Enemy of the State (1998) opposite Will Smith and Gene Hackman. Next he co-starred in an Oscar-worthy film starring Tom Hanks: Stephen King's The Green Mile (1999). Barry received much critical acclaim in 2001 for his portrayal of Roger Maris in the made-for-cable drama about the 1961 home run race between Maris and Mickey Mantle called 61* (2001) (TV).

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Rate: 7.6 Seven Pounds

Year: 2008

Genres: Drama

Director: Gabriele Muccino

Artists: Susan Strasberg, Sarah Jane Morris, Holly Apelgren, Judyann Elder, Andy Milder, Barry Pepper, Michael Ealy, Gina Hecht, Elpidia Carrillo, Woody Harrelson, Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Madison Pettis, Tim Kelleher, Bill Smitrovich, Joe Nunez, Robinne Lee


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Rate: 7.6 Seven Pounds

Year: 2008

Genres: Drama

Director: Gabriele Muccino

Artists: Sarah Jane Morris, Elpidia Carrillo, Holly Apelgren, Judyann Elder, Andy Milder, Gina Hecht, Tim Kelleher, Bill Smitrovich, Joe Nunez, Robinne Lee, Madison Pettis, Susan Strasberg, Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Barry Pepper


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Rate: 9.7 Seven Pounds

Year: 2008

Genres: Drama

Director: Gabriele Muccino

Artists: Will Smith, Michael Ealy, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Barry Pepper


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Rate: 9.7 Seven Pounds

Year: 2008

Genres: Drama

Director: Gabriele Muccino

Artists: Barry Pepper, Michael Ealy, Woody Harrelson, Rosario Dawson, Will Smith


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Rate: 7.2 Flags Of Our Fathers

Year: 2006

Genres: War, History, Drama, Action

Director: Clint Eastwood

Artists: Barry Pepper, Neal McDonough, Paul Walker, Melanie Lynskey, Robert Patrick, Judith Ivey, Pauline Harnois, Thomas McCarthy, Jamie Bell, Chris Bauer, Commandant Vandegrift, Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, John Slattery, Madeline Evelley, Myra Turley, Belle Block


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Rate: 6.6 Unknown

Year: 2006

Genres: Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Drama

Director: Simon Brand

Artists: Bridget Moynahan, Mark Boone Junior, Barry Pepper, Greg Kinnear, Peter Stormare


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Rate: 9.7 The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada

Year: 2005

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama

Director: Tommy Lee Jones

Artists: January Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Julio Cedillo, Barry Pepper, Tommy Lee Jones


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Rate: 7.9 25th Hour

Year: 2002

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Spike Lee

Artists: Anna Paquin, Rosario Dawson, Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, Brian Cox


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Rate: 6.9 We Were Soldiers

Year: 2002

Genres: War, History, Action

Director: Randall Wallace

Artists: Greg Kinnear, Clark Gregg, Mel Gibson, Marc Blucas, Barry Pepper


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Rate: 5.9 Knockaround Guys

Year: 2001

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama, Comedy

Director: David Levien, Brian Koppelman

Artists: Dov Tiefenbach, Kris Lemche, John Liddle, Andrew Francis, Benny Chains, Dennis Hopper, Kevin Gage, Shawn Doyle, Nicholas Pasco, Tom Noonan, John Malkovich, Vin Diesel, Seth Green, Barry Pepper, Andy Davoli


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Rate: 8.4 The Green Mile

Year: 1999

Genres: Mystery, Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Director: Frank Darabont

Artists: Elaine Connelly, Eve Brent, Old Paul Edgecomb, Dabbs Greer, Harry Dean Stanton, Melinda Moores, Patricia Clarkson, Harry Terwilliger, Jeffrey DeMunn, Barry Pepper, Sam Rockwell, Doug Hutchison, Graham Greene, Michael Jeter, James Cromwell, Bonnie Hunt, David Morse, Michael Clarke Duncan, Tom Hanks


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Rate: 9.7 Saving Private Ryan

Year: 1998

Genres: Action, Drama, History

Director: Steven Spielberg

Artists: Barry Pepper, Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Adam Goldberg, Tom Sizemore


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Rate: 7.2 Enemy Of The State

Year: 1998

Genres: Thriller, Action, Drama

Director: Tony Scott

Artists: Ian Hart, Loren Dean, James LeGros, Gabriel Byrne, Regina King, Scott Caan, Will Smith, Jake Busey, Gene Hackman, Jason Lee, Jon Voight, Barry Pepper, Laura Cayouette, Jones, Stuart Wilson, Lisa Bonet


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Rate: 8.5 Saving Private Ryan

Year: 1998

Genres: War, Action, Drama

Director: Steven Spielberg

Artists: Dylan Bruno, Max Martini, Joerg Stadler, Dennis Farina, Paul Giamatti, Ted Danson, Matt Damon, Jeremy Davies, Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, Barry Pepper, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Tom Hanks, Toynbe


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