Rod Barry

Rod Barry (also Rob deBaer, Rod Berry, Rod) was a pornographic actor from the United States who has been credited in more than 150[1] 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 also appeared in bisexual, transsexual and heterosexual videos. Barry has also worked as a model and dancer. He currently lives in upstate New York.

Rod Barry
BornDecember 5, 1973
upstate New York
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Websitewww.rodbarryworld.blogspot.com

Awards and nominations
  • 1997 Gay Erotic Video Awards nominee for Best Newcomer.[2]
  • 1998 Gay Erotic Video Awards nominee for Best Top.[3]
  • 1998 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.[4]
  • 2002 GayVN Awards winner of Best Supporting Actor in "White Trash".[5]
  • 2005 GayVN Awards nominee for Best Actor in "Thirst".[6][7]
  • 2006 Grabby Awards winner of Hottest Versatile Performer.
  • 2008 GayVN Awards inducted into the Hall of Fame.[5][8]

Career

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".[5] 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. Since then he has directed a series of "Argentinean Auditions" 1 and 2 for the studio.[9] He was inducted into the GayVN Hall of Fame at the 10th annual award ceremony in February 2008.[5] In 2008 he launched RodBarryWorld.com, a video on demand website.[10]

His first movie was "The Few, The Proud, The Naked #8".[11]

Personal life

Barry served in the United States Marine Corps before being discovered by Dirk Yates.[12]

Barry's sexual identity has been frequently the topic of some debate. At the beginning of his career, in an interview with director Jerry Douglas in Manshots magazine (June 1998), Barry told Douglas when he was asked, "I wouldn't say, heterosexual. I'd say sexual. Sexual is you like an orgasm and you don't care how you get it." (p. 73)

In 2009, Barry wrote about his recovery from alcohol abuse.[10]

See also
  • List of male performers in gay porn films

References
  1. Rod Barry at the Internet Adult Film Database
  2. "1997 Gay Video Guide's Gay Erotic Video Awards". RAD Video. 1 December 1997. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009.
  3. "1998 Gay Erotic Video Awards (nominations)". RAD Video. Archived from the original on 2010-04-20.
  4. "The 2002 Grabby Awards Nominations". Grabby Awards Show. Archived from the original on June 4, 2004.
  5. "GayVN Awards past winners (select year from droplist)". AVN.
  6. "2005 GayVN Nominations". 1 February 2006. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010.
  7. "December RAD Boy Focus: Andy Kirra". RAD. 2005-12-01. Archived from the original on 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  8. Keeneye Reeves. "Feature: 2008 GayVN Award Winners (winners and nominations)". TLA Video.
  9. "rod barry - porn director - filmography". internet adult film database. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  10. 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.
  11. The Few, The Proud, The Naked #8 listing on IAFD.
  12. "Rod Barry World Blog: How I Became a Porn Star". Rodbarryworld. 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
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