Barry Kivel

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Barry Kivel
Occupation(s)Actor, film director, editor, producer

Barry Kivel is an American actor, director, editor, and producer who appeared in Crocodile Dundee (1986), Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Coneheads (1993), Bound (1996), One Fine Day (1996), Body and Soul (2000), Turn of Faith (2001), and Q-4: Dream Corporation (2016), a futuristic thriller which is in post-production. To his credits, he has produced Three Sides (2011), a short film. As an editor, he also has edited Three Sides (2011). He also directed Three Sides. He received a special thanks for the 2016 documentary film The Natural: The Best There Ever Was, which is completed, and he has a role in there as Pat McGee and himself. In television he has acted on serial police drama Hill Street Blues , sitcom Full House [1] , sitcom Who's the Boss? , sitcom Empty Nest , legal drama Civil Wars , sitcom Murphy Brown , legal drama Brooklyn South , television drama Judging Amy , and sitcom Scrubs .

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Film career

Kivel made his film debut in The Natural (1984), [2] a baseball film about Roy Hobbs, showcasing the successes and sufferings of the player. He next appeared along with Timothy Hutton, Robert Urich, and Kim Cattrall in the drama film Turk 182! (1985). The next year he appeared in the comedy, Crocodile Dundee , as a Coke snorter. In 1991, he appeared along Sally Field, Robert Downey Jr., and Kevin Kline in the comedy film Soapdish . He then made two appearances in 1992 in film with Memoirs of an Invisible Man and a TV Movie Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue. In 1993, he appeared in Science fiction comedy film Coneheads as a doctor.

In 1994, he appeared in the comedy Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women. In 1996, he first appeared in neo-noir crime thriller Bound , which is about a woman wanting to escape her relationship with her mafioso boyfriend and enters a hidden affair with an charming ex-con. Later in the year, he played Mr. Yates, Jr. in romantic comedy One Fine Day . He was absent for four years in film, and then appeared in 2000 in Body and Soul in boxing film as Willie, in a film about Charlie Davis, a determined small-town boxer who travels to Reno, Nevada and loses himself, and the people he cares for most. He next appeared in the 2002 film alongside Ray Mancini, Mia Sara, Costas Mandylor, and Alan Gelfant in Turn of Faith , which follows three friends who grow up in a tough neighborhood and they choose very different paths.

In 2005, he appeared in a short film as Marty Punion, one of the main stars. In 2011, he directed, produced, and filmed the short drama film Three Sides, about a young woman, who searches for her biological mother, forcing three people to reconsider their life choices. In 2016 he did a film called Q-4: Dream Corporation, an innovate thriller about the government trying to run people's sleeping habits. He is also credited the baseball documentary The Natural: The Best There Ever Was which is an upcoming film.

Filmography

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 The Natural [2] Pat McGee
1985 Turk 182! Callahan the Cop
1986 Crocodile Dundee Coke Snorter
1991 Soapdish Nitwit Executive
1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man Drunk Businessman
Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & BluePrincipal TV Movie
1993 Coneheads Doctor
1994Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 WomenDoctor
1996 Bound Shelly
One Fine Day Mr. Yates, Sr.
2000Body and SoulWillie
2002 Turn of Faith Tony Fusco
2005Still LifeMarty Punion Short
2011Three Sides Director, Editor, Film Producer
2016TondMen's Mission Friend Short
2016Q-4: Dream CorporationCaptain Pisano Post-production
The Natural: The Best There Ever WasPat McGee and HimselfDocumentary (completed)

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
1985The Steel Collar Man [1] [2] Attendant TV special
Hill Street BluesArtie Neems
1990 Full House Michael Kagan
Who's the Boss? Jake
1991 Dream On Ricky
1992 Sisters Fisherman Floyd
Empty Nest Dr. Grossman
Star Trek: The Next Generation Doorman
Civil Wars Aaron Gutbaum
1993 L.A. Law Mr. Gaffney
1995 Murder One Stan Lerman
1997 Murphy Brown Stan
1998 Brooklyn South Barry Neely
The Tony Danza Show Mr. Ho Ho
2002 Judging Amy Mr. Taylor's Attorney
2003 Scrubs Mr. Hilliard

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References

  1. 1 2 "Barry Kivel New York Times Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Retrieved January 30, 2016.[ dead link ]
  2. 1 2 3 "Barry Kivel Hollywood.com filmography". Hollywood.com . Retrieved February 1, 2016.
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