Barry Pepper

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Biography

Always focused and intense on screen, versatile actor Barry Pepper established himself as one of the more promising young actors to emerge in the late-1990s while working with filmmakers that included Steven Spielberg and Frank Darabont. After debuting in the firefighting thriller "Firestorm" (1998), the Canadian-born Pepper was thrust into the limelight as a member of an impressive ensemble cast in Spielberg's harrowing WWII drama "Saving …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer

Born

April 4, 1970

Career Milestones

Acted on stage in Vancouver, Canada in such productions as "Equus" and "The Taming of the Shrew"

1992

U.S. TV debut, "A Killer Among Friends" (CBS)

1993

Landed recurring role on Canadian series "Madison"

1996

Played supporting role of Harold Bride in CBS miniseries "Titanic"

1998

Cast in supporting role in "Enemy of the State," starring Will Smith

1998

Feature film debut, "Firestorm"

1998

Played a Bible-spouting sniper in Steven Spielberg's WWII drama "Saving Private Ryan"

1999

Re-teamed with Hanks, his co-star in "Saving Private Ryan" for "The Green Mile"

2000

Co-starred with John Travolta in sci-fi epic "Battlefield Earth"

2001

Portrayed Roger Maris in HBO drama "61*"

2002

Co-starred in "Knockaround Guys"

2002

Co-starred with Edward Norton and Philip Seymour Hoffman in Spike Lee's "25th Hour"

2002

Starred as journalist Joe Galloway in Vietnam War drama "We Were Soldiers"

2004

Portrayed legendary race car driver Dale Earnhardt in "3: The Dale Earnhardt Story" for ESPN; earned a SAG nomination for Best Actor

2005

Co-starred in Tommy Lee Jones' feature directing debut "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada"; earned Independent Spirit Award Nomination for Best Supporting Male

2006

Cast in Clint Eastwood's WWII drama "Flags of Our Fathers"

2008

Reunited with Will Smith in "Seven Pounds" as lead character's friend and executor of his will

2010

Co-starred in "Casino Jack" with Kevin Spacey, who portrayed Washington, D.C. lobbyist and businessman Jack Abramoff

2010

Co-starred in the Coen brothers' Western "True Grit"

2011

Nominated for the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie

2011

Portrayed Robert F. Kennedy in miniseries "The Kennedys," developed for the History Channel, but after they declined to air it, was shown on ReelzChannel

2013

Acted opposite Dwayne Johnson in action drama "Snitch"

2013

Cast alongside Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe in crime drama "Broken City"

Awards

1999

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in Saving Private Ryan

2000

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in The Green Mile

2001

Critics' Choice Award for Best Actor in a Picture Made For Television in 61*

2001

Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television in 61*

2001

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor In a Miniseries or Movie in 61*

2005

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries in 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

2006

Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

2011

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor In a Miniseries or Movie in The Kennedys