Biography
Barry Primus is an American actor, director and writer. Born in New York City on 16 February 1938, he began his career on the stage and appeared in early television series including The Defenders, East Side/West Side and The Virginian. His first film role came in The Brotherhood (1968).
Primus has appeared in numerous films, among them Boxcar Bertha (1972), New York, New York (1977), Absence of Malice (1981), The Rose (1979), Righteous Kill (2008), American Hustle (2013) and The Irishman (2019). He had a recurring role on the television series Cagney & Lacey as Sergeant Dory McKenna. Primus made his feature directorial debut with Mistress (1992), which he also wrote.
