---
name: "Barry Tubb"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barry-tubb"
fi1m_id: "barry-tubb"
imdb_id: "nm0875613"
tmdb_id: 11088
wikidata_id: "Q4864855"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 February 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T19:15:38.732161+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Barry Tubb

## Identity

Barry Tubb

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barry-tubb
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barry-tubb
- **IMDb ID:** nm0875613
- **TMDB ID:** 11088
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4864855
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Tubb, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4864855, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0875613/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11088

Actor. Born 13 February 1963 in Snyder, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 February 1963, Snyder, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 1981–2006
- **Also known as:** Barry York Tubb , بری تاب
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 79 (3), 2000s 86 (1)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 1, Crime 1, Romance 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $405m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Tubb, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4864855, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0875613/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11088

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Top Gun*](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md) (71)

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## Biography

Barry York Tubb is an American actor, writer and director. Born on 13 February 1963 in Snyder, Texas, he won the state junior bull-riding championship at age 15. After graduating from Snyder High School in 1981, he trained in San Francisco before moving to Hollywood in the mid-1980s.

Tubb is known for his role as Wolfman in *Top Gun* (1986). He played Jasper Fant in the miniseries *Lonesome Dove* (1989) and its sequel *Return to Lonesome Dove* (1993), and appeared in *Mask* (1985), *The Legend of Billie Jean* (1985) and *Guilty by Suspicion* (1991). He co-starred in the 1988 Broadway production of *Sweet Sue*. Tubb has also directed and written films including *Grand Champion* (2002). In 2024 he sued Paramount Pictures over the use of his image in *Top Gun: Maverick*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), Fi1m 86, as Tom Cafferty — [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)
- *Top Gun* (1986), Fi1m 71, as Wolfman — [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)
- *Mask* (1985), Fi1m 81, as Dewey — [page](https://film.one/film/mask.md)
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), Fi1m 86, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Two Step* (2015), as Horace
- *Deliverance Creek* (2014), as Jeb Crawford
- *Dear Sidewalk* (2013), as Jim
- *Revolution* (2012), series, as Malcolm Dove
- *The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy* (2011), as Sheriff Michaels
- *Dance with the One* (2010), as Roy
- *Temple Grandin* (2010), as Randy
- *Clown Hunt* (2008), Director, Writer
- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), series, as Tom Cafferty — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)
- *Blood Trail* (2005), as Need Hawks · Director, Writer
- *Grand Champion* (2004), Director, Writer
- *American Outlaws* (2001), as Captain Malcolm
- *The Big Day* (1999), as Tuff
- *Return to Lonesome Dove* (1993), series, as Jasper Fant
- *Guilty by Suspicion* (1991), as Jerry Cooper
- *Without Her Consent* (1990), as Trey Cousins
- *Valentino Returns* (1989), as Wayne Gibbs
- *Warm Summer Rain* (1989), as Guy
- *Lonesome Dove* (1989), series, as Jasper Fant
- *Billionaire Boys Club* (1987), as Todd Melbourne
- *Billionaire Boys Club* (1987), series, as Todd Melbourne
- *Top Gun* (1986), as Wolfman — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)
- *The Legend of Billie Jean* (1985), as Hubie
- *Mask* (1985), as Dewey — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/mask.md)
- *Consenting Adult* (1985), as Jeff Lynd
- *Bay City Blues* (1983), series, as Mickey Wagner
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as William Wallace
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)

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