Rod Barry

Rod Barry
Born	5 December 1973 upstate New York
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Website	www.rodbarryworld.blogspot.com

Rod Barry (born 5 December 1973; also Rob deBaer, Rod Berry, Rod)[1] is a former pornographic actor and director from the United States who has been credited in over 150 pornographic films and internet-based shows since entering the industry in 1996.[2] Most of Barry's appearances have been in the gay pornography genre, but he has appeared in bisexual, transsexual and heterosexual videos.[1] In 2008, he was inducted into the gay pornography industry's Hall of Fame.[1]

Career

Barry entered the industry in 1996, being discovered by Dirk Yates,[1] and his first film was The Few, The Proud, The Naked #8.[1] Barry won a Grabby Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998,[1] for his performance in A Lesson Learned, and the Best Supporting Actor award at the GayVN Awards for White Trash.[3] He has worked for many leading directors, including Chi Chi LaRue, John Rutherford, Wash West, Steven Scarborough, Michael Zen, Mike Donner, and Doug Jeffries.[1] In 2005, he directed his first gay adult video, Down The Drain, for All Worlds Video, which incorporated a "making of" section that was considered important in the development of the genre.[4] Barry went on to direct a series called Argentinean Auditions for the studio.[5]^[better source needed]

Barry was inducted into the GayVN Hall of Fame at the 10th annual award ceremony in February 2008.[1][3] In 2008, he launched RodBarryWorld.com, a video-on-demand website.[6]

Personal life

After completing one year in college, Barry served in the United States Marine Corps in 1994, then entered the pornographic industry.[1][7]

Barry's sexual identity has been the topic of debate.[1] In a 1998 interview with director Jerry Douglas, Barry said: "I wouldn't say, heterosexual. I'd say sexual. Sexual is you like an orgasm and you don't care how you get it".[8] Barry was noted as a "famous example" of a "gay-for-pay" performer,[9] and Jeffrey Escoffier records his decision to perform full gay scenes was "based solely on financial compensation".[1][9]

In 2009, Barry wrote about his recovery from alcohol abuse.[6]

Awards and nominations

• 1997 Gay Erotic Video Awards nominee for Best Newcomer[10]
• 1998 Gay Erotic Video Awards nominee for Best Top[11]
• 1999 Grabby Awards winner of Best Supporting Actor in A Lesson Learned (All Worlds Video)[12]
• 2002 Grabby Awards nominee for Best Supporting Actor, Best Duo Sex Scene and Best Trio Sex Scene[13]
• 2002 GayVN Awards winner of Best Supporting Actor in White Trash[3]
• 2005 GayVN Awards nominee for Best Actor in Thirst[14][15]
• 2006 Grabby Awards winner of Hottest Versatile Performer[16]
• 2008 GayVN Awards inducted into the Hall of Fame[3][17]

See also

• List of male performers in gay porn films

References

1. Jeffrey Escoffier (June 2009). Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema from Beefcake to Hardcore. Avalon Publishing. pp. 356–363. ISBN 978-0786720101.
2. Rod Barry at the Internet Adult Film Database
3. "GayVN Awards past winners (select year from droplist)". AVN. Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
4. Ahmet Atay; Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway (October 2019). Queer Communication Pedagogy. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138066441.
5. "rod barry - porn director - filmography". internet adult film database. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
6. 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.
7. "Rod Barry World Blog: How I Became a Porn Star". Rodbarryworld. 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
8. Douglas, Jerry (June 1998). "Interview: Ron Barry". Manshots. p. 73.
9. Tan Hoang Nguyen (September 2014). A View from the Bottom: Asian American Masculinity and Sexual Representation. Duke University Press. pp. 68–69. ISBN 978-0822356844.
10. "1997 Gay Video Guide's Gay Erotic Video Awards". RAD Video. 1 December 1997. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009.
11. "1998 Gay Erotic Video Awards (nominations)". RAD Video. Archived from the original on 2010-04-20.
12. "Grabby Awards (1999)". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
13. "The 2002 Grabby Awards Nominations". Grabby Awards Show. Archived from the original on June 4, 2004.
14. "2005 GayVN Nominations". 1 February 2006. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010.
15. "December RAD Boy Focus: Andy Kirra". RAD. 2005-12-01. Archived from the original on 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
16. "Grabby Awards (2006)". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
17. Keeneye Reeves. "Feature: 2008 GayVN Award Winners (winners and nominations)". TLA Video.

Further reading

• Jeffrey Escoffier (June 2009). Bigger Than Life: The History of Gay Porn Cinema from Beefcake to Hardcore. Avalon Publishing. pp. 356–363. ISBN 978-0786720101.
• Tan Hoang Nguyen (September 2014). A View from the Bottom: Asian American Masculinity and Sexual Representation. Duke University Press. pp. 68–69. ISBN 978-0822356844.
• Ahmet Atay; Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway (October 2019). Queer Communication Pedagogy. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138066441.

External links

• Rod Barry's Official blog Archived 2020-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
• Rod Barry at IMDb
• Rod Barry at the Internet Adult Film Database
• Rod Barry at the Adult Film Database