Actor
Barry McEvoy
July 11, 1967 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Barry McEvoy is an Irish film actor/writer best known for writing and playing the lead in An Everlasting Piece (2000), directed by Barry Levinson. McEvoy's first screen appearance of note was in the supporting role of a gangster in Gloria (1999), filmed after he had spent a decade performing in Off Broadway plays in New York City. McEvoy also appears in Gettysburg (1993), Veronica Guerin (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), and Five Minutes of Heaven (2009).
McEvoy based the screenplay of An Everlasting Piece upon the adventures of his own father selling toupées to both Protestants and Catholics in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during the height of the conflict.
Notable work
Often works with
Jeff Daniels
2 titles together
Gettysburg, Gods and Generals
Stephen Lang
2 titles together
Gettysburg, Gods and Generals
C. Thomas Howell
2 titles together
Gettysburg, Gods and Generals
Kevin Conway
2 titles together
Gettysburg, Gods and Generals
Bobby Cannavale
2 titles together
Gloria, 100 Centre Street
Sarita Choudhury
2 titles together
Gloria, 100 Centre Street
Full filmography · 12
You're Not Home
as Management officer
2022
The Barber Shop
cast
2017
Five Minutes of Heaven
as Joe's Chauffeur
20096.1
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Carruthers Guard
20067.4
Veronica Guerin
as Gilligan Gang Member No. 2
20036.7
Gods and Generals
as Marion Sibert
20036.4
An Everlasting Piece
as Colm and Writer
2000
Gloria
as Terry
19995.9
Gettysburg
as 2nd Maine Soldier
19937