Barry Onody

Barry Allan Onody has always had a passion for acting and entertaining, he is a natural story teller and jokester with an ability to make everyone feel at ease. Laughter is always in the air when Barry is in the room. It surfaced in his youth where he was raised in southern Alberta, Canada. People always looked forward to seeing Barry, his early years in 4H clubs he entertained with his endless repertoire of jokes. That followed him into his rodeo years with his Dad, the playful entertainer kept everyone laughing. So of course Barry was drawn to acting like a moth to a flame when it came to theatre arts in high school, college and on into his professional life. The acting bug kept calling him to study the craft and pursue his interest in film and television. Acting has brought many wonderful things into Barry's life, while in Calgary attending acting classes he met his wife, Tara, which is now a 38 year long love affair with more years to come. With her support he traveled to the US to train with Judy Kerr and Terry Berland in Los Angeles. Barry went on to have a successful career in commercials in Canada, while adding in small movie roles. His priority changed for a few years as providing for his growing family took over. But his fingers were always in some sort of local theatre production. Acting finally lead him to Los Angeles where he now dedicates his time pursing his acting passion. In 2012 for RAW TV of England, Barry starred in an episode of the "Locked up Abroad" Franchise. Barry's lead role was portraying real life mobster Frank Cullotta for the episode "Locked up Abroad - Vegas Mobster". That was shot and filmed in Cape Town South Africa. At the present time Barry has 9 films on the books in pre-production to be completed within the next 1-2 years, all leading and strong supporting roles. X The End Time - Lead Role to be shot in Turkey in March/April 2021; Warriors of Eight Flags - Strong supporting role - 2021 - to be shot in Los Angeles/Hong Kong and Finland; Searching 4U Lead Role - Late 2021 to be shot Europe and USA; Lead Role in Ocassus - To be filmed 2021 filming in California and Tennessee; Devils Highway - 2021 to be filmed California, strong supporting role. The remaining 4 films are all in early stages, one is a trilogy with myself as the lead character, more to follow as it is developed, production by NightVision Productions out of Los Angeles/San Diego. Barry holds Dual Citizenship - American/Canadian and can work both countries, no visa required. Barry is SAGe and ACTRA out of Canada. These 9 roles will move Barry into SAG/AFTRA.