A graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art, (training ground to the talents of Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Mel Gibson and Sam Worthington), Paul’s most recent credits include top-rating Aussie shows Underbelly: The Golden Mile, Packed to the Rafters, All Saints and Home & Away. Paul has recently completed filming on both Sick, a brand new pilot for MTV Australia and The Mind Job, a new Australian Writer's Gulid-nominated comedy short.
Paul has taken lead roles in TV shows such as the three Small Claims films for Channel 10, with Claudia Karvan and Rebecca Gibney as well as The Cut and Love is a Four Letter Word for the ABC. Paul played Alec in Indie film, Persons of Interest, opposite Yvonne Strahovski, of NBC’s Chuck.
Having appeared as a guest in many of Australia’s other television shows, Paul also has extensive theatre credits, including the sold-out season of Macbeth, with the Sydney Theatre Company and his own two-man comedy show, commissioned by The Studio at The Sydney Opera House. Paul has performed on stage in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and in Perth, where his work in sold-out houses of Neil Labute’s The Mercy Seat, prompted one critic to write:
“More than just watchable is actor Paul Barry, whose complete embodiment of the character is nothing short of astonishing.” – Simone Michelle-Wells, Australian Stage Online”
Paul currently splits his time between Sydney and LA.
