Rod Barry

Rod Barry (born December 5, 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]

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]

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]

• 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]}

• List of male performers in gay porn films

• 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.

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

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