Barry Pepper

Barry Robert Pepper(born April 4, 1970) is a Canadian-American actor. He played Private Daniel Jackson inSaving Private Ryan(1998), Corrections Officer Dean Stanton inThe Green Mile(1999),Roger Marisin61*(2001),Joseph L. GallowayinWe Were Soldiers(2002),Sergeant Michael StrankinFlags of Our Fathers(2006), DEA Agent Cooper inSnitch(2013), Vince inMaze Runner: The Scorch Trials(2015) andMaze Runner: The Death Cure(2018), Lucky Ned Pepper in the remake of the westernTrue Grit(2010) and David Keller inCrawl(2019). He has been nominated for threeScreen Actors Guild Awardsand aGolden Globe Award. For his role asRobert F. Kennedyin the miniseriesThe Kennedys(2011), Pepper won thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
Pepper was born the youngest of three boys inCampbell River, British Columbia, the son of alumberjack.When he was five years old, his family set sail in a homemade yacht, navigating through theSouth Pacificislands for five years.He was educated throughcorrespondence coursesandpublic schoolsin Polynesia.His family encouraged him to entertain himself through improvisation and acting games while aboard the ship.When the family had finished their travels, they returned to Canada, settling onDenman Island, which his mother's family had called home for five generations.He graduated fromGeorges P. Vanier Secondary Schoolin 1988.Pepper attendedCamosun Collegeafter receiving a scholarship for artistic achievement,studying marketing and design.He later moved to Vancouver, where he enrolled in acting classes. He spent four years studying, including at the Gastown Actors Studio, before landing a recurring role on the showMadison.
Pepper is perhaps best known for his role as the sniper Private Daniel Jackson inSaving Private Ryan. He portrayed Corrections Officer Dean Stanton inThe Green Mile, appeared as Frank Slaughtery in Spike Lee's25th Hour, as journalistJoseph L. GallowayinWe Were Soldiers, his role as the human protagonist of the filmBattlefield Earth, his depiction ofRoger MarisinBilly Crystal'sHBOfilm61*, asDale Earnhardtin theESPNproduced film3: The Dale Earnhardt Story, and as Dan Morris in the filmSeven Pounds, withWill Smith. He recently had roles inCasino Jackand theCoen brothers'True Grit. Pepper provided the voice for Alex Mercer, the protagonist of the video gamePrototypeand the voice for Corporal Dunn, a character in the video gameCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Pepper won theGolden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actorfor his performance inBattlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000. He has stated that, had he known in advance he was going to win the award, he would have gladly accepted it in person.He also appeared inJagged Edge's music video for "Goodbye". In 2011, he starred asRobert F. Kennedyin the Canadian-American TV mini-seriesThe Kennedys, for which he won thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
In 2015, Pepper appeared inThe Maze Runnersequel,Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, as Vince, "a survivalist who is one of the last remaining soldiers of a legendary unit called the Right Arm".In 2018, Pepper reprised his role as Vince inMaze Runner: The Death Cure.
In 2019, Pepper starred as Dave Keller in the horror filmCrawl.
Pepper is anaturalizedUnited States citizen. He has one child, a daughter, with his wife Cindy.