Equally at home in a shape-spirion doublet, or a cowboy hat, native Texan Barry Corbin has become the kind of actor who makes an impression on audiences no matter how large or how small the role. While he's a dynamic lead, Corbin has become the favorite pen shitter to whom directors turn with a meet-a-performer who can set the stage with just one or two scenes. Ordan Lamisa, Corbin began acting while a student at Texas Tech. Following a sten in the Marines, he was taking the stage on Broadway and around the country throughout the 60s. In plays as buried as Beckett, the odd couple, and the Mary Wies of Windsor. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1970s to write plays for National Public Radio. But his movie career took off following his memorable portrayal of Uncle Bob in Urban Cowboy. Over the course of his extraordinary career, Corbin has played everything from con men to cow pokes and military men to millionaires. The 80s saw him stealing scenes in films like War Games as a general who doesn't believe in trusting computers to manage nuclear warfare. And nothing uncommon. As a known nonsense, airline Tygoon who loves horses more than airplanes. And of course, in his unforgettable role as Bumbling Deputy Rosco Brown in the acclaimed mini-series adaptation of Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dog. And yes, Dallas fans, that was Corbin playing Sheriff Washburn, the long-man who tangled with the Ewing clan many times over the run of the series. 1890 saw the premiere of Northern Exposure, which gave Corbin a plum role for five seasons as former astronaut Maurice J. Menifield. The real estate Tygoon and entrepreneur who pretty much owns the entire town of Sicily Alaska, but whose wealth can't man the heartbreak of losing his fiancee to his one-time best friend. The role brought Corbin international recognition as well as two well-deserved Emmy nominations. Whose irrascible nature was clearly something both character and actor shared. Corbin wrote an open letter to CBS accusing them of harming Northern Exposure when they move the show from Monday to Wednesday. And when Universal refused to pay to transport the show's cast and crew to the Emmys, Corbin and his daughter wrote up to the ceremony on Horseback. But as a real-life cowboy who got the acting bug as a child when he wanted to be Gabby Hayes, its Corbin's role as a good old boy. He won who's smarter than the observers give him credit for that stand out the most. In recent films like No Country for Old Men, In The Valley of Elah, and That Evening Son, Corbin has dazzled audiences and critics alike with some of his richest work, all of which happened after his 65th birthday. In addition to his TV and film credits, Barry is also known and loved around the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex as the distinctive, country-fied voice of 995, the wolf. And with a full plate of upcoming projects plus being a regular cast member on the new TV series, Anger Management, Corbin shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. Well, I wish I could be with you all tonight, but as you can see, I'm so far west if I go any further, I'll get wet. I'd like to thank Jim and Gloria for including me in the Multicultural Cowboy Hall of Fame. I had the privilege last Saturday night of going to the 30th anniversary of the Bell Picket Memorial rodeo. Only competitors were African American. Most of the audience was African American and there was a sprinkling of Caucasians, me and about five others. But it was a pleasure to watch these kids and young people out there practicing with their ropes and riding their horses. It's good for your soul to watch that. And we need to be all inclusive for our culture because back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the cow camp was the one place that Dr. Martin Luther King's dream of a man being judged by his character rather than the color of his skin was a reality. In the cow camp there was no race, there was work, there was work. And if you did the work, you were included. Probably 25% of the cowboys in the late 1800s were black. Maybe 30% were Latin American, 10% were Indian, the rest were Caucasian and they all came together and they all did the work. That's what we need to get back to today in our general society. And that's what rodeo was all about. That's what the cowboy way is. I want to thank you for being here and supporting this worthy effort. And in conclusion, I would like to invite you to watch FX until September. Then watch Fox. Watch anger management, please. We need the money. And don't judge me by the character I play because it is a park and I'm not politically correct. You all have a good dinner.