Thom Barry

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::summary American actor ::

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Field	Value
name	Thom Barry
birth_place	Cleveland, Ohio, US
occupation
years_active	1995–2016
known_for	Portraying Will Jeffries
on the TV series Cold Case
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| name = Thom Barry | birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, US | occupation = | years_active = 1995–2016 | known_for = Portraying Will Jeffries on the TV series Cold Case

Thom Barry is an American former actor who was born in Cleveland, Ohio. In the 1980s, he was a disc jockey for WUBE-FM in Cincinnati. He appeared in television advertisements for The Home Depot, Sears, and United Parcel Service, and did voice acting for the TV series The Incredible Hulk and The Wild Thornberrys. In 2014, The Hollywood Reporter described the actor as best known for playing Detective Will Jeffries on the TV series Cold Case from 2003 to 2010.

Acting credits

Television

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Year	Title	Role	Episode(s)	Citation(s)	Seinfeld	Living Single	Profiler	**	**	Get Real	**	Family Law	**	Cold Case	Crash	House	Blue Bloods	Perception
	Building superintendent	"The Soup Nazi"
	Mark	"Doctor in the House"
	Governor of Ohio	"Shoot to Kill"
–2003	Mark Richardson	2 episodes
Judge Watson	3 episodes
	Detective Oberg	"Saved"
Leonard	"Meltdown"
Judge Harbert	"Going Home"
	Garvis Avery	2 episodes
–2010	Will Jeffries	156 episodes
–2009	Captain Tucker
	Sykes	"Twenty Vicodin"
	ADA Saul Ward	"Framed"
	William Parsons	Recurring
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Film

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Year	Title	Role	Citation(s)	**	White Man's Burden	Congo	Apollo 13	High School High	Independence Day	Space Jam	Steel	Air Force One	Major League: Back to the Minors	**	2 Fast 2 Furious	Texas Chainsaw 3D	Mr. Church
	Guard
Landlord
Samahani
Orderly
	Teacher
SETI Tech Two
	James R. Jordan Sr.
	Senior Cop
Ramstein S O F Watch Officer
	Pops Morgan
	Agent Bilkins
	Sheriff Hooper
	Frankie Twiggs
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References

References

1. Ebert, Roger. (2003-06-06). "2 Fast 2 Furious movie review (2003)".
2. (2013). "The West Wing". [[Wayne State University Press]].
3. (2013-01-11). "Texas Chainsaw". [[The Austin Chronicle]].
4. (2014). "Historical Dictionary of African American Television". [[Rowman & Littlefield]].
5. (2014-06-06). "'Cold Case' Star Heads to TNT's 'Perception'". [[Janice Min]].
6. (2016-09-07). "'Mr. Church' Premiere: Eddie Murphy on His Dramatic Return to the Big Screen After 4 Years". [[Janice Min]].
7. (2016-11-15). "Twenty years later, 'Space Jam' is the movie we never knew we needed". [[The Washington Post]].
8. (2018-10-23). "'Seinfeld' 'Soup Nazi' Thomas to appear in play". [[SanTan Sun News]].
9. Kiesewetter, John. (2019-04-01). "Happy 50th Birthday To Country Music WUBE". [[WUBE-FM]].
10. Sprague, Mike. (2019-06-26). "Charles Barkley Doesn't Think We Need Space Jam 2". [[MovieWeb]].
11. "Thom Barry". [[British Film Institute]].
12. "Thom Barry Filmography".
13. "Thom Barry Biography, Celebrity Facts and Awards".
14. "Thom Barry List of Movies and TV Shows".

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