Seth Barrish

Acting

Seth Barrish

Born 1959-09-08 · San Francisco, California, USA

Seth Barrish is an actor, director, writer, professional acting coach, and musician. He regularly appears in film and television and is author of the book, "An Actor's Companion-Tools for the Working Actor" As a director he is best known for his award-winning work with comedian Mike Birbiglia and playwright Martin Moran. He is Co-Artistic Director of The Barrow Group, an award-winning theater company based in New York City.

Acting credits

The Post poster
7.0

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

The Post

2017

Relay poster
7.0

A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when a new client seeks his protection to stay alive.

Relay

2025

Going in Style poster
6.7

Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.

Going in Style

2017

The Astronaut's Wife poster
5.6

When astronaut Spencer Armacost returns to Earth after a mission that nearly cost him his life, he decides to take a desk job in order to see his beautiful wife, Jillian, more often. Gradually, Jillian notices that Spencer's personality seems to have changed, but her concerns fade when she discovers that she's pregnant. As Jillian grows closer to becoming a mother, her suspicions about Spencer return. Why does it seem as if he's a different person?

The Astronaut's Wife

1999

True Story poster
6.3

A drama centered on the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.

True Story

2015

The Friend poster
6.7

New York City writer Iris finds her comfortable, solitary life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor bequeaths her a Great Dane named Apollo. The huge dog immediately creates practical problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as more existential ones. Yet as Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past, and her own creative inner life.

The Friend

2025

Isn't It Romantic poster
6.2

For a long time, Natalie, an Australian architect living in New York City, had always believed that what she had seen in rom-coms is all fantasy. But after thwarting a mugger at a subway station only to be knocked out while fleeing, Natalie wakes up and discovers that her life has suddenly become her worst nightmare—a romantic comedy—and she is the leading lady.

Isn't It Romantic

2019

Mistress America poster
6.5

A college freshman cures her disappointment and loneliness by allowing herself to be pulled into the wacky schemes of her future stepsister.

Mistress America

2015

Spoiler Alert poster
7.0

Journalist Michael Ausiello embarks on a rollercoaster ride of emotions when Kit Cowan, his partner of 14 years, is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Spoiler Alert

2022

Somewhere in Queens poster
6.3

Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.

Somewhere in Queens

2023

How He Fell in Love poster
4.0

A struggling musician enters into a chance affair with a married woman. The illicit encounters and resulting bond affect both in lasting and significant ways.

How He Fell in Love

2015

The Sunlit Night poster
5.4

An aspiring painter meets eccentric locals and a fellow New Yorker while working on a barn in Norway.

The Sunlit Night

2020

Margot at the Wedding poster
5.8

Margot Zeller is a short story writer with a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue. On the eve of her estranged sister Pauline's wedding to unemployed musician/artist/depressive Malcolm at the family seaside home, Margot shows up unexpectedly to rekindle the sisterly bond and offer her own brand of support. What ensues is a nakedly honest and subversively funny look at family dynamics.

Margot at the Wedding

2007

Wolves poster
5.8

Anthony Keller, star of his NYC high school basketball team, is riding his way to Cornell on a sports scholarship. But he can only maintain his popular jock facade for so long, as his troubled father Lee has a gambling addiction that threatens to derail his dreams both on and off the court.

Wolves

2016

2 Days in New York poster
5.6

Marion and Mingus both come from failed relationships but, by bringing their children together, they've managed to form a small yet happy family. Tensions in their household soon begin to spike when Marion's jovial father shows up on their doorstep with his randy daughter and her peculiar boyfriend in tow. As the motor-mouthed houseguests shatter every taboo imaginable, the happy couple begin to question their commitment.

2 Days in New York

2012

Don't Think Twice poster
6.4

An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.

Don't Think Twice

2016

31 Candles poster
5.5

Leo, a 30-year-old New Yorker who is having a Bar Mitzvah after meeting Eva, his longtime summer camp crush. In order to finish his mitzvah assignment and perhaps mature, he has to deal with, ex-partners, family members, and more.

31 Candles

2025

Happy New Year poster
5.3

A war-torn marine returns home to face his fiercest battle yet - the one against himself.

Happy New Year

2011

Victor's Big Score poster
4.4

A penniless barber schemes to marry his wealthy landlady for her money, but friends, foes-and the Gods-intervene.

Victor's Big Score

1992

Trapeze, U.S.A. poster
NR

One little person's journey through the large new world of political correctness.

Trapeze, U.S.A.

2017

The Board poster
NR

A socially challenged high school kid tests his ultimate system for making a successful first-time call to his crush.

The Board

2016

Home Remedy poster
10.0

A 30-year-old bachelor who refuses to leave his house strikes up a relationship with a neurotic neighbor.

Home Remedy

1987

Behind the camera

Jeff Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride poster
5.9

Making his Broadway debut, legendary comic Jeff Ross turns the spotlight on himself in a one-man show that is as heartfelt as it is hilarious.

Jeff Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride

2026

Sleepwalk with Me poster
6.5

A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.

Sleepwalk with Me

2012

Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life poster
6.2

Drugs. Marriage. Kids' parties. Mike Birbiglia reevaluates life as a son — and as a father — in this hilarious and deeply personal comedy special.

Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life

2025

Mike Birbiglia: The New One poster
7.4

Comedian Mike Birbiglia hits Broadway with a hilarious yet profound one-man show that recounts his emotional and physical journey to parenthood.

Mike Birbiglia: The New One

2019

Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special poster
6.5

Comedian and actor Rachel Bloom muses on birth, death, cosmic uncertainty and pungent trees in this whimsical and reflective musical comedy special.

Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special

2024

Mike Birbiglia: Thank God for Jokes poster
7.4

Mike Birbiglia declares that a joke should never end with "I’m joking." In his all-new comedy, Birbiglia tiptoes hilariously through the minefield that is modern-day joke-telling. Join Mike as he learns that the same jokes that elicit laughter have the power to produce tears, rage, and a whole lot of getting yelled at. Ultimately it's a show that asks, “How far should we go for the laugh?”

Mike Birbiglia: Thank God for Jokes

2017

Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool poster
7.4

Comedian Mike Birbiglia dives headlong into mortality, medical tests, nature's pillows and an overchlorinated YMCA pool in this candid one-man show.

Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool

2023

Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend poster
7.5

Mike Birbiglia shares a lifetime of romantic blunders and misunderstandings. On this painfully honest but hilarious journey, Birbiglia struggles to find reason in an area where it may be impossible to find: love.

Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend

2013