Jack Barry

Acting

Jack Barry

Jack is a New Zealand based Actor. He is known for his work in AMC's The Making of the Mob: Chicago, South Pacific Pictures Shortland Street as Tank Reid, and NZ Screentime's In A Flash. Jack attended Te Kura Toi Whakaari o Aotearoa: NZ Drama School, graduating with a Bachelor of Performing Arts, majoring in acting for stage and screen in November 2015. Jack is travels between NZ and LA and is represented by Johnson & Laird Management.

Acting credits

The Convert poster
6.1

Munro, a soldier turned lay preacher, comes to New Zealand to minister to the first British colonists, but he is converted by the powerful chief Maianui to serve a different purpose.

The Convert

2024

The Tank poster
5.1

In 1978 Oregon, Ben and Jules inherit an abandoned coastal property from Ben's late mother, who's never mentioned it. The untouched house has been kept a secret for 40 years and comes with a beautiful private cove and beach. Jules searches for answers while Ben unwittingly awakens a fiercely protective creature.

The Tank

2023

In the Fire of War poster
5.3

Two young teenagers are forced to take control of their own destiny amid the chaos of a pivotal battle in New Zealand’s first land wars in 1864.

In the Fire of War

2024

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a #@%! poster
6.1

Mark Manson cuts through the crap to offer his not-giving-a-f*ck philosophy: a dose of raw, refreshing honesty that shows us how to live more contented, grounded lives.

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a #@%!

2023

In a Flash poster
NR

This drama tells the true story of the six Elim College students and their teacher who tragically lost their lives in a flash flood, a traumatic experience for the college and New Zealand.

In a Flash

2018

Pike River poster
NR

On the 19th of November 2010, the Pike River mine exploded with 31 men trapped inside. In the immediate confusion that followed no one knew what had happened. Within hours two men would manage a heroic escape but 29 remained unaccounted for. Over five days the men’s families and loved ones waited, hoping they would come out alive. Then two further explosions sealed the men’s fate. However, the fuse that would eventually snuff out so many lives was lit decades before. Set in the drama of the five days between the three explosions, Pike River reveals the tragic back story of the mine where pressure for profits would eventually contribute to the deaths of 29 men. Featuring interviews with the Pike River families and scripted drama to depict key events.

Pike River

2016

FARM poster
NR

A short film about a woman on a farm believes that a cow is the reincarnation of her dead husband.

FARM

2025