Barry Sloane (born Barry Paul Sloan;[1] on 10 February 1981) is an English actor. He has appeared in numerous television shows, and in the BAFTA Award–winning television films Pleasureland and The Mark of Cain. In 2006, Sloane made his West End debut in Willy Russell's Blood Brothers. In December 2007, he began playing serial killer Niall Rafferty in Channel 4's Hollyoaks, which earned him three award nominations.

Barry Sloane
Sloane in 2019
Born
Barry Paul Sloan

(1981-02-10) 10 February 1981 (age 43)
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present
Known forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare
as Captain Price
Spouse
Katy O'Grady
(m. 2013)
Children2

In 2010, Sloane appeared in the ITV crime series DCI Banks and later that year, he also played Kieran Callaghan in the BBC One serial medical drama Holby City. In July 2012, Sloane was cast as Aiden Mathis in the ABC drama series Revenge. In February 2014, he joined the cast of ABC's science fiction drama series The Whispers. Sloane portrayed Captain Price in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, for which he was nominated for British Academy Games Award for Performer in a Leading Role,[2] and reprised the role in Modern Warfare II (2022) and Modern Warfare III (2023).

Early life

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Sloane was born Barry Paul Sloan in Garston, Liverpool. He was trained as a musician and actor before landing his first professional acting role as Ivan in the film In His Life: The John Lennon Story.[3][4][5][6]

Career

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In mid-2009, Sloane appeared as Troy Whitworth in Jez Butterworth's critically acclaimed play Jerusalem at London's Royal Court Theatre. The play was given a West End transfer in January 2010. After a record-breaking sellout run, it was announced that the play would transfer, this time to Broadway. He made his Broadway debut in Jerusalem at the Music Box Theatre in New York City on 4 February 2011.

Sloane starred in Joseph Ruben's 2013 thriller film Penthouse North alongside Michael Keaton and Michelle Monaghan.

On 10 July 2012, Sloane joined the cast of the ABC drama series Revenge as Aiden Mathis, a mysterious man with ties to Emily Thorne's past.[7] It was announced on 23 October 2012 that he had been promoted to series regular.[8] On 20 February 2014, it was reported that Sloane had been cast as Wes Lawrence in the ABC alien drama series The Whispers.[9] Sloane continued his role as Zach on Longmire for the 6th, and last, season in 2017.

In 2024, Netflix announced that Sloane will play the role of The Prodigal (also known as Destruction) in the upcoming second season of The Sandman.[10]

Personal life

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Sloane married Katy O'Grady, the fourth-place runner-up of the third series of the Sky One programme Project Catwalk. They have a daughter, Gracie Bluebell Sloan, born in 2010[11][12][13] and a son, Lennon Michael Sloan, born in 2016.[14]

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
2007 The Mark of Cain Glynn
2013 Penthouse North Chad
2014 Noah Poacher leader
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2000 In His Life: The John Lennon Story Ivan Television film
2002–03 Brookside Sean Smith 65 episodes
2003 Pleasureland Darren From The Flats Television film
2004 I'm a Juvenile Delinquent – Jail Me! Piers Television film
2004 The Courtroom Barry Potter 2 episodes
2004 Holby City Kevin Sharpe Episode: "A Sense of Guilt"
2007–08 Hollyoaks Niall Rafferty 90 episodes
2008 Hollyoaks Later Niall Rafferty 4 episodes
2010 Casualty Davey Blake Episode: "Dark Places"
2010 The Bill Josh Hunt Episode: "Duty Calls"
2010 Doctors Brett Sulivan Episode: "Bleeding"
2010 DCI Banks Jackie Wray 2 episodes
2010–11 Holby City Kieran Callaghan 8 episodes
2012–14 Revenge Aiden Mathis 43 episodes
2013 Father Brown Simeon Barnes Episode: "The Hammer of God"
2015 The Whispers Wes Lawrence 13 episodes
2015–2017 Longmire Deputy Zachary Heflin 10 episodes
2015 Saints & Strangers Edward Winslow
2016 Shameless Ryan 2 episodes
2017–2018 Six Joe "Bear" Graves
2019 L.A.'s Finest Dante Sherman 7 episodes
2019 Bluff City Law Jake Reilly
2022 Litvinenko DS Jim Dawson
2022–2023 The Bay Chris Fischer
2023 The Company You Keep Connor Maguire 5 Episodes
2024 Passenger Eddie Wells
TBA The Sandman The Prodigal
Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2019 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Captain Price Voice and motion capture[15]
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Downloadable content
2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Voice and motion capture
2023 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

Theatre

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Year Title Role Notes
2009 Jerusalem Troy Whitworth Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
13 July – 22 August 2009
2010 Apollo Theatre
28 January – 24 April 2010
2011 Music Box Theatre
21 April – 21 August 2011
2023 Boys From The Blackstuff Yosser Hughes[16] Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
15 September – 28 October 2023
2024 National Theatre, London
29 May – 8 June 2024

References

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  1. ^ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005; at ancestry.com
  2. ^ "2020 BAFTA Games Awards: The Winners". 3 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Spotlight On: Barry Sloane". Matchesfashion. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Barry Sloane". NewNowNext. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Meet the Cast of JERUSALEM Day 15: Barry Sloane". Broadway.world.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Monday Morning Man: Barry Sloane!". GregInHollywood.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  7. ^ Masters, Megan (10 July 2012). "Revenge Exclusive: Meet Emily's Mystery Man!". TVLine. PMC. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  8. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (23 October 2012). "Barry Sloane Upped To Regular on ABC's 'Revenge'". Deadline Hollywood. PMC. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  9. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (20 February 2014). "'Revenge's' Barry Sloane to Star in ABC's Alien Drama 'The Visitors'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  10. ^ "The Sandman on Instagram: The Endless have finally assembled: Introducing Adrian Lester as Destiny, Esmé Creed-Miles as Delirium and Barry Sloane as the Prodigal in the next season of THE SANDMAN. It's going to be one Hell of a family reunion.".
  11. ^ "Barry Sloane Man Crush". Homorazzi.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Barry Sloane – China dictionary". 88dict.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  13. ^ "An honest killer". New Zealand: Stuff. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  14. ^ Barry Sloane [@BarrySloane] (21 July 2016). "So proud of my amazing wife @Katysloane for bringing Lennon Michael Sloan into the world yesterday. Beautiful Boy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ Hurley, Leon (30 May 2019). "There's a new Captain Price in Modern Warfare 2019: Meet Revenge, SIX and Hollyoaks actor Barry Sloane". GamesRadar. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  16. ^ Youngs, Ian. "Boys From the Blackstuff: James Graham and Barry Sloane on reviving landmark 1980s TV drama". BBC News. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
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