He has starred in several movies including Pretty Boy Floyd, The Lawyer, Vanishing Point, City on Fire, Brown’s Requiem, Goodbye Lover, The Limey, Bowfinger, Jack the Dog, True Blue, Good Advice, 40 Days and 40 Nights, Manhood, Grilled, and more. Barry Newman has also appeared in episodes of the TV series Get Smart, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Murder, She Wrote, The New Hollywood Squares, L.A. Law, NYPD Blue, The O.C., Ghost Whisperer, and more. Newman was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 1975 and a Golden Globe Award in 1976 for Petrocelli.