Actor
Matthew Barney
Biography

Matthew Barney was born in San Francisco in 1967; at age six, he moved to Idaho with his family. After his parents divorced, Barney continued to live with his father in Idaho, playing football on his high school team, and visiting his mother in New York City, where he was introduced to art and museums. This intermingling of sports and art informs his work as a sculptor and filmmaker. After graduating from Yale in 1991, Barney entered the art world to almost instant controversy and success. ...

Known For
Acting
2023 -- Secondary | Ken Stabler
2019 -- Redoubt | Engraver
2014 -- River of Fundament | The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers
2010 -- Drawing Restraint 17 |
2006 -- Matthew Barney: No Restraint | Self
2006 -- Instrument of Surrender | Douglas MacArthur
2006 -- Drawing Restraint 9 | Occidental Guest
2004 -- The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney | Himself
2002 -- Cremaster 3 | The Entered Apprentice
2002 -- The Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle | Himself
1999 -- Cremaster 2 | Gary Gilmore
1997 -- Cremaster 5 | Diva / Giant / Magician
1995 -- Cremaster 4 | The Loughton Candidate
1995 -- Matthew Barney: Creating Stories | Himself
1991 -- Blind Perineum | Himself
1991 -- Mile High Threshold: Flight with the Anal Sadistic Warrior |
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