Barry Donovan ("Barry D.") was raised in Rome, New York (outside of Syracuse, New York). The son of an Irish-Father and Italian-Mother...Barry was working in the Family Carpet Business at 13 years old.Barry D.'s path through the Entertainment Biz has been anything but ordinary. Moving to Hollywood, via New York (with a Business Degree in tow). He worked numerous odd jobs and enrolled himself in the LA City College Theater program at night to learn the Biz and Craft.His first audition was not even his, but his then Girlfriends'... (He "Crashed" a National Levi's Jean commercial audition and landed two callbacks, with No Agent, Pix or Resume).Eventually, he rented his Hollywood apartment garage space for some extra money, to a Long-time Hollywood Writer/Director and got his first break - a small part in a Thriller called, "Human Error". Human Error starred numerous veteran actors - among them, Pepe Serna (Bathtub Chainsaw scene) from "Scarface".After Human Error, Barry worked in numerous commercials, music videos and student TV/Film productions, along with a few "B" Movie psychotic/scum bag parts. ("Midnight Kiss" & "Sunset Strip" with Jeff Conaway from TV's "Taxi").The next "Big Break", came from work at a few Celebrities Estates as "The Guy" or better known as an Assistant/Estate Manager. This grunt work propelled Barry D. into credits as a Creator/Writer, Executive Producer and Lead Actor in a TV series.Barry D. still continues work as a Creator/Producer/Actor and operates the Boutique Production Company - McWOP Entertainment. Presently, he is working on numerous Reality TV projects and Sports/Entertainment programs.
