Birth name: Barry Knapp Bostwick
Born: February 24, 1945
Birthplace: San Mateo, California, United States
Education:
San Mateo High School, San Mateo, California 1963.
BA of Fine Arts at then-California Western University
(now-United States International University)
New York University Graduate School, School of the Arts (major in Acting) -

That name does look familiar, where might i have seen Barry Bostwick?
He is probably best known for playing Brad Majors in the 1975 cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", and as George Washington in the epic films based on the biography by James Thomas Flexner, and its sequel, The Forging of a Nation. And of course as Mayor Randall Winston in Spin City

Early life:
Barry Knapp Bostwick was born in San Mateo, California, one of two sons born to Henry "Bud" Bostwick, a city planner and actor, and his wife Betty (née Defendorf), a homemaker.
As child he and his elder brother Peter use to put on musicals and puppet shows for the neighbourhood kids. Henry "Peter" Bostwick, was killed in an automobile accident on June 20, 1973 at the age of 32.

Barry Bostwick made his professional stage debut as sophomore at San Diego's United States International University's School for Performing Arts in the summer stock production, "Take Her, She's Mine", with Walter Pidgeon. He switched from music to drama during the course of his studies and ended up majoring in acting. But he left before taking his master's degree and worked and for a time as a circus performer.
Then he attended the New York Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and made his Broadway bow with the APA Phoenix Repertory Company in the title role of Sean O'Casey's "Cock-a-Doodle-Dandy."

Career:
Barry Bostwick has had starring roles in many highly acclaimed television films and miniseries.
He won a Golden Globe award for his performance as Lt. "Lady" Aster in ABC's presentation of War and Remembrance. He earned his first Tony nomination for his characterization of Danny Zuko in "Grease" and his second for portraying Joey in "They Knew What They Wanted" for the Phoenix Theater. He won the prestigious award for his performance in "The Robber Bridegroom," a role he originally created at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.

He also starred in "Moviola," "Deceptions" and "A Woman of Substance"; three adaptations of Judith Krantz novels, "I'll Take Manhattan," "Scruples" and "Till We Meet Again"; and Danielle Steel's "Once in a Lifetime." Barry's movies for television encompass "Dark Zone," "Murder by Natural Causes," "Betrayed by Innocence," "The Chadwicks," "You Can't Take It With You," "Once Upon a Family," "Red Flag," "Uncommon Love," "Body of Evidence," "Addicted to Love," "Parent Trap III," "Hawaiian Holiday," "The Great Air Race," "Captive" and "Challenger." In addition, he has appeared in several musical specials for PBS including the Fourth of July Special, including "Broadway Plays Washington," "The Best of Broadway," "In Performance at the White House," "Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration at Carnegie Hall"; and an adaptation of the Broadway hit, "Working." He has also hosted Saturday Night Live, and danced and sang with Carol Burnett in her special “Men, Movies, and Carol.”

Personal life:
Barry Bostwick was married to Stacey Nelkin, but they were divorced in 1991. Bostwick married his second wife Sherri Ellen Jenkins in 1994.
Bostwick was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1997 and ten days later got his prostate removed. He was very outspoken regarding his bout with prostate cancer and was later in 2004 presented with The Gilda Radner Courage Award from Roswell Park Cancer Institute for his determination to reach others about the importance of early detection.

Barry Bostwick resides with his wife, Sherri Ellen, and their two children, Brian and Chelsea, in upstate New York. He is an accomplished and talented potter, and he recently built a pottery studio adjacent to his home. His work has been sold and displayed in prominent galleries.

As Singer:
Barry Bostwick and ingenue Susan Sarandon both did their own vocals for The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The 28-year-old Bostwick had song and dance training and plenty of stage musical experience; two years before doing Rocky Horror he was nominated for a Tony Award for playing Danny Zuko in Grease. Sarandon, by contrast, was a nonsinger and petrified, especially because most of the other cast members had already done the show on stage. In a 1999 interview with England's The Guardian, she recalled, "I always had a real terror of singing... My dad was a singer and I'd always been told that I couldn't sing and I couldn't even hum out loud without getting hives... I thought that if I got in this musical, I would have to get over this fear of singing." Both are on the movie soundtrack. But that’s not all, Barry Bostwick really can sing everything from rock'n roll to Broadway musical classics and to country music just perfectly!!
Moreover, the range of his professional credits in show business is also extraordinary wide; a ballet dancer, a lead singer of pop/rock groups, a circus performer, the first actor being the producer of his own original Broadway cast album !