Michael Irby in the series Barry. (Photo: HBO)
Actor Michael Irby will be returning as a recurring cast member in the next season of HBO’s Emmy-winning dark comedy series Barry. The third season will debut in late April.
The series follows a former Marine from Cleveland named Barry Berkman, who works as a hitman. Played by SNL alumnus Bill Hader, Barry is lonely and dissatisfied with his life in the Midwest and travels to Los Angeles to kill a target, only to end up caught up in the city’s theater scene.
Irby plays Cristobal Sifuentes, the leader of the Bolivian mafia, who in previous seasons also moved to the City of Angels. Barry earned the Mexican American actor a nomination to the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Irby is known for his recent roles as Obispo “Bishop” Losa in the FX series Mayans, M.C. and as U.N. Admiral Delgado in the Prime sci-fi series The Expanse. He has also appeared in the TV series SEAL Team, Taken and True Detective.
The third season of HBO’s Barry will consist of eight episodes.
Desperate to leave his violent past behind in favor of his newfound passion, Barry is attempting to untangle himself from the world of contract killing and fully immerse himself in acting. But getting out is messy. While Barry has eliminated many of the external factors that pushed him towards violence, he soon discovers they weren’t the only forces at play. What is it about his own psyche that led him to become a killer in the first place? Season three finds Barry and the other characters trying to make the right choice.
Joining Hader and Irby are cast regulars Stephen Root (HBO’s Perry Mason) as Monroe Fuches, Barry’s former handler currently in hiding; Sarah Goldberg (Hindsight) as Sally, Barry’s girlfriend in the midst of launching her first TV series; Anthony Carrigan (Gotham) as Noho Hank, head of the Chechen mob in LA; and Emmy winner Henry Winkler (Arrested Development) as Gene Cousineau, Barry’s former acting teacher who is in mourning over the loss of his girlfriend Detective Janice Moss.
Returning for season three as a cast regular is Sarah Burns (HBO’s Enlightened) as Detective Mae Dunn. Like Irby, also returning as a recurring cast member is D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place) as Natalie Greer.
The first two seasons of Barry won six Emmys out of a total of thirty nominations, receiving the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Hader); Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Winkler); Outstanding Sound Editing For a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation; and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation.
Season three of Barry was created, written and directed by Alec Berg (HBO’s Silicon Valley) and Hader; executive produced by Hader and Berg along with Aida Rodgers and Liz Sarnoff; and produced by Julie Camino. Additional season three writers include Emma Barrie, Jason Kim, Emily Heller, Duffy Boudreau and Liz Sarnoff. Berg and Hader are co-creators, executive producers, directors and writers.
Barry’s season three will premiere April 24 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.
