Barry Duffield, Star of Spartacus – Episode 95

The Paid to Play Podcast

Veteran of the acting scene Barry Duffield moved from the UK to Australia with family as a youngster but found acting success after moving to New Zealand, where he studied at the South Seas Film and Television School in Auckland. This led to recurring roles the New Zealand medical drama Shortland Street. Genre fans, though, undoubtedly know him for his portrayal of Lugo, the Germanic warrior in the Starz TV series Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned. Listen in for a great chat about how Berry got his big break thanks to a motorbike, the unique experience that is "Option Hell," working on Young Hercules, his (spoiler warning) epic death in Spartacus: War of the Damned, helping a young boy who had beaten cancer get to a Spartacus convention and how he's just as big a fan as anyone else! Huge thanks to Glenn Hodges for connecting Barry and I up, and also to Patreon backer Paul Cockrem for the awesome question! Barry Duffield Barry's writing / production firm, Dreamchaser Productions Graphic Novels Deadman's Land and Tandoori Apocalypse Barry Duffield on IMDB Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned (Starz TV show) Lugo (Spartacus fan wiki) Rebels Spartacus Convention III - September 24th-25th, 2016, Paris, France Young Hercules (Wikipedia) Kazankis (Hercules & Xena fan wiki) Images provided by Barry Duffield. Save Save Save