Barry Nerling

Barry Nerling
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Portrays:	Astral Queen prisoner Adama's Corporal
Date of Birth:	April 19, 1965
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Nationality:	CAN
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Barry Nerling is a Canadian actor and stunt performer born on April 19, 1965, in Oliver, British Columbia, who spent most of his childhood and early adult life in Vernon, B.C. He portrays Adama's Corporal, a recurring Marine seen throughout the Re-imagined Series, first appearing as an Astral Queen prisoner in "Bastille Day" before transitioning into a long-running background role aboard Galactica. Alongside his acting career, Nerling is an active stunt performer, editor, and filmmaker based in Vancouver.

Biography

Nerling was born in Oliver, B.C. and raised in Vernon, B.C. Acting was a lifelong interest he did not actively pursue until 2001, when a close friend encouraged him to move to Vancouver and try the industry. He began with background and extra work, then took acting classes, secured a principal agent, and steadily expanded into stunt performance. He became a member of the UBCP/ACTRA and the Vancouver Stunt Community, and describes himself as an actor first who is also a stunt performer — preferring that term to "stuntman."

In addition to his on-screen work, Nerling operates a video editing business, Barry Nerling – Digital Editing, specializing in stunt reels and actor demo reels. He has also produced and directed short-form projects, including the short film Stan's Plan, in which he served as co-writer and co-director.

Career

Battlestar Galactica

Nerling first appeared in the Re-imagined Series in the Season 1 episode "Bastille Day" as a prisoner aboard Astral Queen who was recruited to help the Fleet locate water in exchange for time off his sentence. He later became cast as a Colonial Marine aboard the Galactica, eventually becoming known as Adama's Corporal — a fixture in the background throughout the series. While his appearances are otherwise uncredited, he is specifically credited in the Season 4 episode "Revelations."

Other television and film work

During his years in Vancouver, Nerling accumulated credits across many of the major genre productions filming in the city. He appeared in the Stargate SG-1 franchise in multiple uncredited roles, including Jaffa warriors across several episodes, as well as credited roles in Stargate: Atlantis as Sgt. Green and an Asuran Guard. He also accumulated acting and stunt credits on Eureka and performed stunt work on the Tin Man miniseries.

Nerling's most prominent featured acting role came in the Supernatural Season 14 episode "Mint Condition" (2018), in which he played the masked villain David Yaeger, known as the Hatchet Man — a character rendered through extensive prosthetic makeup designed by special makeup effects artist Mike Fields. His history with that series extended back considerably further: as he noted in a 2018 interview, he had first worked on Supernatural as a stunt performer in Season 1, Episode 3.

His stunt credits span major studio productions and long-running television franchises. Feature film work includes Pathfinder (2007), RoboCop (2014), Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), Okja (2017), and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022). On television, he has performed stunts and doubled across the Arrowverse — including Arrow, The Flash, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and Batwoman — as well as on The X-Files, Snowpiercer, Lucifer, The Last of Us, and Tracker.

The BFG

Among the stunt credits Nerling has highlighted, his work on Steven Spielberg's The BFG (2016) stands out. In a 2018 interview, he described doubling a character whose pants are blown off by a flatulent gag before being launched into the air and crashing back down onto a table — and recalled looking down from the rig to see Spielberg directing him personally as a memorable career moment.

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