Career
A graduate of the Central Drama School in London, Quin was primarily a stage actor in his early career. After a small role in the British television series Just William in 1977, he had bit parts on United Kingdom sitcom Two"s Company and United States drama series Charlie"s Angels. While auditioning for Prisoner, Toppano suggested Quin for the role of Greg Miller when she learned the producer was looking for an actor to play a young prison doctor.
Both their characters were introduced with the storyline of the two having had a prior relationship as old college sweethearts.
The two remained on the series until the end of the 1979 season, when they were written out for their characters too, to be married. In 1980, he would star in the television miniseries Lucinda Brayford co-starring Wendy Hughes and Sam Neill and, the following year, in Sara Dane.
He appeared in a number of television series including M.P.S.I.B. and Carson"s Law. After Darlings of the Gods (1989), Quin took a leave of absence from acting coinciding with his divorce from Peta Toppano.
He returned to acting three years later with a guest appearance on Police Rescue and Mission Top Secret.
Before long, he began playing recurring characters on Big Sky and Mirror, Mirror World War II He also made guest appearances on Murder Call, Water Rats, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle"s The Lost World, The Secret Life of Us, Love My Way and All Saints. In April 2002, he also returned to the stage performing as Gordon in David Williamson"s Soulmates at the Sydney Opera House. After a cameo appearance as a news anchorman in Superman Returns (2006), Quin made several appearances as Geoff Olivetti in Home and Away between 2006 and 2009.
Barry also played the character Professor Sorvad in the 2011 Australian comedy movie Dealing with Destiny.
He also played "Philosophy" in two episodes of the YouTube web series The Horizon in 2013.
