Barry Watson (7th Heaven) Net Worth, Cancer, Spouse, Children

Barry Watson is an American actor, who rose to fame when he starred as Matt Camden in the WB’s most-watched family drama series titled “7^e Heaven.”

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Early life and family

Michael Barrett Watson was born on April 23, 1974 in Traverse City, Michigan, USA to parents Michael and Karen. Her father is a lawyer, while her mother is a paralegal. He has three siblings, namely Scott, Christie and Kip. His family moved to Dallas, Texas when he was eight, but his parents divorced when he was 14.

Education background

He enrolled in 1992 at Richardson High in Texas.

Career

First steps

His modeling career began in Dallas, when he took acting classes at Linda Seto’s Young Actors Studio for Children and Teens. When he was 15, he moved to Burbank, Calif., and played a minor role in NBC’s daytime soap opera, “Days of Our Lives,” which ran for six months in 1990, after which he returned to the Texas to finish high school. . At 19, he moved back to Los Angeles and attended several auditions, but in the meantime parked cars at the House of Blues nightclub to support himself.

Barry was cast in small roles in ‘The Nanny’ (1994) and ‘Sister Sister’ (1995), then the following year he had better luck working in various series and TV movies, including ‘Baywatch’. “Co-ed Call Girl” and “Nash Bridges”.

He also appeared in a handful of episodes of Aaron Spelling’s teen drama, “Malibu Shores.”

Additional success

Television

“seven^e Heaven”

His biggest break came when he landed a major role in the WB family drama, “7^e Heaven,” which revolved around the suburban middle-class Camden family in the fictional town of Glenoak, California. He portrayed Matthew “Matt” Camden, the eldest of seven children of Reverend Eric Camden played by Stephen Collins, and Annie Camden played by Catherine Hicks. It was produced by Aaron Spelling and ran for 11 seasons from August 1996 to May 2007 with 243 episodes, Barry appearing in 155 of them, as he was part of the main cast from seasons one to six, had a recurring role on his 7^e and 8^e seasons, a series regular again in its 9^e season, and a special guest in his 10^e season.

Barry also wrote the episode “Peer Pressure” in 2002 and tried his hand at directing in the episodes “The Rat’s Out of the Bag” and “Brotherly Love” in 2005. The series was considered one of the shows most family-friendly, and was the most-watched series on the WB at that time, but ratings plummeted when it was moved to The CW for the 11^e and final season. It received good reviews, although some criticized it for having a predictable plot and showing a caricature of an American family that seemed unreal.

Being part of a hit series made him popular, so it’s no surprise he was cast in the lead role of Brian Davis in the comedy-drama “What About Brian?” from Bad Robot Productions and Touchstone Television, which premiered on ABC in August 2006.; it ended in March 2007 after two seasons with 25 episodes.

Another starring role came to him when he was cast as Todd Deepler in the ABC sitcom “Samantha Who?”, alongside Christina Applegate and Jennifer Esposito which debuted October 15, 2007; only 15 out of 22 episodes were produced because of the Writers Guild of America strike at that time. The studio ordered 20 episodes for its second season, but due to budget cuts it was put on hiatus for a few months and then resumed airing in a different timeslot, with ratings continuing to drop until the final episode. .

Most of the projects that followed were single-episode appearances in various television series, but also recurring roles in season six of “Gossip Girl” (2012), season three of “Heart of Dixie” (2014) and season two of “Masters of Sex” (2014).

He was able to get a lead role again in the comedy-drama “Date My Dad” (2017), but it only lasted one season with 10 episodes. His most recent television projects include a recurring role as Lachlan Murdoch on the miniseries “The Loudest Voice” (2019) and a guest role on the 10^e episode of the second season of the Hulu Original horror anthology series titled “Into the Dark” in 2020.

Film

He made his film debut in the dark comedy thriller “Teaching Mrs. Tingle” (1999), starring Helen Mirren and Katie Holmes. It had an unsuccessful theatrical run and drew mostly negative reviews from critics.

Watson made an appearance as himself in the 2001 heist film, “Ocean’s Eleven,” which grossed $450 million worldwide and received positive reviews from critics.

He was one of the actors whom Rusty, played by Brad Pitt, taught to play poker.

In 2005, he was cast in the lead role in the supernatural horror film “Bogeyman,” which had a worldwide gross of nearly $70 million against a production budget of $20 million. He stopped making movies for a while while he was busy doing soap operas, so his next movie wasn’t until 2011 in the romantic drama, “Le Château Meroux.” His most recent film was “A Dog’s Way Home” (2019), which was a box office hit with a worldwide gross of over $80 million.

Private life

Barry and Natasha Gregson Wagner were married on December 21, 2014 and they have a daughter named Clover Clementyne who was born on May 30, 2012.

The couple with Clover, 8, Oliver, 15, and Felix, 12, live in a four-bedroom house in a 5,000 square foot property in Venice, California.

Who is Natasha Gregson Wagner?

American actress Natasha was born on September 29, 1970 in Los Angeles to Russian-American actress Natalie Wood and British producer Richard Gregson. Her mother filed for divorce two years after the wedding, when Natasha was just a 10-month-old baby.

Natalie married actor Robert Wagner in 1957, divorced in 1962, then remarried in 1972. Her mother drowned in 1981 aged 43 – she was on board her family’s yacht near the island from Santa Catalina on a Thanksgiving weekend with her husband Robert, Christopher Walken and Dennis Davern, who was the captain of the boat; his body was reportedly found floating in the water the following day.

His death was ruled an accidental drowning after a two-week investigation, however, his case was reopened in 2011 when the boat’s captain changed his statement, saying he had lied at the time and believed that Wagner had something to do with his death. He said they didn’t look too hard, didn’t turn on the spotlight, and didn’t notify the authorities right away. Robert became a person of interest in 2018 in the ongoing investigation; he claims his innocence and refuses to be questioned.

Natasha made her big screen debut in 1992 in “Fathers & Sons”, and on television in 1993 in “Tainted Blood”. She has starred in over 60 movies and TV shows during her 28 years in the entertainment industry.

Her most recent TV appearances were in the “Moving On” episode of “Date My Dad” (2017) and the HBO documentary, “Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind”, in 2020 which she also produced. She was previously married to DV DeVincentis in 2003 and divorced in 2008.

Previous relationships

Barry is married three times and divorced twice. he met his first wife, actress Laura Payne-Gabriel, through Tori Spelling with whom he had previously worked in the TV movie “Co-ed Call Girl” in 1996. Laura appeared as one of the dancers Go-Go in the movie, “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery”, in 1997.

The two married on November 27, 1997 and divorced in 2002.

His second wife was Tracy Hutson, a style consultant on ABC’s reality show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” from 2003 to 2012. She also pursued an acting career and was cast as a movie star. for adults and secretary in the 2000 television movie “Rated X”, with Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez in a 2001 episode of the television series “The Huntress”. Barry and Tracy were classmates in high school and even dated when they had They were married on July 14, 2006 and had two children, namely Oliver and Felix, before divorcing in 2011.

Thank you Lilah 🙂 I miss you girls❤️ https://t.co/Y4y5Ab3WZu

— Barry Watson (@realBarryWatson) April 24, 2020

Interesting facts and rumors

• In May 2002, Barry was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease and had to take a break between “7^e Heaven” while receiving treatment. He went into remission in April 2003 and returned to work.
• He said he was bullied when he was in middle school because he was the only one with long hair and had a pierced ear.
• His kitchen is his favorite place in the house, as he considers cooking his work detox, so cooks for his children whenever he can. The cooking area is off limits to children, as they have a pantry where they can get everything they need.

Appearance

He is 1.84m tall and weighs 79kg. He has dark brown hair and dark brown eyes.

Net value

Barry Watson has an estimated net worth of $1 million as of June 2020, sources say.