Barry Battle Jr. was born in Washington, D.C. He first caught the love of acting in the stage
play “It Takes a Village” as a teenager. Barry Battle has been in numerous of touring
productions such as the Off-Broadway hit stage play “Waldy Street” which he was the lead actor. 

He would go on to major as a playwright with an understudy in theater at the University of
Maryland Eastern Shore and later on at Bowie State University. He worked as a writer for B.E.T.
106 & Park under the senior writer, Pat Charles. Barry Battle’s freshman film which he wrote, directed and produced was Camp Wilson starring Omar Gooding. University of Maryland Eastern Shore first premiered “Rotten Apple” during the fall production in 2015.