Barry Stark is a character who can be heard on Chatterbox FM in Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City Public Radio (VCPR) in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
He is voiced by Renaud Sebbane.
History
Background
Barry is a nudist and goes onto VCPR to preach the virtues of nudism. Barry is also campaigning for the founding of more nudist-only establishments in Vice City, including a casino.
Stark is married and lives on a nudist commune, but confesses that the residents 'share wives'.
Stark admits that he has personal issues and that he lies a lot. This is evidenced when he states that he first stopped wearing clothes while on holiday in Halle, Germany in 1982. Later on, he says that he told his mother he wanted to go to school naked and his mother was okay with it. He later says that he was taken away by social services. He also shows his confusion when stating that he would not be able to tell if a person was black or white if they were naked.
Stark also claims that nudity would lead to peace, reduction in crime, closer family bonds, and that clothes 'lead to immorality'.
Stark is the author of As Nature Intended and the editor of the Naturist News. At the end of the show, he becomes fed up with being placed behind a divider and grows desperate for bodily contact with the other panelists. However, he is brutally shot in the genitals by the power-crazed Pastor Richards. Stark survives and tells Maurice he needs a proctologist.
By 2001, he appears to have recovered and moved to Liberty City, and is still a nudist. He calls Lazlow on Chatterbox FM to discuss his hatred of clothing. He also urges Lazlow to be a nudist as well, claiming he could be a figurehead for Liberty City naturists.
His name could be derived from the terms "starkers" and "stark bollock naked", British slang for being naked.
Character
Appearance
According to Maurice Chavez, Stark is a flabby man with a ponytail and a nasty rash.
| Characters in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | |
|---|---|
| Protagonist | Tommy Vercetti |
| Major characters | Ken Rosenberg | Lance Vance† | Sonny Forelli† | Earnest Kelly | "Big" Mitch Baker | Avery Carrington† | Phil Cassidy | Colonel Juan Garcia Cortez | Ricardo Diaz† | Jezz Torrent | Percy | Dick | Kent Paul | Auntie Poulet | Umberto Robina | Steve Scott | Mr. Black |
| Minor characters | Victor Vance† | Gonzalez† | Leo Teal† | Pierre La Ponce† | Mercedes Cortez | Doris | Cougar | Zeppelin | Pastor Richards | Donald Love | Streetwannabe's Leader† | Cam Jones | Hilary King† | Alex Shrub | The Psycho | Maude Hanson | Jethro | Dwaine | Mike | Unnamed Vercetti Gang Bodyguard | Front Page Café Owner | Porn Guy | Juggz | Harry† | Lee† | Alberto Robina | Rico | Pepe (gangster) | Pepe (customer) | Pablo | Pedro Garcia | Candy's Agent† | Franco Carter† | Mrs. Dawson† | Charlie Dilson† | Mike Griffin† | Marcus Hammond† | Nick Kong† | Carl Pearson† | Ricardo Diaz's Hitmen | Candy Suxxx | BJ Smith | Sonny's Right-Hand Man | Sonny Forelli's Associate | Dick Tanner† | Ted | Unnamed Property Developer† | Willy | El Banco Corrupto Grande Manager | V.I.P. | The Greasy Chopper Bartender | Unnamed Businessman† | Unknown Dead Man† | Clerk | François† | Officer Miller | Jackson | Officer Jones | Sam | Cortez's Waitress | The Greasy Chopper Waiter | Mr. Black's Unnamed Accessory | Love Fist Groupies |
| Radio DJs | Oliver Biscuit | Maurice Chavez | Adam First | Jonathan Freeloader | Lazlow | Mr. Magic | Fernando Martinez | Michelle Montanius | Pepe | Amy Sheckenhausen | Toni |
| Radio guests | Jan Brown | Michaela Carapadis | Jenny Louise Crab | Callum Crayshaw | Pat "Mr. Zoo" Flannerdy | Freddy | John F. Hickory | Jack Howitzer | Claude Maginot | Mandy | Emanuel | Gethsemanee Starhawk Moonmaker | Doctor Phillips | Jeremy Robard | BJ Smith | Konstantinos Smith | Barry Stark | Thor |
| Mentioned characters | Mr. Chesterfield | Morgan Daniels | Giorgio Forelli | Fran | Jono | Ho Chi | Jimmy | Mario | Patrick III | Laura Shrub | Tim | Tommy Vercetti's Father | Bob | Bruce | Mark Cosgrove | Eugene | Martin | May | Moweesha | Doctor Perkins | P. Rowe | Darren Webb |
| . | |
| Beta characters | BJ Smith's Loan Shark | Mr. Moffat | Zeb |
| † denotes Deceased, Italics denotes a status determined by the player's choice Characters in GTA Vice City | Category:Characters in GTA Vice City | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | Category:Characters | |