Barracuda is depicted as a cheerfully optimistic and sadistic mercenary and gangster of great physical strength and endurance who commits various atrocities such as rape, mass murder, kidnapping and cannibalism.

Barracuda was born to an African-American father and Biracial mother of Black, French and Irish descent in Boynton Beach, Florida and grew up in Boca Raton, as the eldest of two brothers and a sister.

An abusive alcoholic, his father burned Barracuda's hand on a grill while telling him to be "hard as the world itself" the night before abandoning his family.

[3] As a Green Beret, Barracuda's A-team helped the CIA install Leopoldo Luna, a South American dictator in the 1980s.

[4] He was also responsible for drug-running in Nicaragua to fund the Contras and committed atrocities against local villages to ensure no resistance; when Colonel Nick Fury investigated,[5] Barracuda humiliated him by making it clear that the CIA and Congress would bury any report, as it implicated too many people.

He spent time in jail afterward where he struck a profitable partnership with Harry Ebbing, a corrupt and violent CEO.

Barracuda becomes deeply involved with Dynaco and the affairs of the CEO's wife and his right-hand man Dermot Leary.

The Punisher sinks their boat; everyone on board is eaten by sharks (the crew were handpicked Dynaco employees who had been in on the plan).

An undetermined amount of time later, Barracuda is approached by "Big Chris" Angelone, an Italian Mafia boss whose looks and speech patterns resemble Christopher Walken.

He announces to Luna's inner-circle that he intends to kill the dictator and put Wanda in his place, kill Angelone and put Oswald in his place, restart the cocaine trade between the two factions and get an American reconstruction firm (represented by an accountant he knew in prison) to start up work in Santa Morricone.

Meanwhile, Angelone, angry at being betrayed and humiliated, has been trying to launch a coup in Santa Morricone and successfully swings part of the army to his side.

Due to the helicopter not having enough supplies, Barracuda and Wanda are left floating in the Pacific Ocean in a boat with no food or equipment.

After interrogating and killing Yorkie and his wife, Barracuda stumbles across some startling and very useful information; unbeknownst to the Punisher, he has a very young daughter, the result of a tryst between him and now deceased CIA agent Kathryn O'Brien.

Barracuda travels to La Jolla and kidnaps the child from a day care center, killing a worker in the process.

Frank, who is hiding in the ceiling, plans to strike amongst the confusion when he realizes that the entire place, including his own location, has been wired with explosives.

Barracuda then steps off an elevator into the meeting and massacres the entire group (with intentions of taking over their businesses once he has finished with the Punisher).

Devin Friend of Screen Rant asserted, "Far and away the most popular villain from the Punisher MAX comics, Barracuda has become one of the most iconic enemies that Frank Castle has faced.

A giant of a man whose massive stature is almost as terrifying as his evil heart, he is one of The Punisher's few opponents who survived to fight multiple times.

[16] Ewan Paterson of WhatCulture ranked Barracuda 5th in their "10 Messed Up Marvel Villains You Won't Believe Exist" list.

During the Dark Reign storyline, Norman Osborn recruits Barracuda and the rest of Heavy Mettle to join the Shadow Initiative.

[18] The Punisher series Barracuda debuted in is set outside the eponymous character's primary continuity, taking place in a parallel universe known as "Earth-200111."

[19] In Punisher Noir, Barracuda is a Prohibition-era enforcer of Bumpy Johnson, specializing in wrecking nightclubs rivaling those of his employer.

He, Jigsaw, and the Russian are hired to kill Frank Castelione, a grocer who had defied mob boss Dutch Schultz.

The Punisher subdues Barracuda by blowing up a ferris wheel, ties him to another ride, and tries to threaten him into revealing who helped him and Jigsaw kill Frank.