Gary Basaraba
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-03-16 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Gary Basaraba
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gary Basaraba (born March 16, 1959) is a Canadian actor best known for playing American police officers. He appeared as Sergeant Richard Santoro on Steven Bochco's Brooklyn South and Officer Ray Heckler on Boomtown.
According to the DVD commentary for the first season of the police drama Boomtown, he did most of his driving stunts in the series and he made sure he accurately portrayed police procedures.
Basaraba played Heywood Broun, one of the greatest American journalists of the 20th Century, in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle in 1994. He played Sheriff Grady Kilgore in Fried Green Tomatoes. He also played Saint Andrew in The Last Temptation of Christ, and had a role in Sweet Dreams.
Basaraba played Homer Zuckerman in the remake of Charlotte's Web. Basaraba also portrayed the father, Jack Grainger, in One Magic Christmas, opposite Mary Steenburgen. Since 2007, he has appeared in the Canadian television series Mixed Blessings.
Basaraba has also made three appearances in the Law & Order franchise, as a bartender in the original series titled "Point of View", as a corrections officer in the Law and Order episode "The Brotherhood" in 2004 and in the fifth season of SVU.
It has been announced that Basaraba will be the voice of Hefty Smurf in the live-action/CG family film The Smurfs.
Acting
(2023)
Sound of Freedom
as Earl Buchanan
(2023)
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Detective Burns
(2019)
The Irishman
as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
(2018)
Little Italy
as Vince
(2018)
American Animals
as Warren Lipka Senior
(2017)
Suburbicon
as Uncle Mitch
(2016)
The Accountant
as Don
(2016)
Dallas, Sunday Morning
as Jack Ruby
(2013)
The Smurfs 2
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
(2013)
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
(2012)
Hornet's Nest
as Seth
(2011)
The Smurfs
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
(2011)
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
as Hefty (voice)
(2009)
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Jerry Pollard, motorman
(2008)
Recount
as Clay Roberts
(2006)
Charlotte's Web
as Homer Zuckerman
(2006)
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
as Norman Shaw
(2002)
Unfaithful
as Detective Mirojnick
(2002)
K-9: P.I.
as Pete Timmons
(2002)
Guilty Hearts
as Matt Moran
(2002)
(1999)
Holy Joe
as Ernie Blevins
(1997)
Lifebreath
as John
(1997)
Dead Silence
as Shephard Wilcox
(1997)
(1997)
(1996)
Striptease
as Alberto
(1995)
A Horse for Danny
as Solly
(1994)
The War
as Dodge
(1994)
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
as Heywood Broun
(1993)
For Their Own Good
as Roy Wheeler
(1992)
The Dark Wind
as Larry
(1992)
Afterburn
as Bill Decker
(1991)
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Grady Kilgore
(1991)
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
as Leland Winters
(1989)
Little Sweetheart
as Barkeeper
(1988)
The Last Temptation of Christ
as Andrew, Apostle
(1986)
No Mercy
as Joe Collins
(1985)
One Magic Christmas
as Jack Grainger
(1985)
Sweet Dreams
as Woodhouse
(1985)
Alamo Bay
as Leon