Gary Basaraba
Known for Acting · 86 credits
- Born
- 1959-03-16 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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.
Known For
TV Shows (43)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as George Burton / William O'Boyle
Law & Order
1990
as Officer John Patrick Worley / Kevin Reilly
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Micah
Criminal Minds
2005
as James Odenkirk
The Mentalist
2008
as Stephen Hannigan
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Mr. Sullivan
Bones
2005
as Bob Gordon
Blue Bloods
2010
as Jimmy Burke
Castle
2009
as Ralph Carbone
Person of Interest
2011
as Stu Sommers
Mad Men
2007
as Herb Rennet
Cold Case
2003
as Vinnie Buonaforte / Brown
Miami Vice
1984
as Dr. Morris
Third Watch
1999
as Joe
NYPD Blue
1993
as Victor Carlin
Everwood
2002
as Mr. Curtis
NCIS: New Orleans
2014
as Steven Bellamy
Judging Amy
1999
as Brian Whitaker
Numb3rs
2005
as Joe Thibodeaux
Las Vegas
2003
as Ned Oshinski
Unforgettable
2011
as Lt. Willard
Madam Secretary
2014
as Tom Ryan
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Arthur
Justified
2010
as Kemp
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Paul Garbarek
Early Edition
1996
as Sam Cooper
The Leftovers
2014
as Neil
Northern Exposure
1990
as Willie
Martial Law
1998
as Tom McNiece
The Outer Limits
1995
as Ben Miller
Doom Patrol
2019
as Big D
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
as Art Wuliger
New York Undercover
1994
as Tirelli
Family Law
1999
as Maury French
Close to Home
2005
as Randy Stevens
Brooklyn South
1997
as Richard Santoro
Forever
2014
as Norman Sontag
Boomtown
2002
as Police Department Police Officer III Ray Hechler
Chicago Justice
2017
as William O'Boyle
Swift Justice
1996
as Malcolm Davis
Paul T. Goldman
2023
as Royce Auditioner
Thief
2006
Mixed Blessings
2007
as Hank
Movies (43)
Unfaithful
2002
as Detective Mirojnick
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
as Detective Burns
The Accountant
2016
as Don
The Irishman
2019
as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
The Smurfs
2011
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
Striptease
1996
as Alberto
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
as Grady Kilgore
Sound of Freedom
2023
as Earl Buchanan
The Smurfs 2
2013
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
Charlotte's Web
2006
as Homer Zuckerman
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
as Jerry Pollard, motorman
Suburbicon
2017
as Uncle Mitch
Who's That Girl
1987
as Shipping Clerk
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
as Andrew, Apostle
American Animals
2018
as Warren Lipka Senior
Little Italy
2018
as Vince
The War
1994
as Dodge
Recount
2008
as Clay Roberts
No Mercy
1986
as Joe Collins
Dead Silence
1997
as Shephard Wilcox
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
2011
as Hefty (voice)
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
2013
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994
as Heywood Broun
K-9: P.I.
2002
as Pete Timmons
One Magic Christmas
1985
as Jack Grainger
Little Sweetheart
1989
as Barkeeper
Sweet Dreams
1985
as Woodhouse
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006
as Norman Shaw
The Advocate's Devil
1997
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
1991
as Leland Winters
Afterburn
1992
as Bill Decker
Guilty Hearts
2002
as Matt Moran
Alamo Bay
1985
as Leon
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
1998
as Self
The Dark Wind
1992
as Larry
Recipe for Murder
2002
Lifebreath
1997
as John
Holy Joe
1999
as Ernie Blevins
For Their Own Good
1993
as Roy Wheeler
A Horse for Danny
1995
as Solly
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
1997
as Jack Dietrick
Hornet's Nest
2012
as Seth
Dallas, Sunday Morning
2016
as Jack Ruby
About Gary Basaraba
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. Par… With 86 credits spanning from 1984 to 2023, Gary Basaraba has appeared in 43 films and 43 TV shows.
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- Unfaithful (2002) — as Detective Mirojnick
- Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) — as Detective Burns
- The Accountant (2016) — as Don
- The Irishman (2019) — as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
- The Smurfs (2011) — as Hefty Smurf (voice)
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