Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 29, 1944
Place of Birth:
Goose Creek, Texas, USA
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Gary Busey
Biography
William Gary Busey (born June 29, 1944) is a 6-foot-1 blond-haired European-American film and stage actor and artist. He has appeared in over 120 films, as well as making regular appearances on Gunsmoke, Walker, Texas Ranger, Law & Order, and Entourage. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in 1978 for his role in The Buddy Holly Story.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Gettysburg Address | John C. Calhoun (voice) |
| 2025 | Gingerdead Man: Murder-Thon | Millard Findlemeyer |
| 2024 | Holy Cash | Actor |
| 2021 | Reggie: A Millennial Depression Comedy | Trainer |
| 2020 | The Follow-Up | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness | Self |
| 2019 | Butcher's Bake Off: Hell's Kitchen | Millard Findlemeyer (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2019 | Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh | |
| 2018 | Raised on Rock - The Burnette Family Legacy | Self |
| 2018 | Impractical Jokers: The Staten Island Holiday Spectacular | Self |
| 2018 | Camp Manna | Jack Cujo Parrish |
| 2018 | The Last Sharknado: It's About Time | Wilford Wexler |
| 2016 | Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens | Wilford Wexler |
| 2016 | Candiland | Arnie/God |
| 2016 | Mamaboy | Coach Dombrowski |
| 2015 | Entourage | Gary Busey |
| 2015 | Bikini Model Academy | Uncle Seymore |
| 2015 | Mansion of Blood | Zacharia |
| 2014 | Confessions of a Womanizer | Gary |
| 2014 | Behaving Badly | Chief Clark |
| 2014 | Guido | Steve Kaufman |
| 2013 | Matt's Chance | Bill |
| 2013 | Bounty Killer | Van Sterling |
| 2012 | Piranha 3DD | Clayton |
| 2011 | That's Insignificance | Self |
| 2010 | 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Hallettsville | Sheriff David Ketchum |
| 2009 | Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy | Self |
| 2008 | Beyond The Ring | Tony De Luca |
| 2007 | The Ultimate Fighter | Wizard |
| 2007 | Maneater | Grady Barnes |
| 2007 | Homo Erectus | Krutz |
| 2007 | Succubus: Hell-Bent | Sentinel |
| 2006 | Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride | Self |
| 2006 | Crooked | John Rouse |
| 2006 | Valley of the Wolves: Iraq | Doctor |
| 2006 | The Hard Easy | Vinnie |
| 2006 | Cloud 9 | Gary Busey |
| 2006 | Shut Up and Shoot! | Bob Katz |
| 2006 | Dr. Dolittle 3 | Butch (voice) |
| 2006 | Descansos | The Keeper |
| 2005 | No Rules | Leroy Little |
| 2005 | The Gingerdead Man | Millard Findlemeyer |
| 2005 | Chasing Ghosts | Marcos Alfiri |
| 2005 | Shade of Pale | Billings |
| 2005 | The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2005 | Buckaroo | Dr. Brawn |
| 2004 | American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election | Self |
| 2004 | Motocross Kids | Viper |
| 2004 | Latin Dragon | Thorn |
| 2004 | Border Blues | LAPD medium Michael March |
| 2004 | Ghost Rock | Jack Pickett |
| 2004 | Double Dare | Self |
| 2004 | Fallacy | |
| 2004 | If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely | Mesdeg |
| 2004 | El padrino: The Latin Godfather | Lars |
| 2003 | Frost: Portrait of a Vampire | Micah |
| 2003 | Quigley | Archie Channing |
| 2003 | The Prize Fighter | Whitey Ferguson |
| 2003 | Welcome 2 Ibiza | Cortez |
| 2002 | Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice | Richmond Claremont |
| 2002 | Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s | Self |
| 2002 | On the Edge | Felix |
| 2002 | Hooded Angels | Sheriff |
| 2002 | Sam & Janet | Bartender |
| 2001 | A Crack in the Floor | Tyler Trout |
| 2001 | Down 'n Dirty | D. A. Mickey Casey |
| 2000 | Tribulation | Tom Canboro |
| 2000 | G-Men from Hell | Lt. Langdon |
| 2000 | Hot Boyz | Tully |
| 2000 | Best Actress | Self |
| 1999 | The Girl Next Door | Sheriff Larson |
| 1999 | No Tomorrow | Noah |
| 1999 | Two Shades of Blue | Jack Reynolds |
| 1999 | Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang | The Hooded Fang |
| 1999 | Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died | Self |
| 1998 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Highway Patrolman |
| 1998 | Rough Draft | Nelson Keece |
| 1998 | Soldier | Church |
| 1998 | Detour | Mo Ginsburg |
| 1998 | Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms | Otto Mazur |
| 1997 | Lost Highway | Bill Dayton |
| 1997 | Steel Sharks | Cmdr. Bill McKay |
| 1997 | Plato's Run | Plato |
| 1997 | Lethal Tender | Mr. Turner |
| 1997 | The Rage | Art Dacy |
| 1997 | Suspicious Minds | Vic Mulvey |
| 1996 | Black Sheep | Drake Sabitch |
| 1996 | Carried Away | Major Nathan Wheeler |
| 1996 | The Chain | Frank Morrisey |
| 1996 | Sticks & Stones | Book's Dad |
| 1996 | The Real Thing | Foreman |
| 1995 | Man with a Gun | Jack Rushton |
| 1994 | Drop Zone | Ty Moncrief |
| 1994 | Chasers | Sergeant Vince Banger |
| 1994 | Breaking Point | Dwight |
| 1994 | Surviving the Game | Hawkins |
| 1994 | Warriors | Frank Vail |
| 1993 | Rookie of the Year | Chet Steadman |
| 1993 | The Firm | Eddie Lomax |
| 1993 | South Beach | Lenny |
| 1993 | Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O | Self |
| 1992 | The Player | Gary Busey |
| 1992 | Under Siege | Commander Krill |
| 1992 | Canvas | Ozzy Decker |
| 1992 | Chrome Soldiers | Jim 'Flash' Gordon |
| 1991 | Point Break | Agent Angelo Pappas |
| 1991 | Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member |
| 1991 | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | Clint Hornby |
| 1991 | Wild Texas Wind | Justice Parker |
| 1990 | Predator 2 | Peter Keyes |
| 1989 | Hider in the House | Tom Sykes |
| 1989 | The Neon Empire | Frank Weston |
| 1989 | Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self |
| 1988 | Act of Piracy | Ted Andrews |
| 1988 | Bulletproof | Frank 'Bulletproof' McBain |
| 1987 | Lethal Weapon | Mr. Joshua |
| 1986 | Eye of the Tiger | Buck Matthews |
| 1986 | Half a Lifetime | Bart |
| 1986 | Let's Get Harry | Jack |
| 1985 | Insignificance | The Ballplayer |
| 1985 | Silver Bullet | Uncle Red |
| 1984 | The Bear | Paul W. Bryant |
| 1983 | D.C. Cab | Dell |
| 1982 | Barbarosa | Karl Westover |
| 1980 | Carny | Frankie |
| 1980 | Foolin' Around | Wes |
| 1979 | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Self |
| 1978 | The Buddy Holly Story | Buddy Holly |
| 1978 | Straight Time | Willy Darin |
| 1978 | The Set-Up | |
| 1978 | Big Wednesday | Leroy "The Masochist" Smith |
| 1976 | The Gumball Rally | Gibson (Camaro Team) |
| 1976 | A Star Is Born | Bobbie Ritchie |
| 1975 | You and Me | |
| 1974 | Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Curly |
| 1974 | The Execution of Private Slovik | Jimmy Feedek |
| 1974 | The Law | William Bright |
| 1973 | The Last American Hero | Wayne Jackson |
| 1973 | Lolly-Madonna XXX | Zeb Gutshall |
| 1973 | Hex | Giblets |
| 1973 | Blood Sport | David Lee Birdsong |
| 1972 | The Magnificent Seven Ride! | Hank Allan |
| 1972 | Dirty Little Billy | Basil Crabtree |
| 1971 | Angels Hard as They Come | Henry |
| 1970 | Didn’t You Hear? | James |
| 1968 | Wild in the Streets | Concert Attendee (uncredited) |
| 1967 | The Love-Ins | Hippie with Loudspeaker (uncredited) |
| Downtown Bus | Gruce Gissler | |
| The Hand Job | Blind Master | |
| Trick and Treats | Pastor Joseph |