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), best known as Gary Busey, is an 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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Gettysburg Address | John C. Calhoun (voice) |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | The History of Rock 'n' Roll | Narrator |
| 1995 | Man with a Gun | Jack Rushton |
| 1995 | Warriors | Frank Vail |
| 1994 | Drop Zone | Ty Moncrief |
| 1994 | Chasers | Sergeant Vince Banger |
| 1994 | Breaking Point | Dwight |
| 1994 | Surviving the Game | Doc Hawkins |
| 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 |
| 1967 | The Love-Ins | Hippie with Loudspeaker (uncredited) |
| Downtown Bus | Gruce Gissler | |
| The Hand Job | Blind Master |