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