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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 16, 1959
Place of Birth
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Gary Basaraba
1.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.4
Detective Burns
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
8.0
Earl Buchanan
Sound of Freedom
2023
6.3
Royce Auditioner
Paul T. Goldman
2023
7.6
Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
The Irishman
2019
7.6
Big D
Doom Patrol
2019
6.6
Vince
Little Italy
2018
6.7
Warren Lipka Senior
American Animals
2018
5.9
Uncle Mitch
Suburbicon
2017
6.8
William O'Boyle
Chicago Justice
2017
7.1
Don
The Accountant
2016
Credits
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Detective Burns
2023
7.4
Sound of Freedom
as Earl Buchanan
2023
8.0
Paul T. Goldman
as Royce Auditioner
2023
6.3
The Irishman
as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
2019
7.6
Doom Patrol
as Big D
2019
7.6
Little Italy
as Vince
2018
6.6
American Animals
as Warren Lipka Senior
2018
6.7
Suburbicon
as Uncle Mitch
2017
5.9
Chicago Justice
as William O'Boyle
2017
6.8
The Accountant
as Don
2016
7.1
🎬
Dallas, Sunday Morning
as Jack Ruby
2016
0.0
NCIS: New Orleans
as Steven Bellamy
2014
7.3
Forever
as Norman Sontag
2014
7.8
Madam Secretary
as Tom Ryan
2014
7.0
The Leftovers
as Neil
2014
7.6
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
2013
6.8
The Smurfs 2
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
2013
5.7
Hornet's Nest
as Seth
2012
4.5
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
as Hefty (voice)
2011
6.7
Person of Interest
as Stu Sommers
2011
8.1
The Smurfs
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
2011
5.8
Blue Bloods
as Jimmy Burke
2010
7.8
Justified
as Kemp
2010
8.0
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Jerry Pollard, motorman
2009
6.4
Castle
as Ralph Carbone
2009
8.0
The Mentalist
as Stephen Hannigan
2008
8.4
Recount
as Clay Roberts
2008
6.8
🎬
Mixed Blessings
as Hank
2007
0.0
Mad Men
as Herb Rennet
2007
8.1
Charlotte's Web
as Homer Zuckerman
2006
6.2
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
as Norman Shaw
2006
6.9
Criminal Minds
as James Odenkirk
2005
8.3
Everybody Hates Chris
as Art Wuliger
2005
8.0
Close to Home
2005
5.9
Bones
as Bob Gordon
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Micah
2005
8.2
Numb3rs
2005
7.0
Cold Case
as Vinnie Buonaforte / Brown
2003
7.8
Las Vegas
2003
7.0
Nip/Tuck
2003
7.2
Boomtown
as Police Department Police Officer III Ray Hechler
2002
6.5
Everwood
as Mr. Curtis
2002
7.5
K-9: P.I.
as Pete Timmons
2002
5.8
Unfaithful
as Detective Mirojnick
2002
6.7
Recipe for Murder
2002
0.0
Guilty Hearts
as Matt Moran
2002
4.3
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mr. Sullivan
2000
7.6
Third Watch
as Joe
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as George Burton
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as William O'Boyle
1999
7.9
Family Law
as Maury French
1999
8.2
Judging Amy
as Brian Whitaker
1999
7.5
Holy Joe
as Ernie Blevins
1999
3.3
🎬
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
as Self
1998
0.0
Lifebreath
as John
1997
6.7
The Advocate's Devil
1997
5.7
🎬
Brooklyn South
as Richard Santoro
1997
9.7
Dead Silence
as Shephard Wilcox
1997
5.8
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
1997
6.3
Early Edition
1996
7.3
Striptease
as Alberto
1996
5.5
A Horse for Danny
as Solly
1995
8.0
The Outer Limits
as Ben Miller
1995
7.7
The War
as Dodge
1994
6.7
New York Undercover
as Tirelli
1994
7.1
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
as Heywood Broun
1994
5.8
NYPD Blue
as Victor Carlin
1993
7.0
For Their Own Good
as Roy Wheeler
1993
6.0
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
8.1
Afterburn
as Bill Decker
1992
3.9
The Dark Wind
as Larry
1992
5.3
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Grady Kilgore
1991
7.7
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
as Leland Winters
1991
5.3
Law & Order
as Officer John Patrick Worley
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Kevin Reilly
1990
7.4
Little Sweetheart
as Barkeeper
1989
5.4
The Last Temptation of Christ
as Andrew, Apostle
1988
7.2
No Mercy
as Joe Collins
1986
5.8
One Magic Christmas
as Jack Grainger
1985
5.8
Sweet Dreams
as Woodhouse
1985
6.5
Alamo Bay
as Leon
1985
5.9
Miami Vice
as Dr. Morris
1984
7.5