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