Gary Basaraba
Born March 16, 1959 (Age: 67)
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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.
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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Filmography
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
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as Detective Burns
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Age: 64
Sound of Freedom
2023
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as Earl Buchanan
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Age: 64
The Irishman
2019
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as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
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Age: 60
American Animals
2018
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as Warren Lipka Senior
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Age: 59
Suburbicon
2017
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as Uncle Mitch
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Age: 58
The Accountant
2016
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as Don
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Age: 57
The Smurfs 2
2013
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as Hefty Smurf (voice)
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Age: 54
The Smurfs
2011
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as Hefty Smurf (voice)
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Age: 52
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
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as Jerry Pollard, motorman
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Age: 50
Charlotte's Web
2006
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as Homer Zuckerman
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Age: 47
K-9: P.I.
2002
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as Pete Timmons
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Age: 43
Unfaithful
2002
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as Detective Mirojnick
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Age: 43
Recipe for Murder
2002
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as
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Age: 43
Guilty Hearts
2002
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as Matt Moran
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Age: 42
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
1998
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as Self
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Age: 39
Lifebreath
1997
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as John
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Age: 38
The Advocate's Devil
1997
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as
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Age: 38
Dead Silence
1997
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as Shephard Wilcox
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Age: 38
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
1997
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as Jack Dietrick
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Age: 37
Striptease
1996
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as Alberto
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Age: 37
The War
1994
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as Dodge
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Age: 35
For Their Own Good
1993
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as Roy Wheeler
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Age: 34
Afterburn
1992
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as Bill Decker
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Age: 33
The Dark Wind
1992
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as Larry
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Age: 33
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
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as Grady Kilgore
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Age: 32
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
1991
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as Leland Winters
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Age: 32
Poison Candy
1989
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as Barkeeper
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Age: 30
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
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as Andrew, Apostle
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Age: 29
Who's That Girl
1987
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as Shipping Clerk
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Age: 28
No Mercy
1986
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as Joe Collins
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Age: 27
One Magic Christmas
1985
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as Jack Grainger
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Age: 26
Sweet Dreams
1985
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as Woodhouse
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Age: 26
Alamo Bay
1985
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as Leon
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Age: 26