Gary Basaraba
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(43 total)
The Irishman
as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
The Accountant
as Don
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Detective Burns
The Smurfs
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Jerry Pollard, motorman
Sound of Freedom
as Earl Buchanan
The Smurfs 2
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
Suburbicon
as Uncle Mitch
Unfaithful
as Detective Mirojnick
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Grady Kilgore
Charlotte's Web
as Homer Zuckerman
American Animals
as Warren Lipka Senior
The Last Temptation of Christ
as Andrew, Apostle
Striptease
as Alberto
Little Italy
as Vince
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
as Hefty (voice)
Who's That Girl
as Shipping Clerk
The War
as Dodge
K-9: P.I.
as Pete Timmons
No Mercy
as Joe Collins
TV Shows
(43 total)
Grey's Anatomy
as Micah
The Mentalist
as Stephen Hannigan
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as George Burton
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as William O'Boyle
Criminal Minds
as James Odenkirk
Bones
as Bob Gordon
Castle
as Ralph Carbone
Person of Interest
as Stu Sommers
Mad Men
as Herb Rennet
Doom Patrol
as Big D
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mr. Sullivan
The Leftovers
as Neil
Everybody Hates Chris
as Art Wuliger
Blue Bloods
as Jimmy Burke
Justified
as Kemp
Law & Order
as Officer John Patrick Worley
Law & Order
as Kevin Reilly
Forever
as Norman Sontag
Nip/Tuck
as Arthur
Miami Vice
as Dr. Morris