Gary Basaraba

Personal Info

Birthday

March 16, 1959

(66 years old)

Place of Birth

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Gary Basaraba

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.

Known For

Grey's Anatomy

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Criminal Minds

Law & Order

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Bones

The Mentalist

Blue Bloods

Filmography

2023
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Detective Burns
Sound of Freedom
as Earl Buchanan
2019
The Irishman
as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
2018
Little Italy
as Vince
American Animals
as Warren Lipka Senior
2017
Suburbicon
as Uncle Mitch
2016
The Accountant
as Don
Dallas, Sunday Morning
as Jack Ruby
2013
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
The Smurfs 2
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
2012
Hornet's Nest
as Seth
2011
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
as Hefty (voice)
The Smurfs
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
2009
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Jerry Pollard, motorman
2008
Recount
as Clay Roberts
2006
Charlotte's Web
as Homer Zuckerman
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
as Norman Shaw
2002
K-9: P.I.
as Pete Timmons
Unfaithful
as Detective Mirojnick
Guilty Hearts
as Matt Moran
1999
Holy Joe
as Ernie Blevins
1998
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
as Self
1997
Lifebreath
as John
Dead Silence
as Shephard Wilcox
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
as Jack Dietrick
1996
Striptease
as Alberto
1995
A Horse for Danny
as Solly
1994
The War
as Dodge
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
as Heywood Broun
1993
For Their Own Good
as Roy Wheeler
1992
Afterburn
as Bill Decker
The Dark Wind
as Larry
1991
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Grady Kilgore
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
as Leland Winters
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
Sweet Dreams
as Woodhouse
Alamo Bay
as Leon