Cast
Gary Basaraba
Acting
Cast
Gary Basaraba
Known for
Acting
Born
1959-03-16
From
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.
Unfaithful
as Detective Mirojnick
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Detective Burns
The Accountant
as Don
The Smurfs
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
The Irishman
as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Grady Kilgore
Striptease
as Alberto
Sound of Freedom
as Earl Buchanan
The Smurfs 2
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
Who's That Girl
as Shipping Clerk
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Jerry Pollard, motorman
Charlotte's Web
as Homer Zuckerman
The Last Temptation of Christ
as Andrew, Apostle
Suburbicon
as Uncle Mitch
American Animals
as Warren Lipka Senior
Little Italy
as Vince
Dead Silence
as Shephard Wilcox
Recount
as Clay Roberts
The War
as Dodge
No Mercy
as Joe Collins
K-9: P.I.
as Pete Timmons
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
as Hefty (voice)
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
as Heywood Broun
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
Little Sweetheart
as Barkeeper
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
as Norman Shaw
One Magic Christmas
as Jack Grainger
Sweet Dreams
as Woodhouse
Holy Joe
as Ernie Blevins
The Advocate's Devil
Guilty Hearts
as Matt Moran
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
as Leland Winters
Afterburn
as Bill Decker
Alamo Bay
as Leon
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
as Self
For Their Own Good
as Roy Wheeler
The Dark Wind
as Larry
Recipe for Murder
Lifebreath
as John
Hornet's Nest
as Seth
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
as Jack Dietrick
A Horse for Danny
as Solly
Dallas, Sunday Morning
as Jack Ruby