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.
★5.5
MOVIE1987
Who's That Girl
as Shipping Clerk
★6.7
MOVIE2002
Unfaithful
as Detective Mirojnick
★7.4
MOVIE2023
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Detective Burns
★7.1
MOVIE2016
The Accountant
as Don
★7.6
MOVIE2019
The Irishman
as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
★8.0
MOVIE2023
Sound of Freedom
as Earl Buchanan
★5.8
MOVIE2013
The Smurfs 2
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
★5.8
MOVIE2011
The Smurfs
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
★7.7
MOVIE1991
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Grady Kilgore
★5.6
MOVIE1996
Striptease
as Alberto
★6.2
MOVIE2006
Charlotte's Web
as Homer Zuckerman
★5.9
MOVIE2017
Suburbicon
as Uncle Mitch
★7.2
MOVIE1988
The Last Temptation of Christ
as Andrew, Apostle
★6.4
MOVIE2009
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Jerry Pollard, motorman
★6.7
MOVIE2018
American Animals
as Warren Lipka Senior
★6.7
MOVIE2011
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
as Hefty (voice)
★6.6
MOVIE2018
Little Italy
as Vince
★5.8
MOVIE1986
No Mercy
as Joe Collins
★6.9
MOVIE2013
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE1985
One Magic Christmas
as Jack Grainger
★6.9
MOVIE2006
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
as Norman Shaw
★4.2
MOVIE1992
Afterburn
as Bill Decker
★5.6
MOVIE1989
Poison Candy
as Barkeeper
★5.9
MOVIE1997
Dead Silence
as Shephard Wilcox
★6.0
MOVIE2002
K-9: P.I.
as Pete Timmons
★6.3
MOVIE1993
For Their Own Good
as Roy Wheeler
★6.4
MOVIE1985
Sweet Dreams
as Woodhouse
★6.8
MOVIE2008
Recount
as Clay Roberts
★6.2
MOVIE1997
Lifebreath
as John
★6.0
MOVIE1997
The Advocate's Devil
★6.7
MOVIE1994
The War
as Dodge
★4.3
MOVIE2012
Hornet's Nest
as Seth
★6.1
MOVIE1991
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
as Leland Winters
★5.9
MOVIE1994
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
as Heywood Broun
★4.2
MOVIE1999
Holy Joe
as Ernie Blevins
★6.0
MOVIE1985
Alamo Bay
as Leon
★4.6
MOVIE2002
Guilty Hearts
as Matt Moran
★9.0
MOVIE1998
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
as Self
★5.4
MOVIE1992
The Dark Wind
as Larry
★6.4
MOVIE1997
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
as Jack Dietrick
★7.0
MOVIE2002
Recipe for Murder
★8.1
MOVIE1995
A Horse for Danny
as Solly
MOVIE2016
Dallas, Sunday Morning
as Jack Ruby