Gary Basaraba
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 16 Mar 1959 (age 67)
- Birthplace
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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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.
Known for
The Irishman201985Pop Score out of 100
The Accountant201662Pop Score out of 100
Killers of the Flower Moon202384Pop Score out of 100
The Smurfs201140Pop Score out of 100
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3200959Pop Score out of 100
Sound of Freedom202365Pop Score out of 100
The Smurfs 2201339Pop Score out of 100
Suburbicon201745Pop Score out of 100
Filmography
- 2023Killers of the Flower Moonas Detective Burns
- 2023Sound of Freedomas Earl Buchanan
- 2023Paul T. GoldmanTVas Royce Auditioner · 1 episode
- 2019The Irishmanas Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
- 2019Doom PatrolTVas Big D · 1 episode