Person Details

Birthday: 1959-03-16 20:44:07

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Movie Involvements: 28

TV Involvements: 20


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order
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7

Law & Order

(1990) Kevin Reilly
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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8

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) George Burton
Criminal Minds
Average
8

Criminal Minds

(2005) James Odenkirk
Castle
Average
8

Castle

(2009) Ralph Carbone
Sound of Freedom
Average
8

Sound of Freedom

(2023) Earl Buchanan
Bones
Average
8

Bones

(2005) Bob Gordon
The Mentalist
Average
8

The Mentalist

(2008) Stephen Hannigan
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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8

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

(2000) Mr. Sullivan

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Detective Burns
Earl Buchanan
Royce Auditioner
2019 Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
Big D
2018 Vince
Warren Lipka Senior
2017 Uncle Mitch
2016 Jack Ruby
2014 Steven Bellamy
Norman Sontag
Neil
2013 Hefty Smurf (voice)
Hefty Smurf (voice)
2012 Seth
2011 Hefty (Voice)
Stu Sommers
Hefty Smurf (voice)
2010 Jimmy Burke
2009 Jerry Pollard, motorman
Ralph Carbone
2008 Stephen Hannigan
Clay Roberts
2006 Homer Zuckerman
Norman Shaw
2005 N/A
James Odenkirk
N/A
Bob Gordon
N/A
2003 Vinnie Buonaforte / Brown
N/A
N/A
2002 Police Department Police Officer III Ray Hechler
Mr. Curtis
Pete Timmons
Detective Mirojnick
N/A
Matt Moran
2000 Mr. Sullivan
1999 N/A
William O'Boyle
George Burton
N/A
Brian Whitaker
Ernie Blevins
1997 John
N/A
Shephard Wilcox
N/A
1996 N/A
Alberto
1995 Solly
Ben Miller
1994 Dodge
Tirelli
Heywood Broun
1993 Roy Wheeler
N/A
1992 Bill Decker
1991 Grady Kilgore
Leland Winters
Larry
1990 Officer John Patrick Worley
Kevin Reilly
1989 Barkeeper
1988 Andrew, Apostle
1986 Joe Collins
1985 Jack Grainger
Woodhouse
Leon
1984 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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