Gary Basaraba
Age: N/A | From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Movie Involvements: 29
TV Involvements: 25
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
Grey's Anatomy
(2005) Micah
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(1999) George Burton
Criminal Minds
(2005) James Odenkirk
Castle
(2009) Ralph Carbone
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(2000) Mr. Sullivan
Blue Bloods
(2010) Jimmy Burke
Law & Order
(1990) Kevin Reilly
Person of Interest
(2011) Stu SommersActing
| 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 | |
| William O'Boyle | ||
| 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 | |
| Kemp | ||
| 2009 | Jerry Pollard, motorman | |
| Ralph Carbone | ||
| 2008 | Stephen Hannigan | |
| Clay Roberts | ||
| 2007 | Herb Rennet | |
| 2006 | Homer Zuckerman | |
| Norman Shaw | ||
| 2005 | Art Wuliger | |
| James Odenkirk | ||
| N/A | ||
| Bob Gordon | ||
| Micah | ||
| 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 | ||
| Brian Whitaker | ||
| Ernie Blevins | ||
| 1997 | John | |
| Richard Santoro | ||
| 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 | |
| Ernie Blevins | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
