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  • BIRTH 16/03/1959
  • Country Canada
  • SHOWS 19
  • MOVIES 30

Gary Basaraba

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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.

Gary Basaraba

Shows (19)

Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Micah
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds
James Odenkirk
Person of Interest
Person of Interest
Stu Sommers
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
George Burton / William O'Boyle
The Mentalist
The Mentalist
Stephen Hannigan
The Leftovers
The Leftovers
Neil
Bones
Bones
Bob Gordon
Castle (2009)
Castle (2009)
Ralph Carbone
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mr. Sullivan
Forever (2014)
Forever (2014)
Norman Sontag
Doom Patrol
Doom Patrol
Big D
Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods
Jimmy Burke
Cold Case
Cold Case
Vinnie Buonaforte / Brown
Law & Order
Law & Order
Kevin Reilly / Officer John Patrick Worley
NCIS: New Orleans
NCIS: New Orleans
Steven Bellamy
Everwood
Everwood
Mr. Curtis
Judging Amy
Judging Amy
Brian Whitaker
Boomtown
Boomtown
Police Department Police Officer III Ray Hechler
New York Undercover
New York Undercover
Tirelli

Movies (30)

Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon
Detective Burns
Little Italy
Little Italy
Vince
Sound of Freedom
Sound of Freedom
Earl Buchanan
The Accountant
The Accountant
Don
The Irishman
The Irishman
Frank "Fitz" Fitzsimmons
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Jerry Pollard, motorman
Fried Green Tomatoes
Fried Green Tomatoes
Grady Kilgore
Suburbicon
Suburbicon
Uncle Mitch
Unfaithful
Unfaithful
Detective Mirojnick
Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
Homer Zuckerman
Striptease
Striptease
Alberto
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ
Andrew, Apostle
American Animals
American Animals
Warren Lipka Senior
One Magic Christmas
One Magic Christmas
Jack Grainger
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
Hefty (voice)
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Norman Shaw
The War
The War
Dodge
No Mercy
No Mercy
Joe Collins
Dead Silence
Dead Silence
Shephard Wilcox
Little Sweetheart
Little Sweetheart
Barkeeper
Hornet's Nest
Hornet's Nest
Seth
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
Hefty Smurf (voice)
Holy Joe
Holy Joe
Ernie Blevins
A Horse for Danny
A Horse for Danny
Solly
Sweet Dreams
Sweet Dreams
Woodhouse
Alamo Bay
Alamo Bay
Leon
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
K-9: P.I.
K-9: P.I.
Pete Timmons
Recount
Recount
Clay Roberts
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Heywood Broun