Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 16, 1959
Place of Birth
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Credits
86 titles
Gary Basaraba
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.
Known For
Filmography
Killers of the Flower Moon
Detective Burns
Sound of Freedom
Earl Buchanan
Paul T. Goldman
Royce Auditioner
The Irishman
Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
Doom Patrol
Big D
Little Italy
Vince
American Animals
Warren Lipka Senior
Suburbicon
Uncle Mitch
Chicago Justice
William O'Boyle
The Accountant
Don
Dallas, Sunday Morning
Jack Ruby
NCIS: New Orleans
Steven Bellamy
Forever
Norman Sontag
Madam Secretary
Tom Ryan
The Leftovers
Neil
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
Hefty Smurf (voice)
The Smurfs 2
Hefty Smurf (voice)
Hornet's Nest
Seth
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
Hefty (voice)
Person of Interest
Stu Sommers
Unforgettable
Lt. Willard
The Smurfs
Hefty Smurf (voice)
Blue Bloods
Jimmy Burke
Justified
Kemp
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Jerry Pollard, motorman
Castle
Ralph Carbone
The Mentalist
Stephen Hannigan
Recount
Clay Roberts
Mixed Blessings
Hank
Mad Men
Herb Rennet
Charlotte's Web
Homer Zuckerman
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Norman Shaw
Thief
Criminal Minds
James Odenkirk
Everybody Hates Chris
Art Wuliger
Close to Home
Randy Stevens
Bones
Bob Gordon
Grey's Anatomy
Micah
Numb3rs
Joe Thibodeaux
Cold Case
Vinnie Buonaforte / Brown
Las Vegas
Ned Oshinski
Nip/Tuck
Arthur
Boomtown
Police Department Police Officer III Ray Hechler
Everwood
Mr. Curtis
K-9: P.I.
Pete Timmons
Unfaithful
Detective Mirojnick
Recipe for Murder
Guilty Hearts
Matt Moran
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mr. Sullivan
Third Watch
Joe