Acting
Gary Basaraba
EN cinema · 43 credits
Born
16 March 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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
Sound of Freedom
as Earl Buchanan
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Detective Burns
The Irishman
as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
American Animals
as Warren Lipka Senior
Little Italy
as Vince
Suburbicon
as Uncle Mitch
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
The Smurfs 2
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
Hornet's Nest
as Seth
The Smurfs
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
as Hefty (voice)
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Jerry Pollard, motorman
Recount
as Clay Roberts
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
as Norman Shaw
Charlotte's Web
as Homer Zuckerman
K-9: P.I.
as Pete Timmons
Unfaithful
as Detective Mirojnick
Guilty Hearts
as Matt Moran
Holy Joe
as Ernie Blevins
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
as Jack Dietrick
Dead Silence
as Shephard Wilcox
Lifebreath
as John
Striptease
as Alberto
A Horse for Danny
as Solly
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
as Heywood Broun
The War
as Dodge
For Their Own Good
as Roy Wheeler
Afterburn
as Bill Decker
The Dark Wind
as Larry
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Grady Kilgore
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
as Leland Winters
Poison Candy
as Barkeeper
The Last Temptation of Christ
as Andrew, Apostle
Who's That Girl
as Shipping Clerk
No Mercy
as Joe Collins
One Magic Christmas
as Jack Grainger
Sweet Dreams
as Woodhouse
Alamo Bay
as Leon