Acting credits
81
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Gary Basaraba
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 41Series: 40
TMDB ID: 96228
IMDb ID: nm0059630
Known for: Acting
Born: March 16, 1959
Age: 66
Place of birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1984 - 2023
Years active: 40
Average TMDB rating: 7.1
Wikidata: Q1907278
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Gary Basaraba.
7.4
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Detective Burns
2023 Movie
8.0
Sound of Freedom
as Earl Buchanan
2023 Movie
7.6
The Irishman
as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
2019 Movie
6.6
Little Italy
as Vince
2018 Movie
6.7
American Animals
as Warren Lipka Senior
2018 Movie
5.9
Suburbicon
as Uncle Mitch
2017 Movie
7.1
The Accountant
as Don
2016 Movie
6.8
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
2013 Movie
5.8
The Smurfs 2
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
2013 Movie
4.1
Hornet's Nest
as Seth
2012 Movie
6.7
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
as Hefty (voice)
2011 Movie
5.8
The Smurfs
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
2011 Movie
6.4
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Jerry Pollard, motorman
2009 Movie
6.8
Recount
as Clay Roberts
2008 Movie
6.2
Charlotte's Web
as Homer Zuckerman
2006 Movie
6.9
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
as Norman Shaw
2006 Movie
5.9
K-9: P.I.
as Pete Timmons
2002 Movie
6.7
Unfaithful
as Detective Mirojnick
2002 Movie
Recipe for Murder
2002 Movie
3.5
Guilty Hearts
as Matt Moran
2002 Movie
3.2
Holy Joe
as Ernie Blevins
1999 Movie
5.5
Lifebreath
as John
1997 Movie
5.7
The Advocate's Devil
1997 Movie
5.8
Dead Silence
as Shephard Wilcox
1997 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Gary Basaraba.
6.4
Paul T. Goldman
as Royce Auditioner • 1 eps
2023 Series
7.5
Doom Patrol
as Big D • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.8
Chicago Justice
as William O'Boyle • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.3
NCIS: New Orleans
as Steven Bellamy • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.8
Forever
as Norman Sontag • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.0
Madam Secretary
as Tom Ryan • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.6
The Leftovers
as Neil • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.1
Person of Interest
as Stu Sommers • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.2
Unforgettable
as Lt. Willard • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.8
Blue Bloods
as Jimmy Burke • 1 eps
2010 Series
8.0
Justified
as Kemp • 1 eps
2010 Series
8.0
Castle
as Ralph Carbone • 1 eps
2009 Series
8.4
The Mentalist
as Stephen Hannigan • 1 eps
2008 Series
8.1
Mad Men
as Herb Rennet • 3 eps
2007 Series
8.3
Criminal Minds
as James Odenkirk • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.1
Everybody Hates Chris
as Art Wuliger • 1 eps
2005 Series
5.9
Close to Home
as Randy Stevens • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.2
Bones
as Bob Gordon • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Micah • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.0
Numb3rs
as Joe Thibodeaux • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.8
Cold Case
as Vinnie Buonaforte / Brown • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.0
Las Vegas
as Ned Oshinski • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.2
Nip/Tuck
as Arthur • 1 eps
2003 Series
6.2
Boomtown
as Police Department Police Officer III Ray Hechler • 24 eps
2002 Series