Gary Basaraba

Gary Basaraba

Birthday: 1959-03-16

Place of birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0059630

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.

Played in movies:

A Horse for Danny

Score: 8.0

Sound of Freedom

Score: 8.0

Fried Green Tomatoes

Score: 7.7

The Irishman

Score: 7.6

Killers of the Flower Moon

Score: 7.4

The Last Temptation of Christ

Score: 7.2

The Accountant

Score: 7.1

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

Score: 6.9

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow

Score: 6.8

Recount

Score: 6.8

American Animals

Score: 6.7

The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol

Score: 6.7

Lifebreath

Score: 6.7

Unfaithful

Score: 6.7

The War

Score: 6.7

Little Italy

Score: 6.6

Sweet Dreams

Score: 6.5

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Score: 6.4

What Happened to Bobby Earl?

Score: 6.3

Charlotte's Web

Score: 6.2

For Their Own Good

Score: 6.2

Dead Silence

Score: 5.9

Alamo Bay

Score: 5.9

K-9: P.I.

Score: 5.9

Suburbicon

Score: 5.9

In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas

Score: 5.9

One Magic Christmas

Score: 5.8

No Mercy

Score: 5.8

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Score: 5.8

The Smurfs

Score: 5.8

The Smurfs 2

Score: 5.8

The Advocate's Devil

Score: 5.7

Striptease

Score: 5.6

Little Sweetheart

Score: 5.4

The Dark Wind

Score: 5.0

Hornet's Nest

Score: 4.5

Guilty Hearts

Score: 4.3

Afterburn

Score: 3.6

Holy Joe

Score: 3.3

Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes

Score: 0.0

Dallas, Sunday Morning

Score: 0.0

Recipe for Murder

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Brooklyn South

Score: 9.7

The Mentalist

Score: 8.4

Criminal Minds

Score: 8.3

Grey's Anatomy

Score: 8.2

Bones

Score: 8.2

Family Law

Score: 8.2

Mad Men

Score: 8.1

Person of Interest

Score: 8.1

Everybody Hates Chris

Score: 8.1

Homicide: Life on the Street

Score: 8.1

Justified

Score: 8.0

Castle

Score: 8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Score: 7.9

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Score: 7.9

Third Watch

Score: 7.9

Northern Exposure

Score: 7.9

Forever

Score: 7.8

Blue Bloods

Score: 7.8

Cold Case

Score: 7.8

The Outer Limits

Score: 7.7

The Leftovers

Score: 7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Score: 7.6

Everwood

Score: 7.6

Doom Patrol

Score: 7.5

Judging Amy

Score: 7.5

Miami Vice

Score: 7.5

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

NCIS: New Orleans

Score: 7.3

Early Edition

Score: 7.3

New York Undercover

Score: 7.2

Nip/Tuck

Score: 7.2

Las Vegas

Score: 7.0

Madam Secretary

Score: 7.0

NYPD Blue

Score: 7.0

Numb3rs

Score: 7.0

Chicago Justice

Score: 6.8

Boomtown

Score: 6.5

Paul T. Goldman

Score: 6.3

Close to Home

Score: 5.9

Mixed Blessings

Score: 0.0