Gary Basaraba
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.
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Killers of the Flower Moon
as Detective Burns
Sound of Freedom
as Earl Buchanan
Paul T. Goldman
as Royce Auditioner
The Irishman
as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
Doom Patrol
as Big D
Little Italy
as Vince
American Animals
as Warren Lipka Senior
Suburbicon
as Uncle Mitch
Chicago Justice
as William O'Boyle
The Accountant
as Don
NCIS: New Orleans
as Steven Bellamy
Forever
as Norman Sontag
Madam Secretary
as Tom Ryan
The Leftovers
as Neil
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: A Christmas Carol
as Hefty (voice)
Person of Interest
as Stu Sommers
Unforgettable
as Lt. Willard
The Smurfs
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
Blue Bloods
as Jimmy Burke
Justified
as Kemp
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Jerry Pollard, motorman
Castle
as Ralph Carbone
Recount
as Clay Roberts
Mad Men
as Herb Rennet
Charlotte's Web
as Homer Zuckerman
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
as Norman Shaw
Thief
as Unknown
Everybody Hates Chris
as Art Wuliger
Criminal Minds
as James Odenkirk
Close to Home
as Randy Stevens
Bones
as Bob Gordon
Grey's Anatomy
as Micah
Numb3rs
as Joe Thibodeaux
Cold Case
as Vinnie Buonaforte / Brown
Las Vegas
as Ned Oshinski
Nip/Tuck
as Arthur
Boomtown
as Police Department Police Officer III Ray Hechler
Everwood
as Mr. Curtis
K-9: P.I.
as Pete Timmons
Recipe for Murder
as Unknown
Guilty Hearts
as Matt Moran
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mr. Sullivan
Third Watch
as Joe
Family Law
as Maury French
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as George Burton
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as William O'Boyle
Judging Amy
as Brian Whitaker
Holy Joe
as Ernie Blevins
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
as Self
Martial Law
as Tom McNiece
Lifebreath
as John
The Advocate's Devil
as Unknown
Dead Silence
as Shephard Wilcox
Brooklyn South
as Richard Santoro
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
as Jack Dietrick
Early Edition
as Sam Cooper
Striptease
as Alberto
Swift Justice
as Malcolm Davis
A Horse for Danny
as Solly
The Outer Limits
as Ben Miller
The War
as Dodge
New York Undercover
as Tirelli
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
as Heywood Broun
NYPD Blue
as Victor Carlin
For Their Own Good
as Roy Wheeler
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Paul Garbarek
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
Law & Order
as Officer John Patrick Worley
Law & Order
as Kevin Reilly
Northern Exposure
as Willie
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
Miami Vice
as Dr. Morris