Gary Basaraba
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 16, 1959 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Credits
- 86
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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
Grey's Anatomy
2005TV
Micah
The Irishman
2019Movie
Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
The Accountant
2016Movie
Don
The Mentalist
2008TV
Stephen Hannigan
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023Movie
Detective Burns
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
George Burton, William O'Boyle
Filmography
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023Movie
Detective Burns
Sound of Freedom
2023Movie
Earl Buchanan
Paul T. Goldman
2023TV
Royce Auditioner
The Irishman
2019Movie
Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
Doom Patrol
2019TV
Big D
Little Italy
2018Movie
Vince
American Animals
2018Movie
Warren Lipka Senior
Suburbicon
2017Movie
Uncle Mitch
Chicago Justice
2017TV
William O'Boyle
The Accountant
2016Movie
Don
Dallas, Sunday Morning
2016Movie
Jack Ruby
NCIS: New Orleans
2014TV
Steven Bellamy
Forever
2014TV
Norman Sontag
Madam Secretary
2014TV
Tom Ryan
The Leftovers
2014TV
Neil
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
2013Movie
Hefty Smurf (voice)
The Smurfs 2
2013Movie
Hefty Smurf (voice)
Hornet's Nest
2012Movie
Seth
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
2011Movie
Hefty (voice)
Person of Interest
2011TV
Stu Sommers
Unforgettable
2011TV
Lt. Willard
The Smurfs
2011Movie
Hefty Smurf (voice)
Blue Bloods
2010TV
Jimmy Burke
Justified
2010TV
Kemp
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009Movie
Jerry Pollard, motorman
Castle
2009TV
Ralph Carbone
The Mentalist
2008TV
Stephen Hannigan
Recount
2008Movie
Clay Roberts
Mixed Blessings
2007TV
Hank
Mad Men
2007TV
Herb Rennet
Charlotte's Web
2006Movie
Homer Zuckerman
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006Movie
Norman Shaw
Thief
2006TV
Everybody Hates Chris
2005TV
Art Wuliger
Criminal Minds
2005TV
James Odenkirk
Close to Home
2005TV
Randy Stevens
Bones
2005TV
Bob Gordon
Grey's Anatomy
2005TV
Micah
Numb3rs
2005TV
Joe Thibodeaux
Cold Case
2003TV
Vinnie Buonaforte / Brown
Las Vegas
2003TV
Ned Oshinski
Nip/Tuck
2003TV
Arthur
Boomtown
2002TV
Police Department Police Officer III Ray Hechler
Everwood
2002TV
Mr. Curtis
K-9: P.I.
2002Movie
Pete Timmons
Unfaithful
2002Movie
Detective Mirojnick
Recipe for Murder
2002Movie
Guilty Hearts
2002Movie
Matt Moran
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000TV
Mr. Sullivan
Third Watch
1999TV
Joe
Family Law
1999TV
Maury French
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
George Burton, William O'Boyle
Judging Amy
1999TV
Brian Whitaker
Holy Joe
1999Movie
Ernie Blevins
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
1998Movie
Self
Martial Law
1998TV
Tom McNiece
Lifebreath
1997Movie
John
The Advocate's Devil
1997Movie
Dead Silence
1997Movie
Shephard Wilcox
Brooklyn South
1997TV
Richard Santoro
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
1997Movie
Jack Dietrick
Early Edition
1996TV
Sam Cooper
Striptease
1996Movie
Alberto
Swift Justice
1996TV
Malcolm Davis
A Horse for Danny
1995Movie
Solly
The Outer Limits
1995TV
Ben Miller
The War
1994Movie
Dodge
New York Undercover
1994TV
Tirelli
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994Movie
Heywood Broun
NYPD Blue
1993TV
Victor Carlin
For Their Own Good
1993Movie
Roy Wheeler
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993TV
Paul Garbarek
Afterburn
1992Movie
Bill Decker
The Dark Wind
1992Movie
Larry
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991Movie
Grady Kilgore
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
1991Movie
Leland Winters
Law & Order
1990TV
Officer John Patrick Worley, Kevin Reilly
Northern Exposure
1990TV
Willie
Poison Candy
1989Movie
Barkeeper
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988Movie
Andrew, Apostle
Who's That Girl
1987Movie
Shipping Clerk
No Mercy
1986Movie
Joe Collins
One Magic Christmas
1985Movie
Jack Grainger
Sweet Dreams
1985Movie
Woodhouse
Alamo Bay
1985Movie
Leon
Miami Vice
1984TV
Dr. Morris