Gary Basaraba
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...
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
Recipe for Murder
2002
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
2013
No Mercy
1986
The War
1994
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
1991
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006
The Irishman
2019
Unfaithful
2002
Sound of Freedom
2023
Little Italy
2018
Guilty Hearts
2002
Dead Silence
1997
Sweet Dreams
1985
The Accountant
2016
American Animals
2018
The Smurfs
2011
The Smurfs 2
2013
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
2011
Suburbicon
2017
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
Striptease
1996
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
Charlotte's Web
2006
Who's That Girl
1987
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
1997
Alamo Bay
1985
Holy Joe
1999
A Horse for Danny
1995
One Magic Christmas
1985
Recount
2008
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994
Hornet's Nest
2012
K-9: P.I.
2002
For Their Own Good
1993
The Dark Wind
1992
The Advocate's Devil
1997
Afterburn
1992