Gary Basaraba
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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.
Known for
Credits
Who's That Girl (1987)
as Shipping Clerk
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
as Detective Burns
Unfaithful (2002)
as Detective Mirojnick
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
as Andrew, Apostle
The Accountant (2016)
as Don
The Irishman (2019)
as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
The Smurfs (2011)
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
Sound of Freedom (2023)
as Earl Buchanan
Striptease (1996)
as Alberto
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
as Jerry Pollard, motorman
The Smurfs 2 (2013)
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
Charlotte's Web (2006)
as Homer Zuckerman
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
as Grady Kilgore
Suburbicon (2017)
as Uncle Mitch
American Animals (2018)
as Warren Lipka Senior
Little Italy (2018)
as Vince
No Mercy (1986)
as Joe Collins
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
as Norman Shaw
The War (1994)
as Dodge
K-9: P.I. (2002)
as Pete Timmons
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2011)
as Hefty (voice)
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013)
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
One Magic Christmas (1985)
as Jack Grainger
Sweet Dreams (1985)
as Woodhouse
Recount (2008)
as Clay Roberts
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
as Heywood Broun
Afterburn (1992)
as Bill Decker
Dead Silence (1997)
as Shephard Wilcox
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991)
as Leland Winters
Lifebreath (1997)
as John
For Their Own Good (1993)
as Roy Wheeler
Poison Candy (1989)
as Barkeeper
Alamo Bay (1985)
as Leon
Hornet's Nest (2012)
as Seth
Guilty Hearts (2002)
as Matt Moran
Holy Joe (1999)
as Ernie Blevins
What Happened to Bobby Earl? (1997)
as Jack Dietrick
The Advocate's Devil (1997)
Actor
A Horse for Danny (1995)
as Solly
The Dark Wind (1992)
as Larry
Recipe for Murder (2002)
Actor
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes (1998)
as Self
Dallas, Sunday Morning (2016)
as Jack Ruby