Gary Basaraba
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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.
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Movies (43)
Los asesinos de la luna
2023 · Detective Burns
Sonido de Libertad
2023 · Earl Buchanan
El irlandés
2019 · Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
Pequeña Italia
2018 · Vince
Animales Norteamericanos
2018 · Warren Lipka Senior
Suburbicon: Bienvenidos al paraíso
2017 · Uncle Mitch
El contador
2016 · Don
Dallas, Sunday Morning
2016 · Jack Ruby
Los pitufos y el jinete sin cabeza
2013 · Hefty Smurf (voice)
Los Pitufos 2
2013 · Hefty Smurf (voice)
Hornet's Nest
2012 · Seth
Una Navidad con los pitufos
2011 · Hefty (voice)
Los Pitufos
2011 · Hefty Smurf (voice)
Rescate del metro 123
2009 · Jerry Pollard, motorman
Recuento
2008 · Clay Roberts
La telaraña de Charlotte
2006 · Homer Zuckerman
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006 · Norman Shaw
K-9: P.I.
2002 · Pete Timmons
Infidelidad
2002 · Detective Mirojnick
Recipe for Murder
2002
Guilty Hearts
2002 · Matt Moran
Holy Joe
1999 · Ernie Blevins
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
1998 · Self
Lifebreath
1997 · John
The Advocate's Devil
1997
Dead Silence
1997 · Shephard Wilcox
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
1997 · Jack Dietrick
Striptease
1996 · Alberto
A Horse for Danny
1995 · Solly
The War
1994 · Dodge
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994 · Heywood Broun
For Their Own Good
1993 · Roy Wheeler
Afterburn
1992 · Bill Decker
The Dark Wind
1992 · Larry
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991 · Grady Kilgore
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
1991 · Leland Winters
Poison Candy
1989 · Barkeeper
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 · Andrew, Apostle
Who's That Girl
1987 · Shipping Clerk
No Mercy
1986 · Joe Collins
One Magic Christmas
1985 · Jack Grainger
Sweet Dreams
1985 · Woodhouse
Alamo Bay
1985 · Leon
TV shows (43)
Paul T. Goldman
2023 · Royce Auditioner
Doom Patrol
2019 · Big D
Chicago Justice
2017 · William O'Boyle
NCIS: Nueva Orleans
2014 · Steven Bellamy
Forever
2014 · Norman Sontag
Madam Secretary
2014 · Tom Ryan
The Leftovers
2014 · Neil
Person of Interest
2011 · Stu Sommers
Inolvidable
2011 · Lt. Willard
Sangre Azul
2010 · Jimmy Burke
Justified: La ley de Raylan
2010 · Kemp
Castle
2009 · Ralph Carbone
El mentalista
2008 · Stephen Hannigan
Mixed Blessings
2007 · Hank
Mad Men
2007 · Herb Rennet
Thief
2006
Todos Odian a Chris
2005 · Art Wuliger
Mentes Criminales
2005 · James Odenkirk
Close to Home
2005 · Randy Stevens
Bones
2005 · Bob Gordon
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Micah
Numb3rs
2005 · Joe Thibodeaux
Caso Cerrado
2003 · Vinnie Buonaforte / Brown
Las Vegas
2003 · Ned Oshinski
Cortes y puntadas
2003 · Arthur
Boomtown
2002 · Police Department Police Officer III Ray Hechler
Everwood
2002 · Mr. Curtis
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Mr. Sullivan
Third Watch
1999 · Joe
Family Law
1999 · Maury French
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
1999 · George Burton, William O'Boyle
Judging Amy
1999 · Brian Whitaker
Martial Law
1998 · Tom McNiece
Brooklyn South
1997 · Richard Santoro
Early Edition
1996 · Sam Cooper
Swift Justice
1996 · Malcolm Davis
The Outer Limits
1995 · Ben Miller
New York Undercover
1994 · Tirelli
NYPD Blue
1993 · Victor Carlin
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Paul Garbarek
Law & Order
1990 · Officer John Patrick Worley, Kevin Reilly
Northern Exposure
1990 · Willie
Miami Vice
1984 · Dr. Morris