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