Gary Basaraba
Acting • Born 1959-03-16
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 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.
Filmography
87 credits
The Last Temptation of Christ
Movie • 1988
Andrew, Apostle
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Movie • 2006
Norman Shaw
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Movie • 1994
Heywood Broun
Charlotte's Web
Movie • 2006
Homer Zuckerman
No Mercy
Movie • 1986
Joe Collins
One Magic Christmas
Movie • 1985
Jack Grainger
A Horse for Danny
Movie • 1995
Solly
The Smurfs
Movie • 2011
Hefty Smurf (voice)
Sweet Dreams
Movie • 1985
Woodhouse
K-9: P.I.
Movie • 2002
Pete Timmons
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
Movie • 2011
Hefty (voice)
Hornet's Nest
Movie • 2012
Seth
Afterburn
Movie • 1992
Bill Decker
Holy Joe
Movie • 1999
Ernie Blevins
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
Movie • 1997
Jack Dietrick
For Their Own Good
Movie • 1993
Roy Wheeler
Recipe for Murder
Movie • 2002
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
Movie • 2013
Hefty Smurf (voice)
Fried Green Tomatoes
Movie • 1991
Grady Kilgore
Dead Silence
Movie • 1997
Shephard Wilcox
The Dark Wind
Movie • 1992
Larry
Dallas, Sunday Morning
Movie • 2016
Jack Ruby
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
Movie • 1991
Leland Winters
The War
Movie • 1994
Dodge
Unfaithful
Movie • 2002
Detective Mirojnick
Suburbicon
Movie • 2017
Uncle Mitch
The Accountant
Movie • 2016
Don
The Smurfs 2
Movie • 2013
Hefty Smurf (voice)
The Irishman
Movie • 2019
Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
Poison Candy
Movie • 1989
Barkeeper
American Animals
Movie • 2018
Warren Lipka Senior
Little Italy
Movie • 2018
Vince
Guilty Hearts
Movie • 2002
Matt Moran
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Movie • 2009
Jerry Pollard, motorman
Striptease
Movie • 1996
Alberto
Recount
Movie • 2008
Clay Roberts
Sound of Freedom
Movie • 2023
Earl Buchanan
Alamo Bay
Movie • 1985
Leon
Killers of the Flower Moon
Movie • 2023
Detective Burns
Lifebreath
Movie • 1997
John
The Advocate's Devil
Movie • 1997
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
Movie • 1998
Self
Who's That Girl
Movie • 1987
Shipping Clerk
Everybody Hates Chris
TV • 2005
Art Wuliger
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Officer John Patrick Worley
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Joe Thibodeaux
Castle
TV • 2009
Ralph Carbone
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Mr. Sullivan
Boomtown
TV • 2002
Police Department Police Officer III Ray Hechler
Judging Amy
TV • 1999
Brian Whitaker
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Dr. Morris
Early Edition
TV • 1996
Sam Cooper
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Vinnie Buonaforte / Brown
Las Vegas
TV • 2003
Ned Oshinski
Everwood
TV • 2002
Mr. Curtis
Nip/Tuck
TV • 2003
Arthur
Close to Home
TV • 2005
Randy Stevens
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Paul Garbarek
NCIS: New Orleans
TV • 2014
Steven Bellamy
Family Law
TV • 1999
Maury French
Brooklyn South
TV • 1997
Richard Santoro
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Ben Miller
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
George Burton
Paul T. Goldman
TV • 2023
Royce Auditioner
Person of Interest
TV • 2011
Stu Sommers
Blue Bloods
TV • 2010
Jimmy Burke
Forever
TV • 2014
Norman Sontag
The Mentalist
TV • 2008
Stephen Hannigan
The Leftovers
TV • 2014
Neil
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
James Odenkirk
Justified
TV • 2010
Kemp
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Kevin Reilly
Chicago Justice
TV • 2017
William O'Boyle
New York Undercover
TV • 1994
Tirelli
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Micah
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
William O'Boyle
Bones
TV • 2005
Bob Gordon
Mad Men
TV • 2007
Herb Rennet
Doom Patrol
TV • 2019
Big D
NYPD Blue
TV • 1993
Victor Carlin
Third Watch
TV • 1999
Joe
Mixed Blessings
TV • 2007
Hank
Madam Secretary
TV • 2014
Tom Ryan
Northern Exposure
TV • 1990
Willie
Unforgettable
TV • 2011
Lt. Willard
Martial Law
TV • 1998
Tom McNiece
Swift Justice
TV • 1996
Malcolm Davis