Gary Basaraba
Gary Basaraba
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Donald Petrie
Writers: Vinay Virmani,
Cast: Adam Ferrara, Alyssa Milano, Andrea Martin, Andrew Phung, Danny Aiello, Emma Roberts, Gary Basaraba, Hayden Christensen, Jane Seymour, Vas Saranga,
Director: Bart Layton
Writers: Bart Layton,
Cast: Ann Dowd, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Chas Allen, Eric Borsuk, Evan Peters, Gary Basaraba, Jared Abrahamson, Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka,
Director: Adrian Lyne
Writers: William Broyles Jr.,
Cast: Chad Lowe, Diane Lane, Dominic Chianese, Erik Per Sullivan, Gary Basaraba, Kate Burton, Margaret Colin, Olivier Martinez, Richard Gere, Zeljko Ivanek,
Director: Jon Avnet
Writers: Carol Sobieski,
Cast: Chris O'Donnell, Cicely Tyson, Gailard Sartain, Gary Basaraba, Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Stan Shaw, Timothy Scott,
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Paul Schrader,
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Barry Miller, Gary Basaraba, Harvey Keitel, Irvin Kershner, Paul Greco, Roberts Blossom, Steve Shill, Verna Bloom, Willem Dafoe,