Gary Basaraba

Known for ActingBorn 1959-03-16 (age 67)Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Brooklyn South

Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes

The Mentalist

Criminal Minds

Grey's Anatomy

Bones

Person of Interest

Mad Men

Sound of Freedom

Everybody Hates Chris

Family Law

Justified

A Horse for Danny

Castle

Homicide: Life on the Street

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Third Watch

Forever

Blue Bloods

The Leftovers

The Irishman

Northern Exposure

Cold Case

Doom Patrol

The Outer Limits

Killers of the Flower Moon

Everwood

Fried Green Tomatoes

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Judging Amy

NCIS: New Orleans

Early Edition

Unforgettable

The Accountant

New York Undercover

Miami Vice

Nip/Tuck

Law & Order

Madam Secretary

The Last Temptation of Christ

Numb3rs

Martial Law

Las Vegas

NYPD Blue

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow

Chicago Justice

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

Swift Justice