Gary Basaraba
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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.
Known for
Credits
Who's That Girl (1987)
as Shipping Clerk
Unfaithful (2002)
as Detective Mirojnick
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
as Detective Burns
The Accountant (2016)
as Don
The Irishman (2019)
as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
Sound of Freedom (2023)
as Earl Buchanan
The Smurfs (2011)
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
The Smurfs 2 (2013)
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
Striptease (1996)
as Alberto
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
as Grady Kilgore
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
as Jerry Pollard, motorman
Charlotte's Web (2006)
as Homer Zuckerman
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
as Andrew, Apostle
Suburbicon (2017)
as Uncle Mitch
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2011)
as Hefty (voice)
American Animals (2018)
as Warren Lipka Senior
No Mercy (1986)
as Joe Collins
Little Italy (2018)
as Vince
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
as Norman Shaw
One Magic Christmas (1985)
as Jack Grainger
Afterburn (1992)
as Bill Decker
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013)
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
The War (1994)
as Dodge
K-9: P.I. (2002)
as Pete Timmons
Poison Candy (1989)
as Barkeeper
Recount (2008)
as Clay Roberts
Sweet Dreams (1985)
as Woodhouse
Lifebreath (1997)
as John
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
as Heywood Broun
Hornet's Nest (2012)
as Seth
Dead Silence (1997)
as Shephard Wilcox
For Their Own Good (1993)
as Roy Wheeler
The Advocate's Devil (1997)
Actor
Holy Joe (1999)
as Ernie Blevins
A Horse for Danny (1995)
as Solly
The Dark Wind (1992)
as Larry
What Happened to Bobby Earl? (1997)
as Jack Dietrick
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes (1998)
as Self
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991)
as Leland Winters
Alamo Bay (1985)
as Leon
Guilty Hearts (2002)
as Matt Moran
Recipe for Murder (2002)
Actor
Dallas, Sunday Morning (2016)
as Jack Ruby