Gary Basaraba
Acting
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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.
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Filmography of
Gary Basaraba
Detective Burns
... 2023
Earl Buchanan
... 2023
Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
... 2019
Vince
... 2018
Warren Lipka Senior
... 2018
Uncle Mitch
... 2017
Jack Ruby
... 2016
Hefty Smurf (voice)
... 2013
Hefty Smurf (voice)
... 2013
Seth
... 2012
Hefty (Voice)
... 2011
Hefty Smurf (voice)
... 2011
Jerry Pollard, motorman
... 2009
Clay Roberts
... 2008
Homer Zuckerman
... 2006
Norman Shaw
... 2006
Pete Timmons
... 2002
Detective Mirojnick
... 2002
... 2002
Matt Moran
... 2002
Ernie Blevins
... 1999
John
... 1997
Shephard Wilcox
... 1997
... 1997
Alberto
... 1996
Solly
... 1995
Dodge
... 1994
Heywood Broun
... 1994
Roy Wheeler
... 1993
Bill Decker
... 1992
Grady Kilgore
... 1991
Leland Winters
... 1991
Larry
... 1991
Barkeeper
... 1989
Andrew, Apostle
... 1988
Joe Collins
... 1986
Jack Grainger
... 1985
Woodhouse
... 1985
Leon
... 1985