Gary Basaraba
Acting
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.
Born: March 16, 1959
Place of Birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Known For
Filmography
as Detective Burns
as Earl Buchanan
as Royce Auditioner
as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
as Big D
as Vince
as Warren Lipka Senior
as Uncle Mitch
as William O'Boyle
as Don
as Steven Bellamy
as Norman Sontag
as Tom Ryan
as Neil
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
as Seth
as Hefty (voice)
as Stu Sommers
as Lt. Willard
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
as Jimmy Burke
as Kemp
as Jerry Pollard, motorman
as Ralph Carbone
as Stephen Hannigan
as Clay Roberts
as Herb Rennet
as Homer Zuckerman
as Norman Shaw
as James Odenkirk
as Art Wuliger
as Randy Stevens
as Bob Gordon
as Micah
as Joe Thibodeaux
as Vinnie Buonaforte / Brown
as Ned Oshinski
as Arthur
as Police Department Police Officer III Ray Hechler
as Mr. Curtis
as Pete Timmons
as Detective Mirojnick
as Matt Moran
as Mr. Sullivan
as Joe
as Maury French
as George Burton
as William O'Boyle
as Brian Whitaker
as Ernie Blevins
as John
as Richard Santoro
as Shephard Wilcox
as Jack Dietrick
as Sam Cooper
as Alberto
as Solly
as Ben Miller
as Dodge
as Tirelli
as Heywood Broun
as Victor Carlin
as Roy Wheeler
as Bill Decker
as Larry
as Grady Kilgore
as Leland Winters
as Officer John Patrick Worley
as Kevin Reilly
as Willie
as Barkeeper
as Andrew, Apostle
as Joe Collins
as Jack Grainger
as Woodhouse
as Leon
as Dr. Morris