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Gary Basaraba

b. 1959 · 58 titles in the catalogue

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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.

Their work

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  1. Grey's Anatomy2005as Micah
  2. The Irishman2019as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
  3. The Accountant2016as Don
  4. The Mentalist2008as Stephen Hannigan
  5. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999as George Burton
  6. Killers of the Flower Moon2023as Detective Burns
  7. Criminal Minds2005as James Odenkirk
  8. The Smurfs2011as Hefty Smurf (voice)
  9. Bones2005as Bob Gordon
  10. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 32009as Jerry Pollard, motorman
  11. Sound of Freedom2023as Earl Buchanan
  12. The Smurfs 22013as Hefty Smurf (voice)
  13. Castle2009as Ralph Carbone
  14. Person of Interest2011as Stu Sommers
  15. Suburbicon2017as Uncle Mitch
  16. Unfaithful2002as Detective Mirojnick
  17. Mad Men2007as Herb Rennet
  18. Fried Green Tomatoes1991as Grady Kilgore
  19. Doom Patrol2019as Big D
  20. Charlotte's Web2006as Homer Zuckerman
  21. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000as Mr. Sullivan
  22. The Leftovers2014as Neil
  23. American Animals2018as Warren Lipka Senior
  24. The Last Temptation of Christ1988as Andrew, Apostle
  25. Striptease1996as Alberto
  26. Everybody Hates Chris2005as Art Wuliger
  27. Blue Bloods2010as Jimmy Burke
  28. Justified2010as Kemp
  29. Little Italy2018as Vince
  30. Law & Order1990as Kevin Reilly
  31. Forever2014as Norman Sontag
  32. Nip/Tuck2003as Arthur
  33. Miami Vice1984as Dr. Morris
  34. NCIS: New Orleans2014as Steven Bellamy
  35. Cold Case2003as Vinnie Buonaforte / Brown
  36. Numb3rs2005as Joe Thibodeaux
  37. Unforgettable2011as Lt. Willard
  38. Madam Secretary2014as Tom Ryan
  39. The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol2011as Hefty (voice)
  40. Las Vegas2003as Ned Oshinski
  41. Who's That Girl1987as Shipping Clerk
  42. The Outer Limits1995as Ben Miller
  43. Third Watch1999as Joe
  44. Everwood2002as Mr. Curtis
  45. The War1994as Dodge
  46. K-9: P.I.2002as Pete Timmons
  47. No Mercy1986as Joe Collins
  48. Northern Exposure1990as Willie
  49. Recount2008as Clay Roberts
  50. Chicago Justice2017as William O'Boyle
  51. NYPD Blue1993as Victor Carlin
  52. Early Edition1996as Sam Cooper
  53. Homicide: Life on the Street1993as Paul Garbarek
  54. Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise2006as Norman Shaw
  55. One Magic Christmas1985as Jack Grainger
  56. The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow2013as Hefty Smurf (voice)
  57. Martial Law1998as Tom McNiece
  58. Paul T. Goldman2023as Royce Auditioner