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Gary Basaraba

Acting

Born March 16, 1959 · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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.

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The Mentalist

2008as Stephen Hannigan

Criminal Minds

2005as James Odenkirk

Bones

2005as Bob Gordon

Grey's Anatomy

2005as Micah

Person of Interest

2011as Stu Sommers

Mad Men

2007as Herb Rennet

Everybody Hates Chris

2005as Art Wuliger

A Horse for Danny

1995as Solly

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993as Paul Garbarek

Sound of Freedom

2023as Earl Buchanan

Justified

2010as Kemp

Castle

2009as Ralph Carbone

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as George Burton

Third Watch

1999as Joe

Northern Exposure

1990as Willie

Forever

2014as Norman Sontag

Blue Bloods

2010as Jimmy Burke

Cold Case

2003as Vinnie Buonaforte / Brown

The Leftovers

2014as Neil

The Outer Limits

1995as Ben Miller

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991as Grady Kilgore

The Irishman

2019as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons

Everwood

2002as Mr. Curtis

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000as Mr. Sullivan

Doom Patrol

2019as Big D

Miami Vice

1984as Dr. Morris

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023as Detective Burns

NCIS: New Orleans

2014as Steven Bellamy

New York Undercover

1994as Tirelli

Law & Order

1990as Kevin Reilly

Unforgettable

2011as Lt. Willard

Nip/Tuck

2003as Arthur

The Last Temptation of Christ

1988as Andrew, Apostle

The Accountant

2016as Don

Las Vegas

2003as Ned Oshinski

NYPD Blue

1993as Victor Carlin

Madam Secretary

2014as Tom Ryan

Numb3rs

2005as Joe Thibodeaux

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow

2013as Hefty Smurf (voice)

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

2006as Norman Shaw

Chicago Justice

2017as William O'Boyle

Recount

2008as Clay Roberts

American Animals

2018as Warren Lipka Senior

The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol

2011as Hefty (voice)

Unfaithful

2002as Detective Mirojnick

Little Italy

2018as Vince

The War

1994as Dodge

Sweet Dreams

1985as Woodhouse

Paul T. Goldman

2023as Royce Auditioner

The Taking of Pelham 123

2009as Jerry Pollard, motorman