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Gary Basaraba
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gary Basaraba (born March 16, 1959) is a Canadian actor best known for playing American police officers.
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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. …
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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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- 2023Killers of the Flower MoonDetective Burns
- 2023Sound of FreedomEarl Buchanan
- 2019The IrishmanFrank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
- 2018Little ItalyVince
- 2018American AnimalsWarren Lipka Senior
- 2017SuburbiconUncle Mitch
- 2016The AccountantDon
- 2016Dallas, Sunday MorningJack Ruby
- 2013The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy HollowHefty Smurf (voice)
- 2013The Smurfs 2Hefty Smurf (voice)
- 2012Hornet's NestSeth
- 2011The Smurfs: A Christmas CarolHefty (voice)
- 2011The SmurfsHefty Smurf (voice)
- 2009The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3Jerry Pollard, motorman
- 2008RecountClay Roberts
- 2006Charlotte's WebHomer Zuckerman
- 2006Jesse Stone: Death in ParadiseNorman Shaw
- 2002K-9: P.I.Pete Timmons
- 2002Recipe for MurderActor
- 2002Guilty HeartsMatt Moran
- 1999Holy JoeErnie Blevins
- 1998Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green TomatoesSelf
- 1997LifebreathJohn
- 1997The Advocate's DevilActor
- 1997Dead SilenceShephard Wilcox
- 1997What Happened to Bobby Earl?Jack Dietrick
- 1996StripteaseAlberto
- 1995A Horse for DannySolly
- 1994The WarDodge
- 1994Mrs. Parker and the Vicious CircleHeywood Broun
- 1993For Their Own GoodRoy Wheeler
- 1992AfterburnBill Decker
- 1992The Dark WindLarry
- 1991Fried Green TomatoesGrady Kilgore
- 1991In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the DakotasLeland Winters
- 1989Poison CandyBarkeeper
- 1988The Last Temptation of ChristAndrew, Apostle
- 1987Who's That GirlShipping Clerk
- 1986No MercyJoe Collins
- 1985One Magic ChristmasJack Grainger
- 1985Sweet DreamsWoodhouse
- 1985Alamo BayLeon
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