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Gary Basaraba
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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 San…
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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. 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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2023
Killers of the Flower Moon
Movie Detective Burns
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2023
Sound of Freedom
Movie Earl Buchanan
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2023
Paul T. Goldman
TV show Royce Auditioner
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2019
The Irishman
Movie Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
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2019
Doom Patrol
TV show Big D
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2018
Little Italy
Movie Vince
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2018
American Animals
Movie Warren Lipka Senior
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2017
Suburbicon
Movie Uncle Mitch
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2017
Chicago Justice
TV show William O'Boyle
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2016
The Accountant
Movie Don
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2016
Dallas, Sunday Morning
Movie Jack Ruby
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2014
NCIS: New Orleans
TV show Steven Bellamy
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2014
Forever
TV show Norman Sontag
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2014
Madam Secretary
TV show Tom Ryan
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2014
The Leftovers
TV show Neil
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2013
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
Movie Hefty Smurf (voice)
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2013
The Smurfs 2
Movie Hefty Smurf (voice)
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2012
Hornet's Nest
Movie Seth
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2011
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
Movie Hefty (voice)
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2011
Person of Interest
TV show Stu Sommers
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2011
Unforgettable
TV show Lt. Willard
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2011
The Smurfs
Movie Hefty Smurf (voice)
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2010
Blue Bloods
TV show Jimmy Burke
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2010
Justified
TV show Kemp
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2009
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Movie Jerry Pollard, motorman
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2009
Castle
TV show Ralph Carbone
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2008
The Mentalist
TV show Stephen Hannigan
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2008
Recount
Movie Clay Roberts
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2007
Mixed Blessings
TV show Hank
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2007
Mad Men
TV show Herb Rennet
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2006
Charlotte's Web
Movie Homer Zuckerman
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2006
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Movie Norman Shaw
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2006
Thief
TV show
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2005
Criminal Minds
TV show James Odenkirk
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2005
Everybody Hates Chris
TV show Art Wuliger
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2005
Close to Home
TV show Randy Stevens
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2005
Bones
TV show Bob Gordon
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2005
Grey's Anatomy
TV show Micah
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2005
Numb3rs
TV show Joe Thibodeaux
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2003
Cold Case
TV show Vinnie Buonaforte / Brown
