Actor

Gary Basaraba

March 16, 1959 · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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.

Notable work

8.2
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
as Micah
7.6
The Irishman (2019)
as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
7.1
The Accountant (2016)
as Don
8.4
The Mentalist (2008)
as Stephen Hannigan
8
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
as George Burton and as William O'Boyle
7.4
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
as Detective Burns
8.3
Criminal Minds (2005)
as James Odenkirk
5.8
The Smurfs (2011)
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
8.2
Bones (2005)
as Bob Gordon
6.4
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
as Jerry Pollard, motorman
8
Sound of Freedom (2023)
as Earl Buchanan
5.8
The Smurfs 2 (2013)
as Hefty Smurf (voice)

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