Gary Busey
Department: Acting
Biography
William Gary Busey (born June 29, 1944) is a 6-foot-1 blond-haired European-American film and stage actor and artist. He has appeared in over 120 films, as well as making regular appearances on Gunsmoke, Walker, Texas Ranger, Law & Order, and Entourage. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in 1978 for his role in The Buddy Holly Story.
Known For
Predator 2
1990
Lethal Weapon
1987
Point Break
1991
Lost Highway
1997
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
The Player
1992
The Ultimate Fighter
2007
Drop Zone
1994
Rookie of the Year
1993
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice
2002
The Girl Next Door
1999
The Buddy Holly Story
1978
Straight Time
1978
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974
The Last American Hero
1973
Maneater
2007
Chasers
1994
Barbarosa
1982
Carny
1980
Under Siege
1992
The Gumball Rally
1976
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
Steel Sharks
1997
No Rules
2005
Eye of the Tiger
1986
Crooked
2006
The Gingerdead Man
2005
D.C. Cab
1983
Half a Lifetime
1986
A Crack in the Floor
2001
Black Sheep
1996
Angels Hard as They Come
1971
Chasing Ghosts
2005
Act of Piracy
1988
American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election
2004
Carried Away
1996
Insignificance
1985
Homo Erectus
2007
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
1972
The Firm
1993
Breaking Point
1994
Voices That Care
1991
Surviving the Game
1994
Motocross Kids
2004
Beyond The Ring
2008
Frost: Portrait of a Vampire
2003
The Set-Up
1978
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
2002
Latin Dragon
2004
Big Wednesday
1978
A Star Is Born
1976
Piranha 3DD
2012
Quigley
2003
Border Blues
2004
Plato's Run
1997
The Prize Fighter
2003
Hider in the House
1989
Reggie: A Millennial Depression Comedy
2021
Tribulation
2000
The Execution of Private Slovik
1974
Didn’t You Hear?
1970
Bulletproof
1988
Ghost Rock
2004
Man with a Gun
1995
Lethal Tender
1997
The Follow-Up
2020
Foolin' Around
1980
Rough Draft
1998
No Tomorrow
1999
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991
Two Shades of Blue
1999
Canvas
1992
Down 'n Dirty
2001
The Rage
1997
Lolly-Madonna XXX
1973
The Chain
1996
G-Men from Hell
2000
Hex
1973
South Beach
1993
Matt's Chance
2013
Suspicious Minds
1997
Bounty Killer
2013
Warriors
1994
Chrome Soldiers
1992
The Neon Empire
1989
Wild Texas Wind
1991
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
1999
Blood Sport
1973
The Bear
1984
On the Edge
2002
Confessions of a Womanizer
2014
Double Dare
2004
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
The Law
1974
Behaving Badly
2014
Soldier
1998
Hooded Angels
2002
Dirty Little Billy
1972
Guido
2014
Sticks & Stones
1996
The Real Thing
1996
Detour
1998
Welcome 2 Ibiza
2003
Hallettsville
2009
Let's Get Harry
1986
Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy
2009
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq
2006
Raised on Rock - The Burnette Family Legacy
2018
The Hard Easy
2006
Entourage
2015
Cloud 9
2006
Bikini Model Academy
2015
Hot Boyz
2000
Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens
2016
Wild in the Streets
1968
Downtown Bus
—
Candiland
2016
Shade of Pale
2005
Impractical Jokers: The Staten Island Holiday Spectacular
2018
The Hand Job
—
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
1998
Shut Up and Shoot!
2006
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
You and Me
1975
Mamaboy
2016
Dr. Dolittle 3
2006
Succubus: Hell-Bent
2007
Fallacy
2004
Mansion of Blood
2015
Camp Manna
2018
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
2018
Descansos
2006
If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely
2004
The Gettysburg Address
2025
Butcher's Bake Off: Hell's Kitchen
2019
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
2005
That's Insignificance
2011
Silver Bullet
1985
Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died
1999
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
2004
The Love-Ins
1967
Holy Cash
2024
Buckaroo
2005
Sam & Janet
2002
Best Actress
2000
Gingerdead Man: Murder-Thon
2025
Trick and Treats
—
Making of: The Gingerdead Man
2005
The Simpsons
1989
Penn & Teller: Bull!
2003
Kung Fu
1972
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
King of the Hill
1997
Entourage
2004
Gunsmoke
1955
Baretta
1975
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
American MC
2017
Celebrity Paranormal Project
2006
The Huntress
2000
Fallen Angels
1993
High Chaparall
2003
The High Chaparral
1967
Into the West
2005
Celebrity Fit Club
2005
The Hitchhiker
1983
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
2008
The Outer Limits
1995
The Brendan Leonard Show
2003
I'm with Busey
2003
Saturday Night Live
1975
Two and a Half Men
2003
The Neon Empire
1989
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
Rough Riders
1997
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
2015
Dancing with the Stars
2005
A Dangerous Life
1988
Bonanza
1959
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019
The Jim Jefferies Show
2017
Law & Order
1990
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
1995
Nashville Squares
2019
Celebrity Wife Swap
2012
Comedy Central Roasts
2003
American Dad!
2005
Esenin
2005
Impractical Jokers
2011
Nite Tales: The Series
2009
Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
2011
Celebrity Big Brother
2001
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Russians in the City of Angels
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Scrubs
2001