
Gary Basaraba
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

The Last Temptation of Christ
1988

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994

Charlotte's Web
2006

No Mercy
1986

One Magic Christmas
1985

A Horse for Danny
1995

The Smurfs
2011

Sweet Dreams
1985

K-9: P.I.
2002

The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
2011

Hornet's Nest
2012

Afterburn
1992

Holy Joe
1999

What Happened to Bobby Earl?
1997

For Their Own Good
1993

Recipe for Murder
2002

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
2013

Fried Green Tomatoes
1991

Dead Silence
1997

The Dark Wind
1992

Dallas, Sunday Morning
2016

In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
1991

The War
1994

Unfaithful
2002

Suburbicon
2017

The Accountant
2016

The Smurfs 2
2013

The Irishman
2019

Poison Candy
1989

American Animals
2018

Little Italy
2018

Guilty Hearts
2002

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009

Striptease
1996

Recount
2008

Sound of Freedom
2023

Alamo Bay
1985

Killers of the Flower Moon
2023

Lifebreath
1997

The Advocate's Devil
1997

Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
1998

Who's That Girl
1987

Law & Order
1990

Everybody Hates Chris
2005

Numb3rs
2005

Castle
2009

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

Boomtown
2002

Judging Amy
1999

Miami Vice
1984

Early Edition
1996

Cold Case
2003

Las Vegas
2003

Everwood
2002

Nip/Tuck
2003

Close to Home
2005

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993

NCIS: New Orleans
2014

Family Law
1999

Brooklyn South
1997

The Outer Limits
1995

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Paul T. Goldman
2023

Person of Interest
2011

Blue Bloods
2010

Forever
2014

The Mentalist
2008

The Leftovers
2014

Criminal Minds
2005

Justified
2010

Law & Order
1990

Chicago Justice
2017

New York Undercover
1994

Grey's Anatomy
2005

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Bones
2005

Mad Men
2007

Doom Patrol
2019

NYPD Blue
1993

Third Watch
1999

Mixed Blessings
2007

Madam Secretary
2014

Northern Exposure
1990

Unforgettable
2011

Martial Law
1998

Swift Justice
1996