
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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Movie | The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow | Hefty Smurf (voice) | 2013-09-12 |
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Series | Partners | 2012-09-24 | |
Movie | The Smurfs | Hefty Smurf (voice) | 2011-07-29 |
Movie | The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol | Hefty (Voice) | 2011-11-26 |
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Series | Blue Bloods | Jimmy Burke | 2010-09-24 |
Series | Castle | Ralph Carbone | 2009-03-08 |
Movie | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | Jerry Pollard | 2009-06-11 |
Movie | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Roy Wheeler | 2009-08-04 |
Series | The Mentalist | Stephen Hannigan | 2008-09-23 |
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Movie | Her Best Move | Pete Timmons | 2007-03-31 |
Series | Numb3rs | Unknown | 2006-03-05 |
Movie | Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Norman Shaw | 2006-04-30 |
Movie | Charlotte's Web | Homer Zuckerman | 2006-12-15 |
Series | Close to Home | Unknown | 2005-09-20 |
Movie | Four Minutes | Joe Collins | 2005-10-06 |
Series | Everybody Hates Chris | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
Series | Nip/Tuck | Unknown | 2003-07-22 |
Series | Las Vegas | Unknown | 2003-09-22 |
Series | Cold Case | Unknown | 2003-09-28 |
Movie | Unfaithful | Detective Mirojnick | 2002-05-10 |
Movie | Recipe for Murder | 2002-05-04 | |
Series | Everwood | Unknown | 2002-09-16 |
Series | Boomtown | 2002-09-29 | |
Movie | K-9: P.I. | Pete Timmons | 2002-07-30 |
Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
Series | Judging Amy | Unknown | 1999-09-19 |
Series | Family Law | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Movie | Man of Miracles | Ernie Blevins | 1999-03-28 |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Series | Third Watch | Unknown | 1999-09-23 |
Movie | What Happened to Bobby Earl? | 1997-01-28 | |
Series | Brooklyn South | 1997-09-22 | |
Movie | The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime | Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons | 1996-09-18 |
Series | Early Edition | Unknown | 1996-09-28 |
Movie | A Horse for Danny | Solly | 1995-04-08 |
Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
Movie | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Heywood Broun | 1994-09-07 |
Movie | The War | Dodge | 1994-11-04 |
Series | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown | 1993-01-31 |
Movie | For Their Own Good | Roy Wheeler | 1993-04-05 |
Movie | Afterburn | Bill Decker | 1992-05-30 |
Movie | Fried Green Tomatoes | Grady Kilgore | 1991-12-27 |
Movie | Manhunt in the Dakotas | Leland Winters | 1991-05-12 |
Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
Movie | Little Sweetheart | Barkeeper | 1989-10-19 |
Movie | The Last Temptation of Christ | Andrew, Apostle | 1988-08-12 |
Movie | No Mercy | Joe Collins | 1986-12-19 |
Movie | Sweet Dreams | Woodhouse | 1985-10-02 |
Movie | One Magic Christmas | Jack Grainger | 1985-11-22 |
Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
Movie | The Tell-Tale Heart | Grady Kilgore | 1960-12-14 |