Cast & creator
Gary Basaraba
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Mentalist
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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1984–2023 · acting roles
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Filmography (88)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
George Burton
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
William O'Boyle
1999
The Mentalist
Stephen Hannigan
2008
Law & Order
Officer John Patrick Worley
1990Law & Order
Kevin Reilly
1990
Grey's Anatomy
Micah
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mr. Sullivan
2000
Criminal Minds
James Odenkirk
2005
Bones
Bob Gordon
2005
Castle
Ralph Carbone
2009
Blue Bloods
Jimmy Burke
2010
Person of Interest
Stu Sommers
2011
Mad Men
Herb Rennet
2007
Nip/Tuck
Arthur
2003
The Outer Limits
Ben Miller
1995
Numb3rs
Joe Thibodeaux
2005
Third Watch
Joe
1999
Las Vegas
Ned Oshinski
2003
NYPD Blue
Victor Carlin
1993
Cold Case
Vinnie Buonaforte / Brown
2003
Miami Vice
Dr. Morris
1984
Madam Secretary
Tom Ryan
2014
Judging Amy
Brian Whitaker
1999
NCIS: New Orleans
Steven Bellamy
2014
Everwood
Mr. Curtis
2002
Homicide: Life on the Street
Paul Garbarek
1993
Justified
Kemp
2010
Northern Exposure
Willie
1990
Early Edition
Sam Cooper
1996
Unforgettable
Lt. Willard
2011
The Leftovers
Neil
2014
Everybody Hates Chris
Art Wuliger
2005
Doom Patrol
Big D
2019
Close to Home
Randy Stevens
2005
Family Law
Maury French
1999
New York Undercover
Tirelli
1994
Martial Law
Tom McNiece
1998
Killers of the Flower Moon
Detective Burns
2023
Who's That Girl
Shipping Clerk
1987
Brooklyn South
Richard Santoro
1997
Unfaithful
Detective Mirojnick
2002
The Irishman
Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
2019
The Accountant
Don
2016
Forever
Norman Sontag
2014
The Smurfs
Hefty Smurf (voice)
2011
Boomtown
Police Department Police Officer III Ray Hechler
2002
The Smurfs 2
Hefty Smurf (voice)
2013
Chicago Justice
William O'Boyle
2017
Charlotte's Web
Homer Zuckerman
2006
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Jerry Pollard, motorman
2009
Fried Green Tomatoes
Grady Kilgore
1991
Sound of Freedom
Earl Buchanan
2023
Swift Justice
Malcolm Davis
1996
Striptease
Alberto
1996
Thief
2006
Little Italy
Vince
2018
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
Hefty (voice)
2011
The Last Temptation of Christ
Andrew, Apostle
1988
Suburbicon
Uncle Mitch
2017
Paul T. Goldman
Royce Auditioner
2023
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
Hefty Smurf (voice)
2013
No Mercy
Joe Collins
1986
American Animals
Warren Lipka Senior
2018
The War
Dodge
1994
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Norman Shaw
2006
One Magic Christmas
Jack Grainger
1985
K-9: P.I.
Pete Timmons
2002
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Heywood Broun
1994
For Their Own Good
Roy Wheeler
1993
Recount
Clay Roberts
2008
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
Jack Dietrick
1997Mixed Blessings
Hank
2007
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
Self
1998
Poison Candy
Barkeeper
1989
Lifebreath
John
1997
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
Leland Winters
1991
A Horse for Danny
Solly
1995
Sweet Dreams
Woodhouse
1985
Afterburn
Bill Decker
1992
Dead Silence
Shephard Wilcox
1997
The Advocate's Devil
1997
Alamo Bay
Leon
1985
Guilty Hearts
Matt Moran
2002
Hornet's Nest
Seth
2012
Recipe for Murder
2002
The Dark Wind
Larry
1992
Holy Joe
Ernie Blevins
1999Dallas, Sunday Morning
Jack Ruby
2016