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.
The Last Temptation of Christ
(Andrew, Apostle)
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
(Norman Shaw)
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
(Heywood Broun)
Charlotte's Web
(Homer Zuckerman)
No Mercy
(Joe Collins)
One Magic Christmas
(Jack Grainger)
A Horse for Danny
(Solly)
The Smurfs
(Hefty Smurf (voice))
Sweet Dreams
(Woodhouse)
K-9: P.I.
(Pete Timmons)
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
(Hefty (voice))
Hornet's Nest
(Seth)
Afterburn
(Bill Decker)
Holy Joe
(Ernie Blevins)
What Happened to Bobby Earl?
For Their Own Good
(Roy Wheeler)
Recipe for Murder
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
(Hefty Smurf (voice))
Fried Green Tomatoes
(Grady Kilgore)
Dead Silence
(Shephard Wilcox)
The Dark Wind
(Larry)
Dallas, Sunday Morning
(Jack Ruby)
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
(Leland Winters)
The War
(Dodge)
Unfaithful
(Detective Mirojnick)
Suburbicon
(Uncle Mitch)
The Accountant
(Don)
The Smurfs 2
(Hefty Smurf (voice))
The Irishman
(Frank "Fitz" Fitzsimmons)
Little Sweetheart
(Barkeeper)
American Animals
(Warren Lipka Senior)
Little Italy
(Vince)
Guilty Hearts
(Matt Moran)
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
(Jerry Pollard, motorman)
Striptease
(Alberto)
Recount
(Clay Roberts)
Sound of Freedom
(Earl Buchanan)
Alamo Bay
(Leon)
Killers of the Flower Moon
(Detective Burns)
Lifebreath
(John)
The Advocate's Devil
Everybody Hates Chris
(Art Wuliger)
Law & Order
(Officer John Patrick Worley)
Numb3rs
Castle
(Ralph Carbone)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(Mr. Sullivan)
Boomtown
(Police Department Police Officer III Ray Hechler)
Judging Amy
(Brian Whitaker)
Miami Vice
Early Edition
Cold Case
(Vinnie Buonaforte / Brown)
Las Vegas
Everwood
(Mr. Curtis)
Nip/Tuck
Close to Home
Homicide: Life on the Street
NCIS: New Orleans
(Steven Bellamy)
Family Law
(Maury French)
Brooklyn South
(Richard Santoro)
The Outer Limits
(Ben Miller)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(George Burton)
Paul T. Goldman
(Royce Auditioner)
Person of Interest
(Stu Sommers)
Blue Bloods
(Jimmy Burke)
Forever
(Norman Sontag)
The Mentalist
(Stephen Hannigan)
The Leftovers
(Neil)
Criminal Minds
(James Odenkirk)
Justified
(Kemp)
Law & Order
(Kevin Reilly)
Chicago Justice
(William O'Boyle)
New York Undercover
(Tirelli)
Grey's Anatomy
(Micah)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(William O'Boyle)
Bones
(Bob Gordon)
Mad Men
(Herb Rennet)
Doom Patrol
(Big D)
NYPD Blue
(Victor Carlin)
Third Watch
(Joe)