Gary Basaraba
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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 A
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.
Born
Mar 16, 1959
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Known For
Acting
Movies
43 acting
0 crew
Popularity
0.8
Known For
Unfaithful
2002
as Detective Mirojnick
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
as Detective Burns
The Irishman
2019
as Frank 'Fitz' Fitzsimmons
The Accountant
2016
as Don
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
as Grady Kilgore
Striptease
1996
as Alberto
The Smurfs
2011
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
Sound of Freedom
2023
as Earl Buchanan
The Smurfs 2
2013
as Hefty Smurf (voice)
Charlotte's Web
2006
as Homer Zuckerman
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