Gary Busey filmography

Busey at the Oscar Party in 2008

The following is the filmography of American actor Gary Busey.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1967	The Love-Ins	Hippie with Loudspeaker	Uncredited
1968	Wild in the Streets	Concert Attendee	Uncredited	[1]
1970	Didn't You Hear...	James		[2]
1971	Angels Hard as They Come	Henry		[2]
1972	The Magnificent Seven Ride!	Hank Allen		[2]
	Dirty Little Billy	Basil Crabtree		[2]
1973	Lolly-Madonna XXX	Zeb		[2]
	The Last American Hero	Wayne Jackson		[2]
	Hex	Giblets		[2]
1974	Thunderbolt and Lightfoot	Curly	Credited as Garey Busey	[2]
	You and Me	Himself		[2]
1976	The Gumball Rally	Gibson – Camaro Team		[2]
	A Star Is Born	Bobby Ritchie		[2]
1978	Straight Time	Willy Darrin		[2]
	The Buddy Holly Story	Buddy		[2]
	Big Wednesday	Leroy Smith		[2]
1980	Carny	Frankie		[2]
	Foolin' Around	Wes		[2]
1982	Barbarosa	Karl Westover		[2]
1983	D.C. Cab	Dell		[2]
1984	The Bear	Paul W. Bryant		[2]
1985	Insignificance	The Ballplayer		[2]
	Silver Bullet	Uncle Red		[2]
1986	Let's Get Harry	Jack		[2]
	Eye of the Tiger	Buck Matthews		[2]
1987	Lethal Weapon	Mr. Joshua		[2]
	Bulletproof	Frank McBain		[2]
1988	Act of Piracy	Ted Andrews		[2]
1989	Hider in the House	Tom Sykes		[2]
1990	Predator 2	Peter Keyes		[2]
1991	My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys	Clint		[2]
	Point Break	Angelo Pappas		[2]
1992	The Player	Gary Busey		[2]
	Canvas	Ozzy Decker		[2]
	Under Siege	Commander Peter Krill		[2]
1993	The Firm	Eddie Lomax		[2]
	Rookie of the Year	Chet Steadman		[2]
	South Beach	Lenny		[2]
1994	Breaking Point	Dwight Meadows	also known as Double Suspicion	[2]
	Surviving the Game	Doc Hawkins		[2]
	Chasers	Sergeant Vince Banger		[2]
	Warriors	Frank		[2]
	Drop Zone	Ty Moncrief		[2]
1995	Man with a Gun	Jack Rushton	also known as Gun for Hire	[2]
1996	Livers Ain't Cheap	Foreman	also known as The Real Thing	[2]
	Carried Away	Nathan / Major		[2]
	Black Sheep	Drake Sabitch		[2]
	The Chain	Frank Morrisey		[2]
	Sticks & Stones	Book's Dad		[2]
	Lethal Tender	Mr. Turner		[2]
	One Clean Move	Connie	Short film	[1]
1997	Lost Highway	Bill Dayton		[2]
	Plato's Run	Plato		[2]
	Steel Sharks	Cmdr. Bill McKay		[2]
	The Rage	Art Dacy		[2]
	Diary of a Serial Killer, also known as "Rough Draft".	Nelson Keece	Murder & intrigue, something different
	Suspicious Minds	Vic Mulvey		[1]
1998	Rough Draft	Nelson Keece	also known as Diary of a Serial Killer	[2]
	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Highway Patrolman		[2]
	Detour	Mo Ginsburg		[2]
	Soldier	Church		[2]
1999	Two Shades of Blue	Jack Reynolds		[1]
	Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang	The Hooded Fang		[2]
	No Tomorrow	Noah		[2]
2000	Apocalypse III: Tribulation	Tom Canboro		[2]
	Hot Boyz	Tully		[2]
	Down 'n Dirty	D. A. Mickey Casey		[2]
	G-Men from Hell	Lt. Langdon		[2]
2001	A Crack in the Floor	Tyler Trout		[2]
2002	Frost: Portrait of a Vampire	Micah		[2]
	Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice	Richmond Claremont		[2]
	Sam & Janet	Bartender		[1]
	Glory Glory	Sheriff Ben Tyler	also known as Hooded Angels	[2]
	On the Edge	Felix		[2]
2003	Quigley	Archie Channing	also known as Daddy Dog Day	[1]
	Welcome 2 Ibiza	Cortez		[1]
	Ghost Rock	Jack Pickett		[1]
	Scorched	Zeek		[1]
	The Shadowlands	Supreme Regent Onticree		[1]
	The Prize Fighter	Whitey Ferguson		[1]
2004	Motocross Kids	Viper		[1]
	Fallacy			[1]
	If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely	Mesdeg
	Latin Dragon	Thorn		[1]
	El Padrino	Lars		[2]
	Border Blues	LAPD medium Michael March		[2]
	Double Dare	Self	Uncredited	[2]
2005	Shade of Pale	Billings		[1]
	Buckaroo: The Movie	Dr. Brawn		[1]
	Chasing Ghosts	Marcos Alfiri		[2]
	A Sight for Sore Eyes	Earl Cooper	Short film	[1]
	The Gingerdead Man	Millard Findlemeyer		[1]
	Souled Out	Gabriel (The Angel)		[1]
	Overachievers	Blind Master	also known as The Hand Job	[1]
	No Rules	Leroy Little		[1]
2006	Cloud 9	Gary Busey
	Descansos	The Keeper		[1]
	Valley of the Wolves: Iraq	Doctor		[2]
	Dr. Dolittle 3	Butch	Voice role	[1]
	Shut Up and Shoot!	Bob Katz		[2]
	Crooked	John Rouse	also known as Soft Target
	The Hard Easy	Vinnie		[1]
	Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film	Self		[1]
2007	Succubus: Hell-Bent	Sentinel		[1]
	Lady Samurai	Chief Downs		[1]
	Homo Erectus	Krutz		[2]
	Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter	Wizard		[1]
	Chasing the Dream	Narrator
2008	Beyond the Ring	Tony De Luca		[1]
2009	Hallettsville	Sheriff David Ketchum		[1]
2010	Freaky Saturday Night Fever	Boyie	Short film	[1]
	Down and Distance	Bo Vonarb		[2]
2011	Jenny	Gary	Short film	[1]
	Guido	Steve Kaufman		[1]
2012	Piranha 3DD	Clayton		[2]
	Lizzie	Andrew Borden		[1]
	Change of Heart	Movie Star	Short film	[1]
2013	Matt's Chance	Bill		[1]
	Bounty Killer	Van Sterling		[2]
2014	Confessions of a Womanizer	Gary		[1]
	Behaving Badly	Chief Howard D. Lansing		[1]
2015	Entourage	Gary Busey		[1]
	Mansion of Blood	Zacharia
	Bikini Model Academy	Uncle Seymour		[1]
2016	Candiland	Arnie / God		[1]
	Mamaboy	Coach Dombrowski		[1]
	DaZe: Vol. Too (sic) - NonSeNse	Mr. Morris		[1]
2018	Camp Manna	Jack Cujo Parrish		[1]
2019	Bunker of Blood: Chapter 8: Butcher's Bake Off: Hell's Kitchen	Millard Findlemeyer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1970	The High Chaparral	Rafe	Episode: "The Badge"
1971	Dan August	Hippie #2	Episode: "The Manufactured Man"
	The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting	Teddy Jack Eddy
1972	Bonanza	Henry Johnson	Episode: "The Hidden Enemy"
1973	Kung Fu	Josh	Episode: "The Ancient Warrior"
	Blood Sport	David Lee Birdsong	Television film
1974	The Execution of Private Slovik	Jimmy Feedek	Television film
	The Law	William Bright	Television film
1974–1975	The Texas Wheelers	Truckie Wheeler	8 episodes
1975	Gunsmoke	Harve Daley	Episode: "The Busters"
	Baretta	Puckett	Episode: "On the Road"
1985	The Hitchhiker	Rev. Nolan Powers	Episode: "W.G.O.D."
1986	Half a Lifetime	Bart	Television film
1988	A Dangerous Life	Tony O'Neil	Television film
1989	The Neon Empire	Frank Weston	Television film
1991	Wild Texas Wind	Justice Hayden Parker	Television film
1992	Chrome Soldiers	Jim 'Flash' Gordon	Television film
1993	Fallen Angels	Buzz' Meeks	Episode: "Since I Don't Have You"
1997	Hawaii Five-O	Jimmy Xavier Berk	Television film
	Rough Riders	Gen. Joseph Wheeler	Miniseries
1998	Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms	Otto Mazur	Television film
	The Girl Next Door	Sheriff Larson	Television film
1999	Walker, Texas Ranger	Donovan Riggs	Episode: "Special Witness"
	Shasta McNasty	Jack	Episode: "The Thanksgiving Show"
2000	Best Actress	Gary Busey	Television film
	The Outer Limits	Ezra Burnham	Episode: "Revival"
	The Huntress	Tmomy Van Slyke	Episode: "What Ralph Left Behind"
2001	Law & Order	Tommy Vega	Episode: "Formerly Famous"
	King of the Hill	Mad Dog	Voice role, episode: "Soldier of Misfortune"
2003	Russians in the City of Angels	March	3 episodes
	I'm with Busey	Self	13 episodes
2004	Penn & Teller: Bullshit!	Himself	Episode: "12 Stepping"
2004–2007	Entourage	Himself	3 episodes
2005	The Simpsons	Gary Busey	Voice role, episode: "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister"
	Into the West	Johnny Fox	Episode: "Wheel to the Stars"
	Yesenin	Zinger	5 episodes
	Celebrity Fit Club	Himself	8 episodes
2006	Scrubs	Gary Busey	2 Episodes
	Tom Goes to the Mayor	Coach Red Harris	Voice role, episode: "Wrestling"
	Celebrity Paranormal Project	Himself	9 episodes
2007	Maneater	Grady Barnes	Television film
2008	The Cho Show	Himself	Episode: "Off the Grid"
	Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew	Himself	9 episodes
2008–2012	World's Dumbest...	Himself	23 episodes
2009	Nite Tales: The Series	Army Man	Episode: "Trapped"
2011	The Apprentice	Himself	24 episodes
	Two and a Half Men	Gary Busey	Episode: "Frodo's Headshots"
2012	Celebrity Wife Swap	Himself	1 episode
2012–2013	Mr. Box Office	John Anderson	4 episodes
2014	American Dad!	Gary Busey	Voice role, episode: "She Swill Survive"
	Celebrity Big Brother	Himself	26 episodes
2015	Dancing with the Stars	Himself	6 episodes
	From Dusk till Dawn: The Series	The Prospector	Episode: "There Will Be Blood"
2016	Sharknado: The 4th Awakens	Wilford	Television film
	The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show	Alternate Universe Peabody	Voice role, episode: "The Wrath of Hughes"
2017–2018	Impractical Jokers	Himself	3 episodes
2018	The Last Sharknado: It's About Time	Wilford Wexler	Television film
2020	Gary Busey: Pet Judge	Himself	6 episodes	[3] [4] [5]
2021	Shameless	Frank Gallagher's Father	Episode: Hall of Shame - Frank: Ghosts of Gallagher Past

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2002	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Phil Cassidy	Voice role
2006	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
2015	Killing Floor 2	Badass Santa
2016	Hitman	Himself
2021	Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition	Phil Cassidy	Voice role Archival recordings Remaster of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City only	[6]

References

1. "Filmography". Gary Busey. Retrieved August 25, 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. "Gary Busey". BFI. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
3. Blistein, Jon (May 4, 2020). "Gary Busey to Adjudicate Animal Arguments on New Show 'Pet Judge'". Rolling Stone . Retrieved January 29, 2021.
4. Rife, Katie (May 25, 2020). "Ian Abramson takes us inside the courtroom of Gary Busey: Pet Judge". The A.V. Club . Retrieved January 29, 2021.
5. Banner, Adam (June 24, 2020). "In Amazon's 'Gary Busey: Pet Judge,' is what you see really what you get?". ABAJournal.com . Retrieved January 29, 2021.
6. Onder, Cade (November 4, 2021). "GTA Trilogy Cast: Every Famous Voice In Vice City". ScreenRant. Retrieved July 18, 2025.

External links

• Official website
• Gary Busey at IMDb