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Gary Basaraba | |
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 Basaraba in 2003 | |
| Born | March 16, 1959 |
| Alma mater | Yale Drama School |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Gary Basaraba (born March 16, 1959) is a Canadian actor. He appeared as Sergeant Richard Santoro on Steven Bochco's Brooklyn South and Officer Ray Hechler on the critically acclaimed but short-lived Boomtown. He has worked for Martin Scorsese three times, first in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and then The Irishman (2019) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
In 1985 he portrayed the father, Jack Grainger, in the film One Magic Christmas with Mary Steenburgen. In 1987, he appeared in the episodes "Duty and Honor" (3x15) and "Honor Among Thieves" (4x16) of the TV series Miami Vice .
Basaraba played American journalist Heywood Broun in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle in 1994, and in 1996 appeared as Alberto in Striptease . 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 .
In 2001 he had the lead role in Recipe for Murder. [2]
Basaraba played Homer Zuckerman in the 2006 remake of Charlotte's Web . Since 2007, he has appeared in the Canadian television series Mixed Blessings .
Basaraba has also made four appearances in the Law & Order franchise, as a bartender in the original series episode titled "Point of View", as a corrections officer in the Law & Order episode "The Brotherhood" in 2004, as well as in the SVU episodes entitled "Parasites", as the husband of a woman who has gone missing, and "Caretaker" as a defense attorney.
In 2010, he played the role of Jimmy Burke in "After Hours", the tenth episode of the first season of the CBS police procedural drama Blue Bloods .
Basaraba also played the role of Herb Rennet in the television series Mad Men . [3] He was also the voice of Hefty Smurf in the live-action/CG family film The Smurfs . [4] In 2015, he played the role of Neil on an episode of The Leftovers . In 2016, he played the role of Don in The Accountant .
In the Martin Scorsese 2019 epic crime film The Irishman , Basaraba played Frank "Fitz" Fitzsimmons, who was the acting president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1967 to 1971, and president from 1971 to 1981. In 2023, he appeared in Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon .
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Alamo Bay | Leon | |
| Sweet Dreams | Woodhouse | ||
| One Magic Christmas | Jack Grainger | ||
| 1986 | No Mercy | Joe Collins | |
| 1987 | Who's That Girl | Shipping Clerk | |
| 1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Andrew | |
| 1989 | Little Sweetheart | Barkeeper | |
| 1991 | The Dark Wind | Larry | |
| Fried Green Tomatoes | Grady Kilgore | ||
| 1994 | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Heywood Broun | |
| The War | Dodge | ||
| 1996 | Striptease | Alberto | |
| 1997 | Lifebreath | John | |
| 2002 | K-9: P.I. | Pete Timmons | |
| Unfaithful | Det. Mirojnick | ||
| 2006 | Charlotte's Web | Homer Zuckerman | |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 123 | Jerry Pollard | |
| 2011 | The Smurfs | Hefty (voice) | |
| The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol | |||
| 2013 | The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow | ||
| The Smurfs 2 | |||
| 2016 | The Accountant | Don | |
| 2017 | Suburbicon | Mitch | |
| 2018 | American Animals | Warren Lipka Senior | |
| Little Italy | Vince Campo | ||
| 2019 | The Irishman | Frank Fitzsimmons | |
| 2023 | Sound of Freedom | Earl Backman | |
| Killers of the Flower Moon | William J. Burns |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987, 1989 | Miami Vice | Cyrus / Dr. Morris | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas | Leland Winters | Television film |
| 1992 | Afterburn | Bill Decker | |
| 1992, 2004 | Law & Order | Various roles | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | For Their Own Good | Roy Wheeler | Television film |
| 1994 | Northern Exposure | Willie | Episode: "Up River" |
| 1994, 2000 | NYPD Blue | Various roles | 3 episodes |
| 1995 | New York Undercover | Tirelli | Episode: "Eliminate the Middleman" |
| 1995 | A Horse for Danny | Solly | Television film |
| 1995 | The Wright Verdicts | Arthur Broat | Episode: "Family Matters" |
| 1995 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Paul Garbarek | Episode: "A Doll's Eyes" |
| 1996 | Swift Justice | Davis Malcolm | Episode: "Isaiah's Daughter" |
| 1996 | The Writing on the Wall | Leafman | Television film |
| 1997 | Dead Silence | Shephard Wilcox | |
| 1997 | What Happened to Bobby Earl? | Jack Dietrick | |
| 1997 | The Outer Limits | Ben Miller | Episode: "Heart's Desire" |
| 1997 | Falls Road | Charlie Kilmer | Television film |
| 1997–1998 | Brooklyn South | Richard Santoro | 22 episodes |
| 1998 | Martial Law | Tom McNiece | Episode: "Cop Out" |
| 1999 | Holy Joe | Ernie Blevins | Television film |
| 1999 | Early Edition | Sam Cooper | Episode: "The Out-of-Towner" |
| 1999 | Family Law | Maury French | Episode: "Holt vs. Holt" |
| 1999 | Partners | John Boone | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2000 | Cold Shoulder | Rooney | Television film |
| 2001 | The Sports Pages | Frank | |
| 2001 | Mysterious Ways | Joe Stanislaw | Episode: "Doctor in the House" |
| 2001, 2002 | Judging Amy | Brian Whitaker | 3 episodes |
| 2001, 2018 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Various roles | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Guilty Hearts | Matt Moran | Television film |
| 2002 | Third Watch | Joe | Episode: "Unleashed" |
| 2002 | Recipe for Murder | Murray Maguire | Television film |
| 2002–2003 | Boomtown | Officer Ray Hechler | 24 episodes |
| 2004 | Everwood | Mr. Curtis | Episode: "Controlling Interest" |
| 2005 | Close to Home | Randy Stevens | Episode: "Double Life Wife" |
| 2005 | Everybody Hates Chris | Art Wuliger | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mr. Sullivan | Episode: "Killer" |
| 2006 | Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Norman Shaw | Television film |
| 2007 | Las Vegas | Ned Oshinski | Episode: "Barechested in the Park" |
| 2007 | Nip/Tuck | Arthur | Episode: "Dr. Joshua Lee" |
| 2007–2010 | Mixed Blessings | Hank | 25 episodes |
| 2008 | Recount | Clay Roberts | Television film |
| 2008 | Danny Fricke | Whitaker | |
| 2009 | Numbers | Joe Thibodeaux | Episode: "Arrow of Time" |
| 2009 | Cold Case | Vinnie Buonaforte / Brown | Episode: "Witness Protection" |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | Jimmy Burke | Episode: "After Hours" |
| 2011 | Flashpoint | Sgt. Oliver MacCoy | Episode: "No Promise" |
| 2011 | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | William Meeks | Episode: "Here Is the Fire" |
| 2011 | Castle | Ralph Carbone | Episode: "Slice of Death" |
| 2011 | Unforgettable | Lt. Willard | Episode: "With Honor" |
| 2012 | Hornet's Nest | Seth | Television film |
| 2012 | The Mentalist | Stephen Hannigan | Episode: "Red Dawn" |
| 2012, 2013 | Mad Men | Herb Rennet | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Person of Interest | Stu Sommers | Episode: "Nothing to Hide" |
| 2014 | Justified | Kemp | Episode: "Raw Deal" |
| 2014 | Bones | Bob Gordon | Episode: "The Purging of the Pundit" |
| 2014 | Forever | Norman Sontag | Episode: "The Man in the Killer Suit" |
| 2015 | The Leftovers | Neil | Episode: "International Assassin" |
| 2016 | Madam Secretary | Tom Ryan | Episode: "Invasive Species" |
| 2016 | NCIS: New Orleans | Dr. Steven Bellamy | Episode: "Second Line" |
| 2016 | Grey's Anatomy | Micah | Episode: "You Haven't Done Nothin'" |
| 2017 | Chicago Justice | William O'Boyle | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Criminal Minds | James Odenkirk | Episode: "Last Gasp" |
| 2019 | Doom Patrol | Big D | Episode: "Frances Patrol" |
| 2022 | Women of the Movement | Clarence Strider | 5 episodes |
| 2023 | Paul T. Goldman | Royce Auditioner | Episode: "Royce" |
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