Gary Busey
William Gary Busey (born June 29, 1944), best known as Gary Busey, is an American film and stage actor and artist. He has appeared in over 120 films, as well as making regular appearances on Gunsmoke, Walker, Texas Ranger, Law & Order, and Entourage. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in 1978 for his role in The Buddy Holly Story. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Busey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jun 29, 1944 In Goose Creek, Texas, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 122
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Love-Ins 1967-07-26
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Gettysburg Address 2025-11-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Gettysburg Address | John C. Calhoun (voice) | 2025-11-19 |
| Movie | Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness | Self | 2020-04-21 |
| Movie | Camp Manna | Jack Cujo Parrish | 2018-06-05 |
| Movie | The Last Sharknado: It's About Time | Wilford Wexler | 2018-08-19 |
| Movie | The Great Satan | 2018-06-12 | |
| Movie | Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens | Wilford Wexler | 2016-07-31 |
| Movie | Candiland | Arnie/God | 2016-04-23 |
| Movie | Mamaboy | Coach Dombrowski | 2016-09-03 |
| Movie | Mansion of Blood | Zacharia | 2015-07-15 |
| Movie | Entourage | Gary Busey | 2015-06-03 |
| Movie | Bikini Model Academy | Uncle Seymore | 2015-09-01 |
| Movie | Guido | 2014-01-01 | |
| Movie | Behaving Badly | Chief Clark | 2014-04-14 |
| Movie | Confessions of a Womanizer | Gary | 2014-09-06 |
| Movie | Matt's Chance | Bill | 2013-01-31 |
| Movie | Gingerdead Man vs. Evil Bong | Millard Findlemeyer | 2013-10-29 |
| Movie | Bounty Killer | Van Sterling | 2013-09-05 |
| Movie | Piranha 3DD | Clayton | 2012-05-11 |
| Movie | 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | (archive footage) | 2010-08-03 |
| Movie | Hallettsville | Sheriff David Ketchum | 2009-03-05 |
| Movie | Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy | 2009-03-15 | |
| Movie | Beyond The Ring | Tony De Luca | 2008-01-08 |
| Series | Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew | 2008-01-10 | |
| Movie | Homo Erectus | Krutz | 2007-07-10 |
| Movie | Succubus: Hell-Bent | Sentinel | 2007-04-17 |
| Movie | Maneater | Grady Barnes | 2007-07-23 |
| Movie | Valley of the Wolves: Iraq | Doctor | 2006-01-31 |
| Movie | Crooked | John Rouse | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Cloud 9 | Gary Busey | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Dr. Dolittle 3 | Butch (voice) | 2006-04-25 |
| Movie | Shut Up and Shoot! | Bob Katz | 2006-06-27 |
| Movie | Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride | Self | 2006-12-12 |
| Movie | The Hard Easy | Vinnie | 2006-11-04 |
| Movie | The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' | Self (archive footage) | 2005-01-25 |
| Series | Celebrity Fit Club | 2005-01-09 | |
| Movie | Chasing Ghosts | Marcos Alfiri | 2005-05-11 |
| Movie | The Gingerdead Man | Millard Findlemeyer | 2005-11-08 |
| Movie | Double Dare | Self | 2004-03-13 |
| Movie | Border Blues | LAPD medium Michael March | 2004-01-06 |
| Movie | El padrino: The Latin Godfather | Lars | 2004-09-27 |
| Movie | Ghost Rock | Jack Pickett | 2004-06-08 |
| Movie | Motocross Kids | Viper | 2004-12-12 |
| Movie | Welcome 2 Ibiza | Cortez | 2003-02-01 |
| Movie | Quigley | Archie Channinng | 2003-02-03 |
| Series | I'm with Busey | 2003-06-17 | |
| Movie | Frost: Portrait of a Vampire | Micah | 2003-08-06 |
| Movie | Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice | Richmond Claremont | 2002-03-26 |
| Movie | Hooded Angels | Sheriff | 2002-09-23 |
| Movie | On the Edge | Felix | 2002-10-01 |
| Movie | A Crack in the Floor | Tyler Trout | 2001-04-24 |
| Movie | Down 'n Dirty | D. A. Mickey Casey | 2001-10-23 |
| Movie | Tribulation | Tom Canboro | 2000-01-14 |
| Movie | G-Men from Hell | Lt. Langdon | 2000-12-07 |
| Movie | Hot Boyz | Tully | 2000-01-15 |
| Movie | Two Shades of Blue | Jack Reynolds | 1999-03-27 |
| Movie | The Girl Next Door | Sheriff Larson | 1999-09-02 |
| Movie | Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang | The Hooded Fang | 1999-10-08 |
| Movie | No Tomorrow | Noah | 1999-10-19 |
| Movie | Rough Draft | Nelson Keece | 1998-01-06 |
| Movie | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Highway Patrolman | 1998-05-19 |
| Movie | Soldier | Church | 1998-10-23 |
| Movie | Detour | Mo Ginsburg | 1998-10-05 |
| Movie | Lethal Tender | Mr. Turner | 1997-03-14 |
| Series | Rough Riders | Gen. Joseph Wheeler | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Suspicious Minds | Vic Mulvey | 1997-04-11 |
| Movie | Lost Highway | Bill Dayton | 1997-01-15 |
| Movie | Plato's Run | Plato | 1997-05-27 |
| Movie | The Rage | Art Dacy | 1997-08-15 |
| Movie | Steel Sharks | Cmdr. Bill McKay | 1997-10-10 |
| Movie | The Real Thing | Foreman | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | Carried Away | Major Nathan Wheeler | 1996-01-26 |
| Movie | Sticks & Stones | Book's Dad | 1996-09-01 |
| Movie | Black Sheep | Drake Sabitch | 1996-02-01 |
| Movie | The Chain | Frank Morrisey | 1996-10-30 |
| Movie | The History of Rock 'n' Roll | Narrator | 1995-03-06 |
| Movie | Man with a Gun | Jack Rushton | 1995-10-09 |
| Movie | Warriors | Frank Vail | 1995-07-06 |
| Movie | Surviving the Game | Doc Hawkins | 1994-04-15 |
| Movie | Chasers | Sergeant Vince Banger | 1994-04-22 |
| Movie | Drop Zone | Ty Moncrief | 1994-12-08 |
| Movie | Rookie of the Year | Chet Steadman | 1993-07-07 |
| Movie | The Firm | Eddie Lomax | 1993-06-30 |
| Movie | South Beach | Lenny | 1993-08-04 |
| Movie | The Player | Gary Busey | 1992-04-03 |
| Movie | Chrome Soldiers | Jim 'Flash' Gordon | 1992-05-06 |
| Movie | Canvas | Ozzy Decker | 1992-09-16 |
| Movie | Under Siege | Commander Krill | 1992-10-08 |
| Movie | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | Clint Hornby | 1991-03-01 |
| Movie | Wild Texas Wind | Justice Parker | 1991-09-23 |
| Movie | Point Break | Angelo Pappas | 1991-07-12 |
| Movie | Predator 2 | Peter Keyes | 1990-11-21 |
| Movie | The Neon Empire | Frank Weston | 1989-12-03 |
| Movie | Hider in the House | Tom Sykes | 1989-05-13 |
| Movie | Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self | 1989-09-24 |
| Movie | Bulletproof | Frank 'Bulletproof' McBain | 1988-04-20 |
| Movie | Act of Piracy | Ted Andrews | 1988-07-07 |
| Movie | Lethal Weapon | Mr. Joshua | 1987-03-06 |
| Movie | Eye of the Tiger | Buck Matthews | 1986-07-07 |
| Movie | Let's Get Harry | Jack | 1986-10-31 |
| Movie | The Bear | Paul W. Bryant | 1984-09-28 |
| Movie | D.C. Cab | Dell | 1983-12-16 |
| Movie | Carny | Frankie | 1980-05-23 |
| Movie | Foolin' Around | Wes | 1980-10-17 |
| Movie | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Self | 1979-05-16 |
| Movie | The Buddy Holly Story | Buddy Holly | 1978-05-18 |
| Movie | Straight Time | Willy Darin | 1978-03-18 |
| Movie | Big Wednesday | Leroy "The Masochist" Smith | 1978-05-26 |
| Movie | The Gumball Rally | Gibson (Camaro Team) | 1976-07-28 |
| Movie | A Star Is Born | Bobbie Ritchie | 1976-12-17 |
| Movie | You and Me | 1975-05-31 | |
| Movie | The Execution of Private Slovik | Jimmy Feedek | 1974-03-13 |
| Movie | The Law | William Bright | 1974-10-22 |
| Movie | Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Curly | 1974-05-23 |
| Movie | Lolly-Madonna XXX | Zeb Gutshall | 1973-02-21 |
| Movie | The Last American Hero | Wayne Jackson | 1973-07-27 |
| Movie | Blood Sport | David Lee Birdsong | 1973-12-05 |
| Movie | Hex | Giblets | 1973-10-05 |
| Movie | Dirty Little Billy | Basil Crabtree | 1972-11-01 |
| Movie | Angels Hard as They Come | Henry | 1971-09-01 |
| Movie | Didn’t You Hear? | James | 1970-12-16 |
| Movie | Wild in the Streets | Concert Attendee | 1968-05-29 |
| Movie | The Love-Ins | Hippie with Loudspeaker (uncredited) | 1967-07-26 |