Gary Busey
Acting1944Goose Creek, Texas, USA
Biography
William Gary Busey (born June 29, 1944) is a 6-foot-1 blond-haired European-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.
Known For
Acting History
2024
Holy Cash
as Actor
2020
The Follow-Up
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Butcher's Bake Off: Hell's Kitchen
as Millard Findlemeyer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Biography: Comedy Icons
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Jim Jefferies Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
2018
Camp Manna
as Jack Cujo Parrish
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
as Wilford Wexler
Celebrity Family Feud
TVas Self• 1 eps
2017
Impractical Jokers
TVas Self• 3 eps
2016
Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens
as Wilford Wexler
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
TVas Alternate Universe Peabody (voice)• 1 eps
2015
Entourage
as Gary Busey
Bikini Model Academy
as Uncle Seymore
Dancing with the Stars
TVas Self - Contestant• 5 eps
2014
Behaving Badly
as Chief Clark
Celebrity Big Brother
TVas Self• 1 eps
American Dad!
TVas Gary Busey (voice)• 1 eps
2013
Matt's Chance
as Bill
Bounty Killer
as Van Sterling
2012
Piranha 3DD
as Clayton
Celebrity Wife Swap
TVas Self• 1 eps
2011
Two and a Half Men
TVas Gary Busey• 1 eps
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TVas Self / Presenter• 1 eps
2009
Comedy Central Roasts
TVas Self• 1 eps
2007
2006
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq
as Doctor
Crooked
as John Rouse
Dr. Dolittle 3
as Butch (voice)
Cloud 9
as Gary Busey
The Hard Easy
as Vinnie
Tom Goes to the Mayor
TVas Coach Red Harris (voice)• 1 eps
Scrubs
TVas Gary Busey• 1 eps
2005
No Rules
as Leroy Little
The Ginger Dead Man
as Millard Findlemeyer
Celebrity Fit Club
TVas Self - Contestant• 8 eps
Into the West
TVas Johnny Fox• 6 eps
The Simpsons
TVas Gary Busey (voice)• 1 eps
2004
2003
Quigley
as Archie Channing
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self - Guest / Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice
as Richmond Claremont
2001
Law & Order
TVas Tommy Vega• 1 eps
King of the Hill
TVas Mad Dog (voice)• 1 eps
2000
1999
1998
Rough Draft
as Nelson Keece
Soldier
as Church
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
as Otto Mazur
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
as Highway Patrolman
Detour
as Mo Ginsburg
1997
Lost Highway
as Bill Dayton
Lethal Tender
as Mr. Turner
Steel Sharks
as Cmdr. Bill McKay
The Rage
as Art Dacy
Suspicious Minds
as Vic Mulvey
1996
Black Sheep
as Drake Sabitch
The Real Thing
as Foreman
1995
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
TVas Narrator• 11 eps
1994
Surviving the Game
as Hawkins
Drop Zone
as Ty Moncrief
Chasers
as Sergeant Vince Banger
Warriors
as Frank Vail
1993
1992
1991
Point Break
as Agent Angelo Pappas
1990
Predator 2
as Peter Keyes
1989
Hider in the House
as Tom Sykes
The Neon Empire
as Frank Weston
1988
Bulletproof
as Frank 'Bulletproof' McBain
1987
Lethal Weapon
as Mr. Joshua
1986
Half a Lifetime
as Bart
Let's Get Harry
as Jack
1985
1984
The Bear
as Paul W. Bryant
1983
D.C. Cab
as Dell
1982
Barbarosa
as Karl Westover
1980
Carny
as Frankie
1978
Straight Time
as Willy Darin
The Buddy Holly Story
as Buddy Holly
Big Wednesday
as Leroy "The Masochist" Smith
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
1976
A Star Is Born
as Bobbie Ritchie
The Gumball Rally
as Gibson (Camaro Team)
1975
1974
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
as Curly
The Execution of Private Slovik
as Jimmy Feedek
The Law
as William Bright
1973
1972
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
as Hank Allan
Bonanza
TVas Henry Johnson• 1 eps
1970
The High Chaparral
TVas Rafe• 1 eps
1968
Wild in the Streets
as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
1967
The Love-Ins
as Hippie with Loudspeaker (uncredited)