Gary Busey

Known for: Acting
Born: June 29, 1944, Goose Creek, Texas, USA
Movies: 153

William Gary Busey (born June 29, 1944) 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.

Best-Known Movies

7.3

Lethal Weapon

1987

7.2

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998

7.2

Point Break

1991

6.3

Predator 2

1990

7.6

Lost Highway

1997

6.7

The Firm

1993

6.3

Under Siege

1992

4.3

Piranha 3DD

2012

6.2

Entourage

2015

6.4

Soldier

1998

Filmography

2026	Dead Janitors Club	George
2025	The Gettysburg Address	John C. Calhoun (voice)
2025	Trick and Treats	Pastor Joseph
2025	Gingerdead Man: Murder-Thon	Millard Findlemeyer
2024	Holy Cash	Actor
2021	Reggie: A Millennial Depression Comedy	Trainer
2020	Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness	Self
2020	The Follow-Up	Self (archive footage)
2019	Butcher's Bake Off: Hell's Kitchen	Millard Findlemeyer (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019	Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh	Self
2018	Impractical Jokers: The Staten Island Holiday Spectacular	Self
2018	The Last Sharknado: It's About Time	Wilford Wexler
2018	Camp Manna	Jack Cujo Parrish
2018	Raised on Rock - The Burnette Family Legacy	Self
2016	Mamaboy	Coach Dombrowski
2016	Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens	Wilford Wexler
2016	Candiland	Arnie/God
2015	Bikini Model Academy	Uncle Seymore
2015	Mansion of Blood	Zacharia
2015	Entourage	Gary Busey
2014	Confessions of a Womanizer	Gary
2014	Behaving Badly	Chief Clark
2014	Guido	Steve Kaufman
2013	Bounty Killer	Van Sterling
2013	Matt's Chance	Bill
2012	Piranha 3DD	Clayton
2011	That's Insignificance	Self
2010	2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift	(archive footage)
2009	Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy	Self
2009	Hallettsville	Sheriff David Ketchum
2008	Beyond The Ring	Tony De Luca
2007	Maneater	Grady Barnes
2007	Homo Erectus	Krutz
2007	The Ultimate Fighter	Wizard
2007	Succubus: Hell-Bent	Sentinel
2006	Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride	Self
2006	The Hard Easy	Vinnie
2006	Shut Up and Shoot!	Bob Katz
2006	Dr. Dolittle 3	Butch (voice)
2006	Valley of the Wolves: Iraq	Doctor
2006	Descansos	The Keeper
2006	Crooked	John Rouse
2006	Cloud 9	Gary Busey
2005	The Gingerdead Man	Millard Findlemeyer
2005	Making of: The Gingerdead Man
2005	Buckaroo	Dr. Brawn
2005	Shade of Pale	Billings
2005	Chasing Ghosts	Marcos Alfiri
2005	The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'	Self (archive footage)
2005	No Rules	Leroy Little
2004	Motocross Kids	Viper
2004	El padrino: The Latin Godfather	Lars
2004	Latin Dragon	Thorn
2004	American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election	Self
2004	Ghost Rock	Jack Pickett
2004	If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely	Mesdeg
2004	Double Dare	Self
2004	Fallacy
2004	Border Blues	LAPD medium Michael March
2003	Frost: Portrait of a Vampire	Micah
2003	Quigley	Archie Channing
2003	Welcome 2 Ibiza	Cortez
2003	The Prize Fighter	Whitey Ferguson
2002	On the Edge	Felix
2002	Hooded Angels	Sheriff
2002	Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s	Self
2002	Sam & Janet	Bartender
2002	Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice	Richmond Claremont
2001	Down 'n Dirty	D. A. Mickey Casey
2001	A Crack in the Floor	Tyler Trout
2000	G-Men from Hell	Lt. Langdon
2000	Two Shades of Blue	Jack Reynolds
2000	Best Actress	Self
2000	Hot Boyz	Tully
2000	Tribulation	Tom Canboro
1999	No Tomorrow	Noah
1999	Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang	The Hooded Fang
1999	Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special	Self
1999	The Girl Next Door	Sheriff Larson
1999	Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died	Self
1998	Soldier	Church
1998	Detour	Mo Ginsburg
1998	Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms	Otto Mazur
1998	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Highway Patrolman
1998	Rough Draft	Nelson Keece
1997	Steel Sharks	Cmdr. Bill McKay
1997	The Rage	Art Dacy
1997	Plato's Run	Plato
1997	Suspicious Minds	Vic Mulvey
1997	Lethal Tender	Mr. Turner
1997	Lost Highway	Bill Dayton
1996	The Chain	Frank Morrisey
1996	Sticks & Stones	Book's Dad
1996	Black Sheep	Drake Sabitch
1996	Carried Away	Major Nathan Wheeler
1996	The Real Thing	Foreman
1995	Man with a Gun	Jack Rushton
1994	Drop Zone	Ty Moncrief
1994	Warriors	Frank Vail
1994	Chasers	Sergeant Vince Banger
1994	Surviving the Game	Hawkins
1994	Breaking Point	Dwight
1993	South Beach	Lenny
1993	Rookie of the Year	Chet Steadman
1993	The Firm	Eddie Lomax
1993	Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O	Self
1992	Under Siege	Commander Krill
1992	Canvas	Ozzy Decker
1992	The Player	Gary Busey
1992	Chrome Soldiers	Jim 'Flash' Gordon
1991	Wild Texas Wind	Justice Parker
1991	Point Break	Agent Angelo Pappas
1991	My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys	Clint Hornby
1991	Voices That Care	Self - Choir Member
1990	Predator 2	Peter Keyes
1989	The Neon Empire	Frank Weston
1989	Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary	Self
1989	Hider in the House	Tom Sykes
1988	Act of Piracy	Ted Andrews
1988	Bulletproof	Frank 'Bulletproof' McBain
1987	Lethal Weapon	Mr. Joshua
1987	The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson	Self
1986	Let's Get Harry	Jack
1986	Half a Lifetime	Bart
1986	Eye of the Tiger	Buck Matthews
1985	Silver Bullet	Uncle Red
1985	Insignificance	The Ballplayer
1984	The Bear	Paul W. Bryant
1983	D.C. Cab	Dell
1982	Barbarosa	Karl Westover
1980	Foolin' Around	Wes
1980	Carny	Frankie
1979	The Muppets Go Hollywood	Self (uncredited)
1978	The Set-Up
1978	Big Wednesday	Leroy "The Masochist" Smith
1978	The Buddy Holly Story	Buddy Holly
1978	Straight Time	Willy Darin
1976	A Star Is Born	Bobbie Ritchie
1976	The Gumball Rally	Gibson (Camaro Team)
1975	You and Me
1974	The Law	William Bright
1974	Thunderbolt and Lightfoot	Curly
1974	The Execution of Private Slovik	Jimmy Feedek
1973	Blood Sport	David Lee Birdsong
1973	Hex	Giblets
1973	The Last American Hero	Wayne Jackson
1973	Lolly-Madonna XXX	Zeb Gutshall
1972	Dirty Little Billy	Basil Crabtree
1972	The Magnificent Seven Ride!	Hank Allan
1971	Angels Hard as They Come	Henry
1970	Didn’t You Hear?	James
1968	Wild in the Streets	Concert Attendee (uncredited)
1967	The Love-Ins	Hippie with Loudspeaker (uncredited)

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