Gary Busey
Gary Busey
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
202
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-06-29 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Goose Creek, Texas, USA
Acting

2025

The Gettysburg Address as John C. Calhoun (voice)

2025

Gingerdead Man: Murder-Thon as Millard Findlemeyer

2024

Holy Cash as Actor

2020

The Follow-Up as Self (archive footage)

2019

Nashville Squares as Self - Panelist

2019

Butcher's Bake Off: Hell's Kitchen as Millard Findlemeyer (archive footage) (uncredited)

2018

Camp Manna as Jack Cujo Parrish

2017

American MC as Self

2016

Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens as Wilford Wexler

2016

Candiland as Arnie/God

2016

Mamaboy as Coach Dombrowski

2015

The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show as Alternate Universe Peabody ​(voice)

2015

Entourage as Gary Busey

2015

Bikini Model Academy as Uncle Seymore

2015

Mansion of Blood as Zacharia

2014

Behaving Badly as Chief Clark

2014

Guido as Steve Kaufman

2013

Bounty Killer as Van Sterling

2013

Matt's Chance as Bill

2012

Piranha 3DD as Clayton

2012

Celebrity Wife Swap as Self

2011

Impractical Jokers as Self

2010

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage)

2009

Nite Tales: The Series as Army Man

2009

Hallettsville as Sheriff David Ketchum

2008

Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew as Not available

2008

Beyond The Ring as Tony De Luca

2007

Maneater as Grady Barnes

2007

Homo Erectus as Krutz

2007

The Ultimate Fighter as Wizard

2007

Succubus: Hell-Bent as Sentinel

2006

Dr. Dolittle 3 as Butch (voice)

2006

Crooked as John Rouse

2006

The Hard Easy as Vinnie

2006

Cloud 9 as Gary Busey

2006

Descansos as The Keeper

2006

Shut Up and Shoot! as Bob Katz

2005

American Dad! as Gary Busey (voice)

2005

Dancing with the Stars as Self - Contestant

2005

Into the West as Johnny Fox

2005

Celebrity Fit Club as Self - Contestant

2005

Esenin as Зингер (бывший муж Дункан)

2005

Chasing Ghosts as Marcos Alfiri

2005

No Rules as Leroy Little

2005

Shade of Pale as Billings

2005

Buckaroo as Dr. Brawn

2005

The Gingerdead Man as Millard Findlemeyer

2004

Entourage as Gary Busey

2004

Tom Goes to the Mayor as Coach Red Harris (voice)

2004

Ghost Rock as Jack Pickett

2004

Motocross Kids as Viper

2004

Double Dare as Self

2004

Fallacy as Not available

2004

Latin Dragon as Thorn

2004

Border Blues as LAPD medium Michael March

2003

Two and a Half Men as Gary Busey

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self

2003

Penn & Teller: Bull! as Not available

2003

High Chaparall as Not available

2003

Quigley as Archie Channing

2003

I'm with Busey as Not available

2003

Welcome 2 Ibiza as Cortez

2003

The Brendan Leonard Show as Not available

2003

The Prize Fighter as Whitey Ferguson

2002

Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice as Richmond Claremont

2002

On the Edge as Felix

2002

Hooded Angels as Sheriff

2002

Sam & Janet as Bartender

2001

Scrubs as Gary Busey

2001

A Crack in the Floor as Tyler Trout

2001

Down 'n Dirty as D. A. Mickey Casey

2000

The Huntress as Not available

2000

G-Men from Hell as Lt. Langdon

2000

Best Actress as Self

2000

Tribulation as Tom Canboro

2000

Hot Boyz as Tully

1999

Two Shades of Blue as Jack Reynolds

1999

No Tomorrow as Noah

1999

Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang as The Hooded Fang

1999

The Girl Next Door as Sheriff Larson

1998

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Highway Patrolman

1998

Soldier as Church

1998

Rough Draft as Nelson Keece

1998

Detour as Mo Ginsburg

1997

King of the Hill as Mad Dog (voice)

1997

Lost Highway as Bill Dayton

1997

The Rage as Art Dacy

1997

Steel Sharks as Cmdr. Bill McKay

1997

Rough Riders as Gen. Joseph Wheeler

1997

Suspicious Minds as Vic Mulvey

1997

Lethal Tender as Mr. Turner

1997

Plato's Run as Plato

1996

Black Sheep as Drake Sabitch

1996

The Chain as Frank Morrisey

1996

Sticks & Stones as Book's Dad

1996

E! True Hollywood Story as Not available

1996

Carried Away as Major Nathan Wheeler

1996

The Real Thing as Foreman

1995

The Outer Limits as Ezra Burnham

1995

Man with a Gun as Jack Rushton

1994

Chasers as Sergeant Vince Banger

1994

Drop Zone as Ty Moncrief

1994

Surviving the Game as Hawkins

1994

Warriors as Frank Vail

1994

Breaking Point as Dwight

1993

Walker, Texas Ranger as Donovan Riggs

1993

Fallen Angels as 'Buzz' Meeks

1993

The Firm as Eddie Lomax

1993

South Beach as Lenny

1993

Rookie of the Year as Chet Steadman

1992

MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter

1992

Under Siege as Commander Krill

1992

The Player as Gary Busey

1992

Canvas as Ozzy Decker

1992

Chrome Soldiers as Jim 'Flash' Gordon

1991

Point Break as Agent Angelo Pappas

1991

Wild Texas Wind as Justice Parker

1991

Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member

1990

Law & Order as Tommy Vega

1990

Predator 2 as Peter Keyes

1989

The Simpsons as Gary Busey (voice)

1989

The Neon Empire as Frank Weston

1989

Hider in the House as Tom Sykes

1989

The Neon Empire as Frank Weston

1988

Bulletproof as Frank 'Bulletproof' McBain

1988

Act of Piracy as Ted Andrews

1988

A Dangerous Life as Tony O'Neil

1987

Lethal Weapon as Mr. Joshua

1986

Half a Lifetime as Bart

1986

Eye of the Tiger as Buck Matthews

1986

Let's Get Harry as Jack

1985

Silver Bullet as Uncle Red

1985

Insignificance as The Ballplayer

1984

The Bear as Paul W. Bryant

1983

The Hitchhiker as Rev. Nolan Powers

1983

D.C. Cab as Dell

1982

Barbarosa as Karl Westover

1980

Carny as Frankie

1980

Foolin' Around as Wes

1978

Straight Time as Willy Darin

1978

Big Wednesday as Leroy "The Masochist" Smith

1978

The Buddy Holly Story as Buddy Holly

1978

The Set-Up as Not available

1976

The Gumball Rally as Gibson (Camaro Team)

1976

A Star Is Born as Bobbie Ritchie

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

1975

Baretta as Not available

1975

You and Me as Not available

1974

The Execution of Private Slovik as Jimmy Feedek

1974

The Law as William Bright

1973

Hex as Giblets

1973

The Last American Hero as Wayne Jackson

1973

Lolly-Madonna XXX as Zeb Gutshall

1973

Blood Sport as David Lee Birdsong

1972

The Magnificent Seven Ride! as Hank Allan

1972

Dirty Little Billy as Basil Crabtree

1972

Kung Fu as Josh

1970

Didn’t You Hear? as James

1968

Wild in the Streets as Concert Attendee (uncredited)

1967

The High Chaparral as Rafe

1967

The Love-Ins as Hippie with Loudspeaker (uncredited)

1959

Bonanza as Henry Johnson

1955

Gunsmoke as Harve Daley

NaN

Downtown Bus as Gruce Gissler

NaN

The Hand Job as Blind Master

NaN

Trick and Treats as Pastor Joseph
Crew

1975

Nashville Original Music Composer