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.
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Acting History
2025
The Gettysburg Address as John C. Calhoun (voice)
2025Gingerdead Man: Murder-Thon as Millard Findlemeyer
2024Holy Cash as Actor
2021Reggie: A Millennial Depression Comedy as Trainer
2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness as Self
2020The Follow-Up as Self (archive footage)
2019Nashville Squares as Self - Panelist
2019Butcher's Bake Off: Hell's Kitchen as Millard Findlemeyer (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019Biography: Comedy Icons as Self
2018Impractical Jokers: The Staten Island Holiday Spectacular as Self
2018The Last Sharknado: It's About Time as Wilford Wexler
2018Camp Manna as Jack Cujo Parrish
2018Raised on Rock - The Burnette Family Legacy as Self
2017American MC as Self
2017The Jim Jefferies Show as Self
2016Mamaboy as Coach Dombrowski
2016Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens as Wilford Wexler
2016Candiland as Arnie/God
2015The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show as Alternate Universe Peabody (voice)
2015Bikini Model Academy as Uncle Seymore
2015Mansion of Blood as Zacharia
2015Celebrity Family Feud as Self
2015Entourage as Gary Busey
2014Confessions of a Womanizer as Gary
2014Behaving Badly as Chief Clark
2014Guido as Steve Kaufman
2013Bounty Killer as Van Sterling
2013Matt's Chance as Bill
2012Piranha 3DD as Clayton
2012Celebrity Wife Swap as Self
2011Impractical Jokers as Self
2011Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side as Self
2011That's Insignificance as Self
20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage)
2009Nite Tales: The Series as Army Man
2009Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy as Self
2009Hallettsville as Sheriff David Ketchum
2008Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
2008Beyond The Ring as Tony De Luca
2007Maneater as Grady Barnes
2007Homo Erectus as Krutz
2007The Ultimate Fighter as Wizard
2007Succubus: Hell-Bent as Sentinel
2006Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride as Self
2006The Hard Easy as Vinnie
2006Celebrity Paranormal Project as Self
2006Shut Up and Shoot! as Bob Katz
2006Dr. Dolittle 3 as Butch (voice)
2006Valley of the Wolves: Iraq as Doctor
2006Descansos as The Keeper
2006Crooked as John Rouse
2006Cloud 9 as Gary Busey
2005The Gingerdead Man as Millard Findlemeyer
2005Esenin as Зингер (бывший муж Дункан)
2005Buckaroo as Dr. Brawn
2005Into the West as Johnny Fox
2005Dancing with the Stars as Self - Contestant
2005Shade of Pale as Billings
2005Chasing Ghosts as Marcos Alfiri
2005American Dad! as Gary Busey (voice)
2005The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' as Self (archive footage)
2005Celebrity Fit Club as Self - Contestant
2005No Rules as Leroy Little
2004Motocross Kids as Viper
2004Tom Goes to the Mayor as Coach Red Harris (voice)
2004El padrino: The Latin Godfather as Lars
2004Latin Dragon as Thorn
2004American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election as Self
2004Entourage as Gary Busey
2004Ghost Rock as Jack Pickett
2004If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely as Mesdeg
2004Double Dare as Self
2004Fallacy
2004Border Blues as LAPD medium Michael March
2003High Chaparall
2003Two and a Half Men as Gary Busey
2003Comedy Central Roasts as Self
2003Frost: Portrait of a Vampire as Micah
2003I'm with Busey
2003The Brendan Leonard Show
2003Quigley as Archie Channing
2003Welcome 2 Ibiza as Cortez
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2003Penn & Teller: Bull!
2003Russians in the City of Angels as March
2003The Prize Fighter as Whitey Ferguson
2002On the Edge as Felix
2002Hooded Angels as Sheriff
2002Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s as Self
2002Sam & Janet as Bartender
2002Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice as Richmond Claremont
2001Down 'n Dirty as D. A. Mickey Casey
2001Scrubs as Gary Busey
2001A Crack in the Floor as Tyler Trout
2001Celebrity Big Brother as Self
2000G-Men from Hell as Lt. Langdon
2000The Huntress
2000Best Actress as Self
2000Hot Boyz as Tully
2000Tribulation as Tom Canboro
1999No Tomorrow as Noah
1999Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang as The Hooded Fang
1999The Girl Next Door as Sheriff Larson
1999Two Shades of Blue as Jack Reynolds
1999Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died as Self
1998Soldier as Church
1998Detour as Mo Ginsburg
1998Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms as Otto Mazur
1998Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Highway Patrolman
1998Rough Draft as Nelson Keece
1997Steel Sharks as Cmdr. Bill McKay
1997The Rage as Art Dacy
1997Rough Riders as Gen. Joseph Wheeler
1997Plato's Run as Plato
1997Suspicious Minds as Vic Mulvey
1997Lethal Tender as Mr. Turner
1997Lost Highway as Bill Dayton
1997King of the Hill as Mad Dog (voice)
1996The Chain as Frank Morrisey
1996Sticks & Stones as Book's Dad
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1996Black Sheep as Drake Sabitch
1996Carried Away as Major Nathan Wheeler
1996The Real Thing as Foreman
1995Man with a Gun as Jack Rushton
1995The Outer Limits as Ezra Burnham
1995The History of Rock 'n' Roll as Narrator
1994Drop Zone as Ty Moncrief
1994Warriors as Frank Vail
1994Chasers as Sergeant Vince Banger
1994Surviving the Game as Hawkins
1994Breaking Point as Dwight
1993South Beach as Lenny
1993Fallen Angels as 'Buzz' Meeks
1993Rookie of the Year as Chet Steadman
1993The Firm as Eddie Lomax
1993Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O as Self
1993Walker, Texas Ranger as Donovan Riggs
1992Under Siege as Commander Krill
1992Canvas as Ozzy Decker
1992MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter
1992The Player as Gary Busey
1992Chrome Soldiers as Jim 'Flash' Gordon
1991Wild Texas Wind as Justice Parker
1991Point Break as Agent Angelo Pappas
1991My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys as Clint Hornby
1991Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member
1990Predator 2 as Peter Keyes
1990Law & Order as Tommy Vega
1989The Simpsons as Gary Busey (voice)
1989The Neon Empire as Frank Weston
1989The Neon Empire as Frank Weston
1989Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary as Self
1989Hider in the House as Tom Sykes
1988A Dangerous Life as Tony O'Neil
1988Act of Piracy as Ted Andrews
1988Bulletproof as Frank 'Bulletproof' McBain
1987Lethal Weapon as Mr. Joshua
1986Let's Get Harry as Jack
1986Half a Lifetime as Bart
1986Eye of the Tiger as Buck Matthews
1985Silver Bullet as Uncle Red
1985Insignificance as The Ballplayer
1984The Bear as Paul W. Bryant
1983D.C. Cab as Dell
1983The Hitchhiker as Rev. Nolan Powers
1982Barbarosa as Karl Westover
1980Foolin' Around as Wes
1980Carny as Frankie
1979The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self
1978The Set-Up
1978Big Wednesday as Leroy "The Masochist" Smith
1978The Buddy Holly Story as Buddy Holly
1978Straight Time as Willy Darin
1976A Star Is Born as Bobbie Ritchie
1976The Gumball Rally as Gibson (Camaro Team)
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975You and Me
1975Baretta
1974The Law as William Bright
1974Thunderbolt and Lightfoot as Curly
1974The Execution of Private Slovik as Jimmy Feedek
1973Blood Sport as David Lee Birdsong
1973Hex as Giblets
1973The Last American Hero as Wayne Jackson
1973Lolly-Madonna XXX as Zeb Gutshall
1972Dirty Little Billy as Basil Crabtree
1972Kung Fu as Josh
1972The Magnificent Seven Ride! as Hank Allan
1971Angels Hard as They Come as Henry
1970Didn’t You Hear? as James
1968Wild in the Streets as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
1967The High Chaparral as Rafe
1967The Love-Ins as Hippie with Loudspeaker (uncredited)
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1959Bonanza as Henry Johnson
1955Gunsmoke as Harve Daley
—Downtown Bus as Gruce Gissler
—Trick and Treats as Pastor Joseph
—The Hand Job as Blind Master