Gary Basaraba (born March 16, 1959) is a Canadian actor.
He appeared as Sergeant Richard Santoro on Steven Bochco's Brooklyn South and Officer Ray Hechler on the critically acclaimed but short-lived Boomtown.
1985
In 1985 he portrayed the father, Jack Grainger, in the film One Magic Christmas with Mary Steenburgen.
1987
In 1987, he appeared in the episodes "Duty and Honor" (3x15) and "Honor Among Thieves" (4x16) of the TV series Miami Vice.
1988
He has worked for Martin Scorsese three times, first in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and then The Irishman (2019) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
1994
Basaraba played American journalist Heywood Broun in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle in 1994, and in 1996 appeared as Alberto in Striptease.
He played Sheriff Grady Kilgore in Fried Green Tomatoes.
He also played Saint Andrew in The Last Temptation of Christ, and had a role in Sweet Dreams.
2001
In 2001 he had the lead role in Recipe for Murder.
2004
Basaraba has also made four appearances in the Law & Order franchise, as a bartender in the original series episode titled "Point of View", as a corrections officer in the Law & Order episode "The Brotherhood" in 2004, as well as in the SVU episodes entitled "Parasites", as the husband of a woman who has gone missing, and "Caretaker" as a defense attorney.
2006
Basaraba played Homer Zuckerman in the 2006 remake of Charlotte's Web.
2007
Since 2007, he has appeared in the Canadian television series Mixed Blessings.
2010
In 2010, he played the role of Jimmy Burke in "After Hours", the tenth episode of the first season of the CBS police procedural drama Blue Bloods.
Basaraba also played the role of Herb Rennet in the television series Mad Men.
He was also the voice of Hefty Smurf in the live-action/CG family film The Smurfs.
2015
In 2015, he played the role of Neil on an episode of The Leftovers.
2016
In 2016, he played the role of Don in The Accountant.
2019
In the Martin Scorsese 2019 epic crime film The Irishman, Basaraba played Frank "Fitz" Fitzsimmons, who was the acting president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1967 to 1971, and president from 1971 to 1981.
In 2023, he appeared in Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon.
