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Gary Busey

Gary Busey

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.

Born

Jun 29, 1944

Goose Creek, Texas, USA

Known For

Acting

Movies

155 acting

1 crew

Popularity

2.3

Known For

Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon
1987 • as Mr. Joshua
★ 7.3
Point Break
Point Break
1991 • as Agent Angelo Pappas
★ 7.2
Predator 2
Predator 2
1990 • as Peter Keyes
★ 6.3
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998 • as Highway Patrolman
★ 7.2
Lost Highway
Lost Highway
1997 • as Bill Dayton
★ 7.6
Under Siege
Under Siege
1992 • as Commander Krill
★ 6.3
Piranha 3DD
Piranha 3DD
2012 • as Clayton
★ 4.3
The Firm
The Firm
1993 • as Eddie Lomax
★ 6.7
Soldier
Soldier
1998 • as Church
★ 6.4
The Player
The Player
1992 • as Gary Busey
★ 7.2
Silver Bullet
Silver Bullet
1985 • as Uncle Red
★ 6.7
Entourage
Entourage
2015 • as Gary Busey
★ 6.2
Rookie of the Year
Rookie of the Year
1993 • as Chet Steadman
★ 6.2
Barbarosa
Barbarosa
1982 • as Karl Westover
★ 5.9
Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens
Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens
2016 • as Wilford Wexler
★ 4.5
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
2018 • as Wilford Wexler
★ 4.4
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
1972 • as Hank Allan
★ 5.7
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974 • as Curly
★ 6.8
Drop Zone
Drop Zone
1994 • as Ty Moncrief
★ 5.8
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
★ 4.3
Chasers
Chasers
1994 • as Sergeant Vince Banger
★ 5.4
Black Sheep
Black Sheep
1996 • as Drake Sabitch
★ 6.1
A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
1976 • as Bobbie Ritchie
★ 6.0
Surviving the Game
Surviving the Game
1994 • as Hawkins
★ 6.2
Dr. Dolittle 3
Dr. Dolittle 3
2006 • as Butch (voice)
★ 5.1
Straight Time
Straight Time
1978 • as Willy Darin
★ 7.1
The Buddy Holly Story
The Buddy Holly Story
1978 • as Buddy Holly
★ 7.1
Behaving Badly
Behaving Badly
2014 • as Chief Clark
★ 5.3
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq
2006 • as Doctor
★ 5.0
Hider in the House
Hider in the House
1989 • as Tom Sykes
★ 6.2
Big Wednesday
Big Wednesday
1978 • as Leroy "The Masochist" Smith
★ 6.9
Foolin' Around
Foolin' Around
1980 • as Wes
★ 6.2
The Real Thing
The Real Thing
1996 • as Foreman
★ 7.2
Holy Cash
Holy Cash
2024 • as Actor
★ 6.0
Suspicious Minds
Suspicious Minds
1997 • as Vic Mulvey
★ 4.1
Butcher's Bake Off: Hell's Kitchen
Butcher's Bake Off: Hell's Kitchen
2019 • as Millard Findlemeyer (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 3.2
Tribulation
Tribulation
2000 • as Tom Canboro
★ 4.9
Carried Away
Carried Away
1996 • as Major Nathan Wheeler
★ 5.8
Bounty Killer
Bounty Killer
2013 • as Van Sterling
★ 5.7
The Gumball Rally
The Gumball Rally
1976 • as Gibson (Camaro Team)
★ 6.1
Eye of the Tiger
Eye of the Tiger
1986 • as Buck Matthews
★ 6.1
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice
2002 • as Richmond Claremont
★ 4.2
Border Blues
Border Blues
2004 • as LAPD medium Michael March
★ 3.2
Hot Boyz
Hot Boyz
2000 • as Tully
★ 5.0
The Muppets Go Hollywood
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979 • as Self (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Maneater
Maneater
2007 • as Grady Barnes
★ 5.5
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
★ 6.3
Lolly-Madonna XXX
Lolly-Madonna XXX
1973 • as Zeb Gutshall
★ 5.9
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
★ 7.2
movie
Downtown Bus
• as Gruce Gissler
Homo Erectus
Homo Erectus
2007 • as Krutz
★ 4.0
Succubus: Hell-Bent
Succubus: Hell-Bent
2007 • as Sentinel
★ 4.3
Insignificance
Insignificance
1985 • as The Ballplayer
★ 6.4
D.C. Cab
D.C. Cab
1983 • as Dell
★ 5.2
Cloud 9
Cloud 9
2006 • as Gary Busey
★ 5.2
The Execution of Private Slovik
The Execution of Private Slovik
1974 • as Jimmy Feedek
★ 7.4
The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door
1999 • as Sheriff Larson
★ 4.0
G-Men from Hell
G-Men from Hell
2000 • as Lt. Langdon
★ 4.2
A Crack in the Floor
A Crack in the Floor
2001 • as Tyler Trout
★ 3.6
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address
2025 • as John C. Calhoun (voice)
Let's Get Harry
Let's Get Harry
1986 • as Jack
★ 6.2
Mansion of Blood
Mansion of Blood
2015 • as Zacharia
★ 2.8
Man with a Gun
Man with a Gun
1995 • as Jack Rushton
★ 4.6
The Last American Hero
The Last American Hero
1973 • as Wayne Jackson
★ 5.7
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010 • as (archive footage)
★ 6.1
The Bear
The Bear
1984 • as Paul W. Bryant
★ 7.1
The Gingerdead Man
The Gingerdead Man
2005 • as Millard Findlemeyer
★ 3.8
Lethal Tender
Lethal Tender
1997 • as Mr. Turner
★ 4.2
Ghost Rock
Ghost Rock
2004 • as Jack Pickett
★ 3.0
The Rage
The Rage
1997 • as Art Dacy
★ 3.7
The Hard Easy
The Hard Easy
2006 • as Vinnie
★ 5.7
Breaking Point
Breaking Point
1994 • as Dwight
★ 3.6
Hallettsville
Hallettsville
2009 • as Sheriff David Ketchum
★ 3.9
Chasing Ghosts
Chasing Ghosts
2005 • as Marcos Alfiri
★ 5.5
Wild in the Streets
Wild in the Streets
1968 • as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
★ 5.7
Two Shades of Blue
Two Shades of Blue
2000 • as Jack Reynolds
★ 3.2
Sticks & Stones
Sticks & Stones
1996 • as Book's Dad
★ 5.9
Carny
Carny
1980 • as Frankie
★ 6.2
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
★ 7.2
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
★ 6.0
Sam & Janet
Sam & Janet
2002 • as Bartender
★ 5.0
Confessions of a Womanizer
★ 2.9
Dirty Little Billy
Dirty Little Billy
1972 • as Basil Crabtree
★ 5.1
Bikini Model Academy
Bikini Model Academy
2015 • as Uncle Seymore
★ 3.8
Camp Manna
Camp Manna
2018 • as Jack Cujo Parrish
★ 5.3
Mamaboy
Mamaboy
2016 • as Coach Dombrowski
★ 4.2
Motocross Kids
Motocross Kids
2004 • as Viper
★ 6.0
If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely
★ 9.0
Gingerdead Man: Murder-Thon
Gingerdead Man: Murder-Thon
2025 • as Millard Findlemeyer
★ 4.0
Down 'n Dirty
Down 'n Dirty
2001 • as D. A. Mickey Casey
★ 4.3
Plato's Run
Plato's Run
1997 • as Plato
★ 6.0
Best Actress
Best Actress
2000 • as Self
★ 2.6
Candiland
Candiland
2016 • as Arnie/God
★ 5.5
Double Dare
Double Dare
2004 • as Self
★ 6.5
No Tomorrow
No Tomorrow
1999 • as Noah
★ 4.4
Chrome Soldiers
Chrome Soldiers
1992 • as Jim 'Flash' Gordon
★ 4.4
Bulletproof
Bulletproof
1988 • as Frank 'Bulletproof' McBain
★ 5.0
Angels Hard as They Come
Angels Hard as They Come
1971 • as Henry
★ 4.6
Detour
Detour
1998 • as Mo Ginsburg
★ 6.5
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
★ 8.0
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
★ 6.7
Hooded Angels
Hooded Angels
2002 • as Sheriff
★ 4.9
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991 • as Clint Hornby
★ 6.3
Canvas
Canvas
1992 • as Ozzy Decker
★ 5.4
Act of Piracy
Act of Piracy
1988 • as Ted Andrews
★ 3.9
Shade of Pale
Shade of Pale
2005 • as Billings
★ 4.0
Steel Sharks
Steel Sharks
1997 • as Cmdr. Bill McKay
★ 5.3
Voices That Care
Voices That Care
1991 • as Self - Choir Member
★ 7.0
The Neon Empire
The Neon Empire
1989 • as Frank Weston
★ 6.7
Hex
Hex
1973 • as Giblets
★ 4.4
Shut Up and Shoot!
Shut Up and Shoot!
2006 • as Bob Katz
★ 3.4
Dead Janitors Club
Dead Janitors Club
2026 • as George
Frost: Portrait of a Vampire
★ 3.1
Beyond The Ring
Beyond The Ring
2008 • as Tony De Luca
★ 2.3
Quigley
Quigley
2003 • as Archie Channing
★ 4.4
South Beach
South Beach
1993 • as Lenny
★ 3.6
movie
Guido
2014 • as Steve Kaufman
★ 7.5
Blood Sport
Blood Sport
1973 • as David Lee Birdsong
★ 7.9
Crooked
Crooked
2006 • as John Rouse
★ 4.4
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
1999 • as The Hooded Fang
★ 3.9
Trick and Treats
Trick and Treats
2025 • as Pastor Joseph
★ 4.5
The Love-Ins
The Love-Ins
1967 • as Hippie with Loudspeaker (uncredited)
★ 4.8
The Prize Fighter
The Prize Fighter
2003 • as Whitey Ferguson
★ 5.5
Rough Draft
Rough Draft
1998 • as Nelson Keece
★ 4.7
Warriors
Warriors
1994 • as Frank Vail
★ 5.0
The Chain
The Chain
1996 • as Frank Morrisey
★ 4.1
Latin Dragon
Latin Dragon
2004 • as Thorn
★ 4.9
Fallacy
★ 7.0
On the Edge
On the Edge
2002 • as Felix
★ 3.3
The Follow-Up
The Follow-Up
2020 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 2.0
Welcome 2 Ibiza
Welcome 2 Ibiza
2003 • as Cortez
★ 5.5
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
★ 10.0
movie
The Hand Job
• as Blind Master
★ 10.0
You and Me
★ 7.2
No Rules
No Rules
2005 • as Leroy Little
★ 4.0
Wild Texas Wind
Wild Texas Wind
1991 • as Justice Parker
★ 6.0
Descansos
Descansos
2006 • as The Keeper
★ 3.7
The Set-Up
★ 8.0
Matt's Chance
Matt's Chance
2013 • as Bill
★ 3.0
Didn’t You Hear?
Didn’t You Hear?
1970 • as James
★ 7.0
Half a Lifetime
Half a Lifetime
1986 • as Bart
★ 9.0
The Law
The Law
1974 • as William Bright
The Ultimate Fighter
The Ultimate Fighter
2007 • as Wizard
★ 3.3
Buckaroo
Buckaroo
2005 • as Dr. Brawn
★ 5.8
That's Insignificance
That's Insignificance
2011 • as Self