Gary Busey

Highest Rated: 100% Barbarosa (1982)

Lowest Rated: 0% Behaving Badly (2014)

Birthday: Jun 29, 1944

Birthplace: Goose Creek, Texas, USA

Although American leading man Gary Busey has made distinguished appearances in many films, he has yet to attain the consistent popularity that would make him a major star. Born in Texas, Busey first few years were spent on an Oklahoma ranch where he learned to be a bull rider. He attended three different colleges before finally graduating in 1963, the year he became a professional drummer with the rock group The Rubber Band. Later, he billed himself as Teddy Jack Eddy and played percussion for Leon Russell, Kris Kristofferson, and Willie Nelson. In 1970, Busey made his acting debut in an episode of the TV western High Chaparel. This led to his feature film debut as a biker in Angels Hard as They Come the following year. After that Busey went on to play supporting roles (typically cast as renegades, daredevils, or good ol' boys with dubious morals) until 1978 when he made a major splash playing the lanky lead in The Buddy Holly Story, for which he did all the guitar and vocal work. His impersonation of Holly was remarkable and won him considerable acclaim and an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. Busey then went on to play leads in many films of varying quality during the early to mid-1980s. In the late '80s he returned to supporting roles and co-leads. In 1988, Busey almost died in a motorcycle accident and his near death resulted in enactment of tougher helmet laws in California.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

		Credit
No Score Yet	Camp Manna	Jack 'Cujo' Parish	—	2018
No Score Yet	Candiland	Actor	—	2017
No Score Yet	Confessions Of A Womanizer	Gary	—	2016
14%	Sharknado: The 4th Awakens	Wilford Wexler	—	2016
No Score Yet	Mamaboy	Actor	—	2016
No Score Yet	Evil Bong High-5	The Gingerdead Man	—	2016
No Score Yet	Bikini Model Academy	Uncle Seymour Executive Producer	—	2015
33%	Entourage	Himself	—	2015
No Score Yet	Bikini Model Academy	Actor	—	2015
No Score Yet	Mansion of Blood	Zacharia	—	2015
0%	Behaving Badly	Chief Howard D. Lansing	—	2014
No Score Yet	Chasing The Dream	Actor	—	2014
No Score Yet	Guido	Jerry O'Connell	—	2013
59%	Bounty Killer	Van Sterling	—	2013
No Score Yet	Matt's Chance	Actor	—	2013
14%	Piranha 3DD	Clayton	$0.4M	2012
No Score Yet	Lizzie	Actor	—	2012
74%	Piranha 3-D	Actor	$25M	2010
No Score Yet	Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy	Actor	—	2009
No Score Yet	Hallettsville	Actor	—	2009
No Score Yet	Beyond the Ring	Tony De Luca	—	2008
No Score Yet	Nite Tales	Army Man	—	2008
No Score Yet	If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely	Actor	—	2008
No Score Yet	Maneater	Sheriff Grady Barnes	—	2007
17%	Homo Erectus (National Lampoon's The Stoned Age)	Actor	—	2007
No Score Yet	Kurtlar vadisi - Irak (Valley of the Wolves: Iraq)	Actor	—	2006
No Score Yet	Soft Target	Rouse	—	2006
No Score Yet	Shut Up and Shoot!	Actor	—	2006
67%	Cloud 9	Himself	—	2006
No Score Yet	Succubus: Hell Bent	Sentinel	—	2006
No Score Yet	Quigley	Archie Channing	—	2005
60%	The Gingerdead Man	Millard	—	2005
No Score Yet	Buckaroo: The Movie	Dr. Brawn	—	2005
No Score Yet	Chasing Ghosts	Marcos Alfiri	—	2005
No Score Yet	Crooked	Rouse	—	2005
No Score Yet	The Hard Easy	Actor	—	2005
No Score Yet	Moto X Kids	Viper	—	2004
No Score Yet	Latin Dragon	Thorn	—	2004
No Score Yet	Ghost Rock	Jack Pickett	—	2004
No Score Yet	Border Blues	Actor	—	2004
No Score Yet	Lexie	Mesdeg	—	2004
No Score Yet	El Padrino	Actor	—	2004
No Score Yet	Motocross Kids	Viper	—	2004
No Score Yet	Frost: Portrait of a Vampire	Actor	—	2003
No Score Yet	The Prize Fighter	Actor	—	2003
No Score Yet	Hooded Angels	Actor	—	2002
No Score Yet	Sam & Janet	Bartender	—	2002
No Score Yet	On the Edge	Actor	—	2002
0%	Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice	Richmond Claremont	—	2001
No Score Yet	A Crack in the Floor	Tyler Trout	—	2001
No Score Yet	G-Men From Hell	Lt. Langdon	—	2001
No Score Yet	Frost: Portrait of a Vampire	Micah	—	2001
No Score Yet	On the Edge	Felix	—	2000
No Score Yet	Tribulation	Tom Canboro	—	2000
No Score Yet	Down 'n Dirty	D. A. Mickey Casey	—	2000
No Score Yet	Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang	The Hooded Fang	—	1999
No Score Yet	No Tomorrow	Noah	—	1999
No Score Yet	Hot Boyz	Tully	—	1999
12%	Soldier	Church	—	1998
0%	Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms	Mazur	—	1998
No Score Yet	Detour	Mo Ginsburg	—	1998
No Score Yet	The Rage	Art Dacy	—	1998
No Score Yet	Two Shades of Blue	Jack Reynolds	—	1998
49%	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Highway Patrolman	—	1998
No Score Yet	Two Shades of Blue	Actor	—	1998
No Score Yet	The Girl Next Door	Sheriff Larson	—	1998
No Score Yet	Rough Riders	Gen. Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler	—	1997
No Score Yet	The Real Thing	Foreman	—	1997
No Score Yet	Suspicious Minds	Vic Mulvey	—	1997
No Score Yet	Steel Sharks	Billy McKay	—	1997
No Score Yet	Diary of a Serial Killer	Nelson Keece	—	1997
No Score Yet	Coup de circuit	Book's Dad	—	1997
60%	Lost Highway	Bill Dayton	—	1997
No Score Yet	Plato's Run	Actor	—	1997
No Score Yet	Lethal Tender	Mr. Turner	—	1996
64%	Carried Away	Maj. Nathan Wheeler	—	1996
28%	Black Sheep	Drake Sabitch	—	1996
41%	Drop Zone	Ty Moncrief	—	1994
No Score Yet	Warriors	Actor	—	1994
No Score Yet	Man with a Gun	Jack	—	1994
No Score Yet	Breaking Point	Dwight Meadows	—	1994
33%	Chasers	Sgt. Vince Banger	—	1994
25%	Surviving the Game	Hawkins	—	1994
No Score Yet	South Beach	Lenny	—	1993
75%	The Firm	Eddie Lomax	—	1993
35%	Rookie of the Year	Chet Steadman	—	1993
78%	Under Siege	Cdr. Krill	—	1992
No Score Yet	Canvas	Ozzy Decker	—	1992
98%	The Player	Himself	—	1992
No Score Yet	Chrome Soldiers	Jim	—	1992
69%	Point Break	Angelo Pappas	—	1991
33%	My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys	Clint Hornby	—	1991
29%	Predator 2	Peter Keyes	—	1990
No Score Yet	Hider in the House	Tom Sykes	—	1990
No Score Yet	A Dangerous Life	Tony O'Neil	—	1989
No Score Yet	Act of Piracy	Ted Andrews	—	1989
No Score Yet	The Neon Empire	Actor	—	1989
No Score Yet	Bulletproof	Frank McBain	—	1988
82%	Lethal Weapon	Mr. Joshua	—	1987
No Score Yet	Eye of the Tiger	Buck Mathews	—	1986
No Score Yet	Half A Lifetime	Actor	—	1986
No Score Yet	Let's Get Harry	Jack	—	1986
44%	Stephen King's 'Silver Bullet'	Uncle Red	—	1985
69%	Insignificance	Ballplayer	—	1985
No Score Yet	The Bear	Paul 'Bear' Bryant	—	1984
17%	D.C. Cab	Dell	—	1983
No Score Yet	Didn't You Hear?	Actor	—	1983
100%	Barbarosa	Karl Westover	—	1982
No Score Yet	Carny	Frankie	—	1980
No Score Yet	Foolin' Around	Wes	—	1980
75%	Straight Time	Willy Darin	—	1978
64%	Big Wednesday	Leroy Smith	—	1978
100%	The Buddy Holly Story	Buddy Holly	—	1978
36%	A Star is Born	Bobbie Ritchie	—	1976
30%	The Gumball Rally	Gibson - Camaro Team	—	1976
No Score Yet	The Execution of Private Slovik	Feedek	—	1974
No Score Yet	Hex	Giblets	—	1973
80%	The Last American Hero	Wayne Jackson	—	1973
No Score Yet	Lolly-Madonna XXX (The Lolly-Madonna War)	Seb Gutshall	—	1973
No Score Yet	Dirty Little Billy	Basil Crabtree	—	1972
No Score Yet	The Magnificent Seven Ride!	Hank Allan	—	1972
No Score Yet	Angels Hard as They Come	Henry	—	1971
No Score Yet	The Dark Avenger (The Warriors)	Frank Vail	—	1955

TV

		Credit
No Score Yet	Last Call With Carson Daly 2007-2019	Guest	2018
No Score Yet	American M.C. 2017		2017
No Score Yet	Dancing With the Stars 2005	Reality cast member	2015
No Score Yet	From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series 2014-2016	The Prospector	2014
No Score Yet	The Apprentice 2004-2017	Reality cast member	2013 2011 2009
No Score Yet	Celebrity Wife Swap 2012-2015	Appearing	2012
No Score Yet	The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003	Guest	2011
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014	Guest	2011
63%	Two and a Half Men 2003-2015		2011
66%	Entourage 2004-2011	Guest Himself	2007 2005 2004
No Score Yet	Celebrity Paranormal Project 2006	Reality cast member	2006
85%	The Simpsons 1989	Voice	2005
No Score Yet	Law & Order 1990-2010	Tommy Vega	2001
No Score Yet	The Outer Limits 1995-2002	Ezra Burnham	2000
No Score Yet	Walker, Texas Ranger 1993-2001		1999
No Score Yet	Saturday Night Live 1975	Guest Host	1979
No Score Yet	Gunsmoke 1955-1975	Harve	1975
No Score Yet	Bonanza 1959-1973	Henry	1972
No Score Yet	The Apprentice (UK) 2005	Reality cast member
No Score Yet	The Hitchhiker 1983-1991

QUOTES FROM Gary Busey CHARACTERS

Millard Findlemeyer says: Awww, ain't that sweet? I see a sappy love story brewing. Baby, it's all over but the crying.

Hawkins says: I like my meat rare.

Mason says: Try well-done, bitch.

Ballplayer says: I am not stupid. I just enjoy giving the appearance of being stupid. You see from an early age I have reveled in the appearance of stupidity, it has given me a great deal of time to think.

Buck Mathews says: It's time to DELIVER the GARBAGE!

Commander Krill says: You're the roadrunner?

William Strannix says: Yeah, never been caught. Mee-meep.

Commander Krill says: [Krill is dressed as a drag queen] ... Do I look like I need a psychological evaluation?

William Strannix says: Not at all.

Dell says: Hold on! One more thing or I'm walking too. I don't work on January the 8th, 'cause that's Elvis' birthday.

Dell says: Hold on! One more thing or I'm walking too. I don't work on January the 8th, 'cause thatt's Elvis' birthday.