Gary Busey
Gender: Male
Born: 29th June 1944 (currently 67 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: The Texas Wheelers, The Law, I'm with Busey, Celebrity Rehab, Celebrity Fit Club, Into the West, The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest..., Rocket Power, Hawaii Five-O
Movies: A Star Is Born, Big Wednesday, Black Sheep, D.C. Cab, Drop Zone, Lethal Weapon, Point Break, Predator 2, Rookie of the Year, Surviving The Game, The Buddy Holly Story, Under Siege, Bulletproof, Insignificance, A Crack in the Floor, The Gingerdead Man, Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice, The Gumball Rally, Carried Away, Latin Dragon, Eye of the Tiger, Straight Time, Silver Bullet, Maneater, Carny, The Bear, Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms, Barbarosa, Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang, Soldier, Hot Boyz, The Hard Easy, Crooked, Buckaroo, Steel Sharks, Quigley, Ghost Rock, Frost: Portrait of a Vampire, Two Shades of Blue, Diary of a Serial Killer, Hider in the House, Welcome 2 Ibiza, Bill: On His Own, No Tomorrow, Rough Riders, Sight for Sore Eyes, A, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Law, The Execution of Private Slovik, A Dangerous Life, Succubus: Hell-Bent, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hallettsville, Chasers, G-Men From Hell, Beyond the Ring, Lexie, Sam & Janet, Lost Highway, Motocross Kids, The Girl Next Door, Apocalypse III: Tribulation, Shut Up and Shoot, Plato's Run, The Prize Fighter, Man with a Gun, El Padrino: The Latin Godfather, Night Caller, Nite Tales: The Series, Homo Erectus, Angels Hard as They Come, The Rage, Roast of Larry the Cable Guy, Nite Tales: The Movie, The Firm, Border Blues, Chasing Ghosts, The Magnificent Seven Ride, Glory Glory, The Last American Hero, Dr. Dolittle 3, On the Edge, Act of Piracy, Foolin' Around, Canvas, Hex, Suspicious Minds, Piranha 3DD, Willie Nelson: My Life, Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride, DaZe, Wild Texas Wind
William Gary Busey (born June 29, 1944) is an American film and stage actor, and artist. He has appeared in a large variety of 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.
Busey was born William Gareth Jacob Busey in Goose Creek (now Baytown), Texas, the son of Sadie Virginia (née Arnett), a homemaker, and Delmer Lloyd Busey, a construction design manager. He graduated from Nathan Hale High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1962. While attending Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg (located in southeastern Kansas) on a football scholarship, he became interested in acting. He then transferred to Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, where he quit school just one class short of graduation.
Busey began his show-business career as a drummer in The Rubber Band. He appears on several Leon Russell recordings, credited as playing drums under the names "Teddy Jack Eddy" and "Sprunk", a character he created when he was a cast member of a local television comedy show in Tulsa, Oklahoma, called The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp
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