Gary Busey

Q: Has Gary Busey won any major awards?

Gary Busey received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of Buddy Holly in 'The Buddy Holly Story.' He has also won a few other minor awards throughout his career.

Q: What was Gary Busey's first film?

Gary Busey's first film role was in 'The Wild One' (1953). However, he gained significant attention in the 1970s with 'The Buddy Holly Story' (1978).

Q: How many children does Gary Busey have?

Gary Busey has one son, Jake Busey, who is also an actor known for his roles in 'Starship Troopers' and 'The Frighteners.'

Q: What is Gary Busey's estimated net worth?

Gary Busey's estimated net worth is around $500,000. His financial situation has fluctuated over the years due to various factors, including medical issues.

Q: Did Gary Busey appear on reality TV?

Yes, Gary Busey has participated in several reality TV shows, including 'Celebrity Apprentice' and 'Dancing with the Stars,' showcasing his personality beyond acting.

Q: What is Gary Busey's acting style?

Gary Busey is known for his intense and unpredictable acting style. His performances often include a mix of drama and humor, making him a memorable presence on screen.

Q: What notable roles has Gary Busey played?

Notable roles include Buddy Holly in 'The Buddy Holly Story,' Officer McLain in 'Lethal Weapon,' and a variety of characters in both films and television series that highlight his dynamic range.

Known for

Predator 2 (1990)

IMDb 6.3 / 10

1990 / Action, Horror / 108 min

A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is...

Lethal Weapon (1987)

IMDb 7.6 / 10

1987 / Action, Crime / 109 min

Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death...

Point Break (2015)

IMDb 5.3 / 10

2015 / Action, Adventure / 113mins

A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film,...

Name

Gary Busey

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Born

29 June 1944, Goose Creek, Texas, USA

Spouses

Tanna Frederick (2010–present)

Children

1 (Jake Busey)

Parents

Dorothy Busey, William Busey

Estimated Net Worth

$500,000

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie The Gettysburg Address In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies...	John C. Calhoun (voice)	Not rated
2025	Movie Trick and Treats It's Halloween. A young lady, Ashley, and her costumed friends find themselves locked in a bar, in the middle of...	Pastor Joseph	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2025	Movie Gingerdead Man: Murder-Thon Join the one and only The Gingerdead Man and his perverse pals, Ebee The Evil Bong, The Gingerweed Man and...	Millard Findlemeyer	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2024	Movie Holy Cash The Holy Cash' follows the story of Pablo (Paul Rodriguez), a con artist seeking a new way to make money...	Actor	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2021	Movie Reggie: A Millennial Depression Comedy After yet another breakup, Mitch gets intervened on by his closest friends and steered towards therapy as an option to...	Trainer	Not rated
2020	TV Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time A celebration of the greatest cult movies of all time, from The Rocky Horror Picture Show to The Big Lebowski.	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2020	Movie Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to "The Big Lebowski" and everything in between, this fascinating deep-dive documentary begins its...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2020	Movie The Follow-Up Lonely. Scared. Insecure. But how's it going with you? Is this the first film to be made completely in quarantine?...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2019	TV Nashville Squares Celebrity contestants and squares answer country music and pop culture questions with the goal of winning money and other prizes...	Self - Panelist	Not rated
2019	Movie Butcher's Bake Off: Hell's Kitchen Follow The Gore Collector as his arcane adventures into splatter cinema and through the seventh circle of hell drag him...	Millard Findlemeyer (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 3.2 / 10
2019	TV Biography: Comedy Icons Part of the award-winning Biography series, A&E Network will premiere three new documentaries exploring the lives and careers of comedy...	Self	Not rated
2019	Movie Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh Comic Chris Farley breaks through as a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" and later stars in several iconic big-screen...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2018	Movie Impractical Jokers: The Staten Island Holiday Spectacular The Jokers thrill a live theatre audience with holiday-themed games, and compete to determine who will make the best Santa;...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2018	Movie The Last Sharknado: It's About Time Our hero Fin has battled sharks all over the globe, but in this last installment he will tackle the final...	Wilford Wexler	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2018	Movie Camp Manna Ian Fletcher, a "nonbeliever", is shipped off to a backwoods Christian camp, where he is forced to compete in (and...	Jack Cujo Parrish	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2018	Movie Raised on Rock - The Burnette Family Legacy Sally Steele is on mission to reunite the battling Burnette family while discovering one of the greatest untold tales of...	Self	Not rated
2017	TV American MC A dedicated biker who leads weekend bikers on a road road trips starts a biker boot camp of 17 men...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2017	TV The Jim Jefferies Show Each week, Jefferies tackles the week’s top stories from behind his desk and travels the globe to far-off locations to...	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2016	Movie Mamaboy A high school student must hide the fact that he has become pregnant from his family, friends and the school...	Coach Dombrowski	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2016	Movie Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens The new installment of the Sharknado franchise takes place 5 years after Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! There have been...	Wilford Wexler	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2016	Movie Candiland Struggling to rebuild their lives, a former tennis star and a recent divorcee decide to isolate themselves from the world...	Arnie/God	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2015	TV The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show The world's smartest dog and his boy host a zany late-night comedy show from a swanky penthouse, with time-traveling historical...	Alternate Universe Peabody (voice)	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	Movie Bikini Model Academy When T. J. and Benji, two California twenty-something best buddies, lose their girlfriends, they start a home grown bikini modeling...	Uncle Seymore	TMDB 3.6 / 10
2015	Movie Mansion of Blood Millionaire Mason Murphy renovates the haunted Mayhew mansion. He plans a tremendous lunar eclipse viewing party to celebrate his return...	Zacharia	TMDB 2.8 / 10
2015	TV Celebrity Family Feud Celebrity Family Feud pits celebrities and their families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2015	Movie Entourage Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio...	Gary Busey	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2014	Movie Confessions of a Womanizer Ritchie is the epitome of everything wrong with modern man: a pompous, foul-mouthed idiot, driven only to get the latest...	Gary	TMDB 2.9 / 10
2014	Movie Behaving Badly Teenager Rick Stevens is willing to do whatever it takes to win the heart of Nina Pennington. He'll have to...	Chief Clark	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2014	Movie Guido An Iraqi immigrant hit man, GUIDO, gets mixed up in a deal gone bad and is forced to transport a...	Steve Kaufman	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2013	Movie Bounty Killer It’s been 20 years since the corporations took over the world’s governments. Their thirst for power and profits led to...	Van Sterling	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2013	Movie Matt's Chance Matt, a down-on-his-luck loser who on his birthday night discovers his fiancée, Jessica, in bed with another man. As Matt...	Bill	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2012	Movie Piranha 3DD After the events at Lake Victoria, the prehistoric school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into swimming pools, plumbing, and...	Clayton	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2012	TV Celebrity Wife Swap Two women from celebrity families with different backgrounds trade places for one week. Not only are the moms given the...	Self	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2011	TV Impractical Jokers This hidden-camera series follows four lifelong friends -- Brian "Q"' Quinn, James "Murr"' Murray, Joe Gatto and Sal Vulcano --...	Self	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2011	TV Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side The place to catch up on all things Celebrity Big Brother UK! Join Rylan Clark-Neal for the best mix of...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2011	Movie That's Insignificance A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Nicolas Roeg's 1985 film INSIGNIFICANCE featuring interviews with the cast.	Self	Not rated
2010	Movie 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from their VHS cocoons to conjure...	(archive footage)	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2009	TV Nite Tales: The Series	Army Man	Not rated
2009	Movie Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy Lisa Lampinelli hosts the Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy with Toby Keith, Warren Sapp, Jeff Foxworthy, Greg...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2009	Movie Hallettsville Something awaits Tyler Jensen and his friends in the Hallettsville house. When Tyler's lifelong friends start dying, he must figure...	Sheriff David Ketchum	TMDB 3.9 / 10
2008	TV Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Dr. Drew Pinsky uses his years of experience in the mental health and addiction treatment field to help stars face...	Unknown character	TMDB 3.7 / 10
2008	Movie Beyond The Ring Martial arts champion Andre Lima's fighting days ended with his wife's death. The past nine years Andre has struggled to...	Tony De Luca	TMDB 2.4 / 10
2007	Movie Maneater When a dismembered body is found in the Appalachian Mountains, a county Sheriff is shocked to discover that the predator...	Grady Barnes	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2007	Movie Homo Erectus Ishbo is a caveman living in the prehistoric age who thinks there's more to life than hunting and gathering. He...	Krutz	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2007	Movie The Ultimate Fighter The son of a rich businessman who has ties with the Russian mob. But the mob sets up his family...	Wizard	TMDB 3.3 / 10
2007	Movie Succubus: Hell-Bent A beautiful demon leaves death in her wake while stalking a wealthy womanizer in contemporary Los Angeles.	Sentinel	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2006	Movie Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride A personal, intimate look at journalist Hunter S. Thompson with a special emphasis on his Hollywood relationships. It captures the...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2006	Movie The Hard Easy Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the same score at the...	Vinnie	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2006	TV Celebrity Paranormal Project Celebrity Paranormal Project is a paranormal reality television series that originally aired from October 22, 2006 to November 1, 2007...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2006	Movie Shut Up and Shoot! A movie producer hatches a scheme to have an actor (Silvio Pollio) kill his fellow filmmakers.	Bob Katz	TMDB 3.4 / 10
2006	Movie Dr. Dolittle 3 Lisa Dolittle sends her daughter to 'Durango', a Dude Ranch, to find herself. While there, she uses her talent to...	Butch (voice)	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2006	Movie Valley of the Wolves: Iraq The film covers through fiction real-life events like the occupation of Iraq, the execution of Daniel Pearl, the Hood event...	Doctor	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2006	Movie Descansos A highly controversial film about a man who tears down roadside memorials in his quest to bury a dark secret...	The Keeper	TMDB 3.7 / 10
2006	Movie Cloud 9 Has-been sports promoter Billy Cole gets a second shot at fame and fortune when he puts together a women's volleyball...	Gary Busey	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2006	Movie Crooked Two police detectives must protect a beautiful call girl from mob hitmen and a crooked cop.	John Rouse	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2005	Movie The Gingerdead Man An evil yet adorable Gingerbread man comes to life with the soul of a convicted killer, and this real life...	Millard Findlemeyer	TMDB 3.9 / 10
2005	Movie Making of: The Gingerdead Man Interviews with the cast and crew of Gingerdead Man, featuring unseen footage	Unknown character	Not rated
2005	TV Yesenin MUR's investigator, Colonel Alexander Khlystov, receives an old photograph in the mail: it shows Yesenin, who has just been taken...	Зингер (бывший муж Дункан)	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2005	Movie Buckaroo Jerome, a troubled gang member, is sent to work on a farm. Within the journey, he discovers there is more...	Dr. Brawn	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2005	TV Into the West The lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the momentous events of American expansion,...	Johnny Fox	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2005	TV Dancing with the Stars The competition sees celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted...	Self - Contestant	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2005	Movie Shade of Pale A romantic drama with elements of Vertigo and Lolita.	Billings	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2005	Movie Chasing Ghosts A serial killer targeting the city's mobsters taunts police with clues and photos left behind at the crime scenes. A...	Marcos Alfiri	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2005	TV American Dad! The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and...	Gary Busey (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2005	Movie The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of Predator 2 is a 2005 documentary that details the production of the...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2005	TV Celebrity Fit Club Celebrities compete to lose weight and get in shape. The celebrities take part in a range of physical and motivational...	Self - Contestant	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2005	Movie No Rules This action film follows the triumphs of a small town mixed martial artist whose good hearted actions, desire to be...	Leroy Little	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2004	Movie Motocross Kids Evan Reed is the best motocross coach in the country. After leading his daughter Callie to the national championships, he...	Viper	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2004	TV Tom Goes to the Mayor Tom Goes to the Mayor is an American animated television series created by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim for Cartoon...	Coach Red Harris (voice)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2004	Movie El padrino: The Latin Godfather In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess,...	Lars	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2004	Movie Latin Dragon In the grand tradition of the lone hero who mysteriously appears in a town desperate for help (think "Shane, "Billy...	Thorn	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2004	Movie American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election In Alex Jones' 11th feature documentary, made in 2004, Alex documents the major candidates in the staged 2004 United States...	Self	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2004	TV Entourage Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty...	Gary Busey	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2004	Movie Ghost Rock Set in 1882, John Slaughter and his sidekick Savannah Starr return to a town where an almost forgotten massacre took...	Jack Pickett	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2004	Movie If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely A former music producer turned stockbroker tries to make his musical comeback with a beautiful singer/dancer from a nightclub. The...	Mesdeg	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2004	Movie Double Dare With being thrown off buildings an occupational hazard, professional stuntwomen Jeannie Epper and Zoë Bell (the alter egos of Wonder...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2004	Movie Fallacy Comedy drama about an overseas trade fair for a building components company (doors and louvres to be precise), company boss...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie Border Blues Moscow police detective Andrei Somov resigns and immigrates to the US, but has to accept a menial job in a...	LAPD medium Michael March	TMDB 3.2 / 10
2003	TV High Chaparall High Chaparall is a Swedish television program which first aired in 2003 on the Kanal 5 network. The show is...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.6 / 10
2003	TV Two and a Half Men A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his...	Gary Busey	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2003	TV Comedy Central Roasts Celebrities and comedians belt out good-natured insult comedy jokes at the expense of a guest of honour. The event is...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2003	Movie Frost: Portrait of a Vampire San Diego, present day: The murders are starting again. A girl has been found with two holes in her neck...	Micah	TMDB 3.1 / 10
2003	TV I'm with Busey I'm with Busey was a comedy/documentary television show which aired on Comedy Central in the summer of 2003. It revolved...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.6 / 10
2003	TV The Brendan Leonard Show	Unknown character	Not rated
2003	Movie Quigley When a rich practical joker dies, he's reborn as a dog, which he uses as another chance to right the...	Archie Channing	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2003	Movie Welcome 2 Ibiza A young woman from America inherits a beach bar in Ibiza, Spain, and soon experiences all kind of wild and...	Cortez	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2003	TV Penn & Teller: Bull! This daring original series stars postmodern bad boys of magic Penn & Teller as they question many of our culture's...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2003	TV Russians in the City of Angels Russians will survive everywhere. And in the desert, and at the bottom of the sea, and in America. They will...	March	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2003	Movie The Prize Fighter After a life of hard knocks and wrong turns, boxer Ed Jones gets a second chance at fulfilling his life...	Whitey Ferguson	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2002	Movie On the Edge Dakota Smith is an ex-cop and former private eye with a proclivity for community service. When a young basketball player...	Felix	TMDB 2.3 / 10
2002	Movie Hooded Angels A gang of women wreak vengeance upon the society that failed them.	Sheriff	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2002	Movie Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s A look at "rock and roll" and other pop music based film of the 1970s.	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2002	Movie Sam & Janet Finally deciding to give marriage one more shot, Sam finds out his potential wife has kept a dark secret that...	Bartender	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2002	Movie Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice With the original Hanson Brothers still on the same minor league ice hockey team, the Chiefs are sold to a...	Richmond Claremont	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2001	Movie Down 'n Dirty Dakota Smith is an experienced policeman with a problem: his partner was shot dead, and corrupt cops are responsible. Dak's...	D. A. Mickey Casey	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2001	TV Scrubs In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.	Gary Busey	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2001	Movie A Crack in the Floor After witnessing his mother's brutal rape and murder at a young age, Jeremiah Hill turns to a life of seclusion...	Tyler Trout	TMDB 3.6 / 10
2001	TV Celebrity Big Brother Celebrity Big Brother is a British reality television game show in which a number of celebrity contestants live in an...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2000	Movie G-Men from Hell Two G-Men, returning from hell, must perform good deeds to save themselves from a doomed fate.	Lt. Langdon	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2000	TV The Huntress The Huntress is an American TV series that appeared on the USA Network over subsequent summers of the 2000 and...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2000	Movie Two Shades of Blue When she is framed for the murder of her fiancee, Susan Price assumes a new identity to catch his killer....	Jack Reynolds	TMDB 3.2 / 10
2000	Movie Best Actress A Hollywood writer becomes embroiled while investigating into the lives of five fictitious actresses all nominated for the Academy Award...	Self	TMDB 2.6 / 10
2000	Movie Hot Boyz Injustice begets a criminal. Kool is an artist without prospects, a black belt in karate, and in love with LaShawna,...	Tully	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2000	Movie Tribulation Police detective Tom Canboro hails from a Christian family. One night, his eccentric brother-in-law Jason seemingly goes insane and tries...	Tom Canboro	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1999	Movie No Tomorrow When the world's most notorious criminal allies himself with a senior employee of a major shipping corporation, a lethal deal...	Noah	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1999	Movie Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang is about a young boy who strives to be heard. He is nicknamed...	The Hooded Fang	TMDB 4.1 / 10
1999	Movie The Girl Next Door There's someone peeping through windows so Arthur has been asked to watch the neighbour's eighteen year old daughter while her...	Sheriff Larson	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1999	Movie Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson...	Self	Not rated
1998	Movie Soldier Sergeant Todd is a veteran soldier for an elite group of the armed forces. After being defeated by a new...	Church	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1998	Movie Detour When Danny and his gang attempt to rob the warehouse of a mob boss, they find themselves on the run....	Mo Ginsburg	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1998	Movie Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms With the UniSol program budget cut by the government, a gang of mercenaries takes control of the new line of...	Otto Mazur	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1998	Movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a...	Highway Patrolman	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1998	Movie Rough Draft A struggling freelance writer, while investigating the transvestite night life, stumbles across a serial killer in action. The two then...	Nelson Keece	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1997	Movie Steel Sharks In this undersea thriller, a United States submarine is seized by terrorists. But a rescue attempt by an elite group...	Cmdr. Bill McKay	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1997	Movie The Rage FBI Special Agent Travis is trying to catch a deranged serial killer and is doing his best despite having a...	Art Dacy	TMDB 3.7 / 10
1997	TV Rough Riders Explores the journey of the cavalry group led by Theodore Roosevelt in a charge up San Juan Hill during the...	Gen. Joseph Wheeler	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1997	Movie Plato's Run Hired to rescue escaped inmates, a Florida man is framed for a Cuban gangster's assassination.	Plato	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1997	Movie Suspicious Minds Jack Ramsey (Patrick Bergin) is a private detective in the vein of Philip Marlowe who finds himself romantically involved with...	Vic Mulvey	TMDB 4.1 / 10
1997	Movie Lethal Tender Bad guys are poisoning drinking water, and there is only one man who can stop them, Jeff Fahey.	Mr. Turner	TMDB 4.2 / 10
1997	Movie Lost Highway A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation...	Bill Dayton	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1997	TV King of the Hill Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident...	Mad Dog (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1996	Movie The Chain When unjustly imprisoned in a South American jail, a tough cop and a renegade arms dealer must set aside their...	Frank Morrisey	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1996	Movie Sticks & Stones For three junior high friends, growing up takes a dangerous turn when the vicious local bully targets them. With no...	Book's Dad	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1996	TV E! True Hollywood Story E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.2 / 10
1996	Movie Black Sheep When dignified Albert Donnelly runs for Governor, his team moves to keep his slow-witted and klutzy younger brother, Mike, out...	Drake Sabitch	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1996	Movie Carried Away Based on Jim Harrison's book, "Farmer". 47-year-old Joseph Svenden lives on the family farm with his dying mother and teaches...	Major Nathan Wheeler	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1996	Movie The Real Thing Their plan was simple...Get the Cash. As Rupert, an ex-con, tries to go straight, his younger brother James pursues a...	Foreman	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1995	Movie Man with a Gun Madsen plays an assassin who's hired to kill the woman he loves.	Jack Rushton	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1995	TV The Outer Limits Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story...	Ezra Burnham	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1995	TV The History of Rock 'n' Roll Chronicles the history of rock 'n' roll music from its origins.	Narrator	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1994	Movie Drop Zone A daring prison break from an airliner at 30,000 feet leaves U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip mourning a brother and gunning...	Ty Moncrief	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1994	Movie Warriors A government-trained killing machine must turn his lethal skills against his top-secret squad's AWOL leader	Frank Vail	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1994	Movie Chasers Military men Rock Reilly and Eddie Devane are tasked with taking a prisoner, blonde bombshell Toni Johnson, on what becomes...	Sergeant Vince Banger	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1994	Movie Surviving the Game A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in...	Hawkins	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1994	Movie Breaking Point A retired police detective reluctantly returns to action to stop a serial killer dubbed "The Surgeon".	Dwight	TMDB 3.0 / 10
1993	Movie South Beach Former NFL star Mack Derringer now works as a private detective. Someone is out to get Derringer and his ex-wife....	Lenny	TMDB 3.6 / 10
1993	TV Fallen Angels A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of...	'Buzz' Meeks	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1993	Movie Rookie of the Year 12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his...	Chet Steadman	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1993	Movie The Firm Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is...	Eddie Lomax	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1993	Movie Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O Willie Nelson and friends celebrate his sixtieth birthday in a star-studded concert event.	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1993	TV Walker, Texas Ranger Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's...	Donovan Riggs	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1992	Movie Under Siege A disgruntled ex-CIA operative, his assistant and their assembled group of terrorists seize a battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind....	Commander Krill	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1992	Movie Canvas A young artist is desperate for money to save his brother from the mob. Drawn into a criminal world of...	Ozzy Decker	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1992	TV MTV Movie & TV Awards The annual film & TV awards show presented by MTV. The nominees are decided by producers and executives at MTV...	Self / Presenter	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1992	Movie The Player A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?	Gary Busey	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1992	Movie Chrome Soldiers Five ex-soldiers go to a small town in Oregon to help a friend investigate the murder of his brother.	Jim 'Flash' Gordon	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1991	Movie Wild Texas Wind Soon after a country singer moves in with her band's new manager, he's found slain and she's a suspect.	Justice Parker	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1991	Movie Point Break In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of...	Agent Angelo Pappas	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1991	Movie My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys H.D. Dalton is a champion rodeo rider whose career is ruined after being gored by a bull. He returns home...	Clint Hornby	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1991	Movie Voices That Care Behind the scenes making of the charity single "Voices That Care".	Self - Choir Member	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1990	Movie Predator 2 A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents -...	Peter Keyes	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1990	TV Law & Order In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects...	Tommy Vega	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Gary Busey (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	TV The Neon Empire New York mobster Junior Moloff begins plans to transform Las Vegas into a mecca of prostitution and gambling.	Frank Weston	Not rated
1989	Movie The Neon Empire New York mobster Junior Moloff begins plans to transform Las Vegas into a mecca of prostitution and gambling.	Frank Weston	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1989	Movie Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast...	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1989	Movie Hider in the House A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves...	Tom Sykes	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1988	TV A Dangerous Life The final years of the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos' rule, from the assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr. in 1983 to...	Tony O'Neil	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1988	Movie Act of Piracy A large motor yacht becomes the focal point in this action tale when a group of mercenaries decide to capture...	Ted Andrews	TMDB 3.9 / 10
1988	Movie Bulletproof A group of dangerous terrorists succeeds to get hold of a tank of the army and all its crew.	Frank 'Bulletproof' McBain	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1987	Movie Lethal Weapon A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down...	Mr. Joshua	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1986	Movie Let's Get Harry Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry's friends decide...	Jack	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1986	Movie Half a Lifetime A regular night of poker among four friends turns into a night full of conflict, recriminations and self-reflection.	Bart	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1986	Movie Eye of the Tiger Buck is a Vietnam vet, recently released from prison. He returns home to discover the town being terrorized by a...	Buck Matthews	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1985	Movie Silver Bullet The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of...	Uncle Red	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1985	Movie Insignificance Four 1950s icons meet in the same hotel room, and two of them discover more in common between them than...	The Ballplayer	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1984	Movie The Bear Biopic about the great college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant of the University of Alabama	Paul W. Bryant	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1983	Movie D.C. Cab The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town...	Dell	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1983	TV The Hitchhiker A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in...	Rev. Nolan Powers	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1982	Movie Barbarosa Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He...	Karl Westover	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1980	Movie Foolin' Around A working-class boy falls for a girl from a wealthy family, and must compete for her with a rich boy...	Wes	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1980	Movie Carny Tired of being a small-town waitress, Donna departs with the latest carnival show, living with entertainers Frankie and Patch in...	Frankie	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1979	Movie The Muppets Go Hollywood Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1978	Movie The Set-Up The Set-Up is Kathryn Bigelow's student film at Columbia about the exploration of 'why violence in cinematic form is so...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1978	Movie Big Wednesday Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.	Leroy "The Masochist" Smith	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1978	Movie The Buddy Holly Story A chronicle of the rise and brief career of rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly, who aspires to play music...	Buddy Holly	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1978	Movie Straight Time After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the...	Willy Darin	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1976	Movie A Star Is Born Drunken, has-been rock star John Norman Howard falls in love with unknown singer Esther Hoffman after seeing her perform at...	Bobbie Ritchie	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1976	Movie The Gumball Rally A group of people from different backgrounds have one thing in common: when they hear the world "gumball" whispered by...	Gibson (Camaro Team)	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	Movie You and Me A young boy and a biker become friends on the road.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1975	TV Baretta Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1974	Movie The Law An examination of the workings of a big city's legal system as seen through the eyes of people involved in...	William Bright	Not rated
1974	Movie Thunderbolt and Lightfoot With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a...	Curly	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1974	Movie The Execution of Private Slovik The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed...	Jimmy Feedek	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1973	Movie Blood Sport A searing commentary on the "win at all costs" mentality of American high school sports. David Lee Birdsong is the...	David Lee Birdsong	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1973	Movie Hex Set in rural Nebraska following the First World War, six veterans on motorcycles ride into the sleepy little town of...	Giblets	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1973	Movie The Last American Hero A young hell raiser quits his moonshine business and tries to become the best NASCAR racer the south has ever...	Wayne Jackson	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1973	Movie Lolly-Madonna XXX In the early 1970s, a young woman passing through rural Tennessee unintentionally gets caught in a feud between two local...	Zeb Gutshall	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1972	Movie Dirty Little Billy Clearly influenced by the darker, more sinister style of spaghetti westerns, Dirty Little Billy offers a unique insight into the...	Basil Crabtree	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1972	TV Kung Fu The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.	Josh	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1972	Movie The Magnificent Seven Ride! Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When...	Hank Allan	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1971	Movie Angels Hard as They Come A group of crazy bikers meet up with a group of drug-addicted hippies in a small town, but the two...	Henry	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1970	Movie Didn’t You Hear? Kevin is wandering through the confused haze that most college students pass through at one time or another: lectures that...	James	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1968	Movie Wild in the Streets Musician Max Frost lends his backing to a Senate candidate who wants to give 18-year-olds the right to vote, but...	Concert Attendee (uncredited)	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1967	TV The High Chaparral The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from...	Rafe	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1967	Movie The Love-Ins A college professor falls in with the counterculture crowd in San Francisco after resigning from his position in solidarity with...	Hippie with Loudspeaker (uncredited)	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1962	TV The Merv Griffin Show	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1959	TV Bonanza The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding...	Henry Johnson	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1955	TV Gunsmoke Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The...	Harve Daley	TMDB 6.7 / 10
TBA	Movie The Hand Job Two slacker best friends compete for a promotion when their boss "Mr. Hand" quits.	Blind Master	TMDB 10.0 / 10
TBA	Movie Downtown Bus A former boxing champion now works as a bus driver and struggles to reckon with his violent past while the...	Gruce Gissler	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
1975	Movie Nashville The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville,...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.2 / 10

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2025

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2025 / TMDB 5.9

Holy Cash

2024 / TMDB 6.0

Reggie: A Millennial Depression Comedy

2021

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

2020 / TMDB 6.8

The Follow-Up

2020 / TMDB 2.0

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Predator 2 (1990)

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Point Break (2015)

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