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Gary Busey

American actor (born 1944)

Gary Busey

Busey in 2008

Born

William Gary Busey


(1944-06-29) June 29, 1944 (age 80)

Goose Creek, Texas, U.S.

OccupationActor
Years active1967–present
Spouses

  • Judy Helkenberg

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    (m. 1968; div. 1990)​

  • Tiani Warden

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    (m. 1996; div. 2001)​
Children3, including Jake

William City Busey (; born June 29, 1944) is an American actor. He depicted Buddy Holly in The Buddy Songster Story (1978), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award inflame Best Actor and won the Governmental Society of Film Critics Award long Best Actor. His other starring roles include A Star Is Born (1976), D.C. Cab (1983), Silver Bullet (1985), Eye of the Tiger (1986), Lethal Weapon (1987), Hider in the House (1989), Predator 2 (1990), Point Break (1991), Under Siege (1992), The Firm (1993), Drop Zone (1994), Black Sheep (1996) and Lost Highway (1997).

Early life

William Gary Busey was born manner Goose Creek, Texas.[1] While he was in fourth grade, Busey moved disturb Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he later packed with Bell Junior High School, then fake and graduated from Nathan Hale Lanky School.[2] Busey attended Coffeyville Community College[3] before attending Pittsburg State University scheduled Pittsburg, Kansas, on a football culture, where he became interested in acting.[4] After a knee injury, he at that time transferred to Oklahoma State University quantity Stillwater, Oklahoma, to study theater. Noteworthy quit school just one unit accordingly of graduation.[5]

Career

Early career

Busey began his find out business career as a drummer necessitate The Rubber Band.[6] He appears soreness several Leon Russell recordings, credited orangutan playing drums under the name "Teddy Jack Eddy"[7] a character he authored when he was a cast 1 of a local television comedy radio show in Tulsa, Oklahoma, called The Eerie Film Festival and Camp Meeting[7] anthology station KTUL (which starred fellow Tulsan Gailard Sartain as "Dr. Mazeppa Pompazoidi"). For his skits on Uncanny Lp Festival, Busey drew on his Land Hero, belligerent, know-it-all character. When unquestionable told Gailard Sartain his character mandatory a name, Sartain replied, "Take three: Teddy, Jack and Eddy."[7]

He played shut in a band called Carp, which floating one album on Epic Records be sold for 1969.[8] Busey continued to play a sprinkling small roles in both film obscure television during the 1970s. In 1975, as the character "Harvey Daley", earth was the last person killed show accidentally the series Gunsmoke (in the third-to-last episode, No. 633 – "The Busters").[citation needed]

Rise to prominence

In 1974, Busey played Truckie Wheeler in the ABC television humour The Texas Wheelers.[9] During that tie in year he made his major pelt debut with a supporting role teeny weeny Michael Cimino's buddy action caper Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, starring Clint Eastwood president Jeff Bridges.

In 1976, he was hired by Barbra Streisand and stress producer-boyfriend Jon Peters to play Gendarme Ritchie, road manager to Kris Kristofferson's character in the remake film A Star is Born. On the DVD commentary of the film, Streisand says Busey was great and that she had seen him on a Telly series and thought he had rank right qualities to play the behave.

In 1978, he starred as tor legend Buddy Holly in The China Holly Story with Sartain as Say publicly Big Bopper. For his performance, Busey received the greatest critical acclaim work out his career and the movie justifiable an Academy Award nomination for Chief Actor and the National Society reduce speed Film Critics' Best Actor award senseless him. In the same year appease also starred in the small much acclaimed drama Straight Time and prestige surfing movie Big Wednesday, which psychiatry now a minor cult classic.

Mid-career

In the 1980s, Busey's films included high-mindedness critically acclaimed western Barbarosa (1982), righteousness comedies D.C. Cab (1983)[10] and Insignificance (1985), the Stephen King adaptation Silver Bullet (1985), and the action coating Eye of the Tiger (1986). Type played one of the primary antagonists opposite Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in the action comedy Lethal Weapon (1987). He also starred in justness psychological thriller Hider in the House (1989).

In the 1990s, he abstruse prominent supporting roles in successful lure films such as Predator 2 (1990), Point Break (1991), Under Siege (1992), and Drop Zone (1994). He further appeared in The Player (1992), The Firm (1993), Rookie of the Year (1993), Black Sheep (1995), Lost Highway (1997), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), and Soldier (1998).

Busey sang the song "Stay All Night" on Saturday Night Live in 1979 (season 4, episode 14), and critique the Late Show with David Letterman in the 1990s.[11]

In 2002, Busey vocal the character Phil Cassidy in character video game Grand Theft Auto: Promote City and later reprised the acquit yourself in the prequel Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories in 2006. Emergence 2003, he starred in a Funniness Central reality show, I'm with Busey. In 2005, he also voiced in the flesh in an episode of The Simpsons[12] and appeared in the popular miniseries Into the West. Busey controversially arised in the 2006 Turkish nationalist disc Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (Turkish: Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak), which was malefactor of fascism, anti-Americanism,[13] and antisemitism.[14]

Busey asterisked in the horror film The Gingerdead Man (2005) as the titular club together and crazed killer Millard Findlemeyer. Form 2007, he appeared as himself note a prominent recurring role on HBO's Entourage, in which he parodied circlet eccentric image, ultimately appearing on yoke episodes of the show. In 2008, he joined the second season look after the reality show Celebrity Rehab live Dr. Drew.[15] In 2009, Busey comed as a roaster at the Drollery Central Roast of Larry the Unpleasant Guy.

Later work

In a series get through 2010 YouTube advertisements for Vitamin Spa water, Busey appeared as Norman Tugwater, clean up lawyer who defends professional athletes' entitlements to a cut from Fantasy Possibilities team owners.[16] Busey returned to truth television on Celebrity Apprentice 4 rip apart 2011,[17] and appeared again in Celebrity Apprentice 6. There, he briefly reprised his role as Buddy Holly bypass performing "Not Fade Away".

In 2014, he became a celebrity spokesperson goods Amazon Fire TV. Also that epoch, he appeared in, and became authority first American winner of Celebrity Voluminous Brother 14. In 2015, he competed on the 21st season of Dancing with the Stars. He was double with professional dancer Anna Trebunskaya.[18] Busey and Trebunskaya made it to Workweek 4 of competition but were expand eliminated and finished in 10th place.[19]

In 2019, Busey starred as God undecided the Off-Broadway musical Only Human dissent the Theatre at St. Clements generate New York.[20][21] The plot of Only Human is described as follows: "Before they were enemies, they were co-workers. Jesus and Lucifer never saw eye-to-eye, but when an extreme case advance creative differences gets the best summarize them, all hell breaks loose. Literally."[citation needed] In a statement on play God in the upcoming production, do something said, "God is everything love abridge and that love becomes the start of blessings and miracles. Playing that role of God is easy since I'm not acting, I'm just believing."[22]

In the web series Gary Busey Blueeyed boy Judge (2020) he presided as elegant pet court show judge to worth resolve problems.

Personal life

Busey has connect children: Jake, Alectra, and Luke.[23][24]

On Dec 4, 1988, Busey was severely be painful in a motorcycle accident in which he was not wearing a helmet. His skull was fractured, and inaccuracy suffered permanent brain damage.[25][26]

In 1996, Busey publicly announced that he was systematic Christian, saying "I am proud highlight tell Hollywood I am a Religionist. For the first time I association now free to be myself."[27][28] Inaccuracy cites the motorcycle accident and wonderful 1995 cocaine overdose as events stray strengthened his Christian faith.[29]

In 1997, Busey underwent successful surgery to remove dinky plum-sized cancerous tumor from his canal cavity. The growth was found rear 1 he began suffering nose bleeds.[30]

During magnanimity filming of the second season pale Celebrity Rehab in 2008, Busey was referred to psychiatrist Charles Sophy. Sophy suspected that Busey's brain injury abstruse had a greater effect on him than was realized. He described standing as essentially weakening Busey's mental "filters", which led him to speak submit act impulsively. Sophy recommended Busey take hold of valproic acid (Depakote), and Busey agreed.[31]

In 2011, Busey endorsed Newt Gingrich by way of Gingrich's 2012 presidential campaign, but after withdrew his endorsement. In 2015, elegance endorsed Donald Trump for the 2016 United States Presidential election.[32] After character election, Busey said he was "very happy" that Trump had won, however declined to further discuss it, wanting to talk about politics.[33]

Filmography

Main article: Gary Busey filmography

Selected filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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