Gary Basaraba

Infobox actor

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caption = Basaraba as Sheriff Grady Kilgore in "Fried Green Tomatoes"
birthdate = March 16, 1959
birthplace = Edmonton, Alberta [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/48/Gary-Basaraba.html Gary Basaraba Biography (1959-) ] ]

Gary Basaraba (born March 16, 1959) is a Canadian actor best known for playing American police officers. He appeared as Sergeant Richard Santoro on Steven Bochco's "Brooklyn South" and Officer Ray Heckler on "Boomtown".

According to the DVD commentary for the first season of the police drama "Boomtown", he did most of his driving stunts in the series and he made sure he accurately portrayed police procedures.

Basaraba played Heywood Broun, one of the greatest American journalists of the 20th Century, in "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle" in 1994. He played Sheriff Grady Kilgore in "Fried Green Tomatoes". He also played Saint Andrew in "The Last Temptation of Christ", and had a role in "Sweet Dreams".

Basaraba played Homer Zuckerman in the remake of "Charlotte's Web".

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