William Gary Busey (born June 29, 1944) is an American film and stage actor and artist. He has appeared in over 120 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.

Filmography

• 2026Dead Janitors Club — George
• 2025Gingerdead Man: Murder-Thon — Millard Findlemeyer
• 2025The Gettysburg Address — John C. Calhoun (voice)
• 2025Trick and Treats — Pastor Joseph
• 2024Holy Cash — Actor
• 2021Reggie: A Millennial Depression Comedy — Trainer
• 2019Butcher's Bake Off: Hell's Kitchen — Millard Findlemeyer (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2018Camp Manna — Jack Cujo Parrish
• 2018The Last Sharknado: It's About Time — Wilford Wexler
• 2016Candiland — Arnie/God
• 2016Mamaboy — Coach Dombrowski
• 2016Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens — Wilford Wexler
• 2015Bikini Model Academy — Uncle Seymore
• 2015Entourage — Gary Busey
• 2015Mansion of Blood — Zacharia
• The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show — Alternate Universe Peabody ​(voice)
• 2014Behaving Badly — Chief Clark
• 2014Confessions of a Womanizer — Gary
• 2014Guido — Steve Kaufman
• 2013Bounty Killer — Van Sterling
• 2013Matt's Chance — Bill
• 2012Piranha 3DD — Clayton
• 20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift — (archive footage)
• 2009Hallettsville — Sheriff David Ketchum
• Nite Tales: The Series — Army Man
• 2008Beyond The Ring — Tony De Luca
• Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
• 2007Homo Erectus — Krutz
• 2007Maneater — Grady Barnes
• 2007Succubus: Hell-Bent — Sentinel
• 2007The Ultimate Fighter — Wizard
• 2006Cloud 9 — Gary Busey
• 2006Crooked — John Rouse
• 2006Descansos — The Keeper
• 2006Dr. Dolittle 3 — Butch (voice)
• 2006Shut Up and Shoot! — Bob Katz
• 2006The Hard Easy — Vinnie
• 2006Valley of the Wolves: Iraq — Doctor
• American Dad! — Gary Busey (voice)
• 2005Buckaroo — Dr. Brawn
• 2005Chasing Ghosts — Marcos Alfiri
• Into the West — Johnny Fox
• 2005Making of: The Gingerdead Man
• 2005No Rules — Leroy Little
• 2005Shade of Pale — Billings
• 2005The Gingerdead Man — Millard Findlemeyer
• Yesenin — Зингер (бывший муж Дункан)
• 2004Border Blues — LAPD medium Michael March
• 2004El padrino: The Latin Godfather — Lars
• Entourage — Gary Busey
• 2004Fallacy
• 2004Ghost Rock — Jack Pickett
• 2004If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely — Mesdeg
• 2004Latin Dragon — Thorn
• 2004Motocross Kids — Viper
• Tom Goes to the Mayor — Coach Red Harris (voice)
• 2003Frost: Portrait of a Vampire — Micah
• High Chaparall
• I'm with Busey
• Penn & Teller: Bull!
• 2003Quigley — Archie Channing
• Russians in the City of Angels — March
• The Brendan Leonard Show
• 2003The Prize Fighter — Whitey Ferguson
• Two and a Half Men — Gary Busey
• 2003Welcome 2 Ibiza — Cortez
• 2002Hooded Angels — Sheriff
• 2002On the Edge — Felix
• 2002Sam & Janet — Bartender
• 2002Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice — Richmond Claremont
• 2001A Crack in the Floor — Tyler Trout
• 2001Down 'n Dirty — D. A. Mickey Casey
• Scrubs — Gary Busey
• 2000G-Men from Hell — Lt. Langdon
• 2000Hot Boyz — Tully
• The Huntress
• 2000Tribulation — Tom Canboro
• 2000Two Shades of Blue — Jack Reynolds
• 1999Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang — The Hooded Fang
• 1999No Tomorrow — Noah
• 1999The Girl Next Door — Sheriff Larson
• 1998Detour — Mo Ginsburg
• 1998Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — Highway Patrolman
• 1998Rough Draft — Nelson Keece
• 1998Soldier — Church
• 1998Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms — Otto Mazur
• King of the Hill — Mad Dog (voice)
• 1997Lethal Tender — Mr. Turner
• 1997Lost Highway — Bill Dayton
• 1997Plato's Run — Plato
• Rough Riders — Gen. Joseph Wheeler
• 1997Steel Sharks — Cmdr. Bill McKay
• 1997Suspicious Minds — Vic Mulvey
• 1997The Rage — Art Dacy
• 1996Black Sheep — Drake Sabitch
• 1996Carried Away — Major Nathan Wheeler
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Sticks & Stones — Book's Dad
• 1996The Chain — Frank Morrisey
• 1996The Real Thing — Foreman
• 1995Man with a Gun — Jack Rushton
• The History of Rock 'n' Roll — Narrator
• The Outer Limits — Ezra Burnham
• 1994Breaking Point — Dwight
• 1994Chasers — Sergeant Vince Banger
• 1994Drop Zone — Ty Moncrief
• 1994Surviving the Game — Hawkins
• 1994Warriors — Frank Vail
• Fallen Angels — 'Buzz' Meeks
• 1993Rookie of the Year — Chet Steadman
• 1993South Beach — Lenny
• 1993The Firm — Eddie Lomax
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Donovan Riggs
• 1992Canvas — Ozzy Decker
• 1992Chrome Soldiers — Jim 'Flash' Gordon
• 1992The Player — Gary Busey
• 1992Under Siege — Commander Krill
• 1991My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys — Clint Hornby
• 1991Point Break — Agent Angelo Pappas
• 1991Wild Texas Wind — Justice Parker
• Law & Order — Tommy Vega
• 1990Predator 2 — Peter Keyes
• 1989Hider in the House — Tom Sykes
• 1989The Neon Empire — Frank Weston
• The Neon Empire — Frank Weston
• The Simpsons — Gary Busey (voice)
• A Dangerous Life — Tony O'Neil
• 1988Act of Piracy — Ted Andrews
• 1988Bulletproof — Frank 'Bulletproof' McBain
• 1987Lethal Weapon — Mr. Joshua
• 1986Eye of the Tiger — Buck Matthews
• 1986Half a Lifetime — Bart
• 1986Let's Get Harry — Jack
• 1985Insignificance — The Ballplayer
• 1985Silver Bullet — Uncle Red
• 1984The Bear — Paul W. Bryant
• 1983D.C. Cab — Dell
• The Hitchhiker — Rev. Nolan Powers
• 1982Barbarosa — Karl Westover
• 1980Carny — Frankie
• 1980Foolin' Around — Wes
• 1978Big Wednesday — Leroy "The Masochist" Smith
• 1978Straight Time — Willy Darin
• 1978The Buddy Holly Story — Buddy Holly
• 1978The Set-Up
• 1976A Star Is Born — Bobbie Ritchie
• 1976The Gumball Rally — Gibson (Camaro Team)
• Baretta
• 1975Nashville — Original Music Composer
• 1975You and Me
• 1974The Execution of Private Slovik — Jimmy Feedek
• 1974The Law — William Bright
• 1974Thunderbolt and Lightfoot — Curly
• 1973Blood Sport — David Lee Birdsong
• 1973Hex — Giblets
• 1973Lolly-Madonna XXX — Zeb Gutshall
• 1973The Last American Hero — Wayne Jackson
• 1972Dirty Little Billy — Basil Crabtree
• Kung Fu — Josh
• 1972The Magnificent Seven Ride! — Hank Allan
• 1971Angels Hard as They Come — Henry
• 1970Didn’t You Hear? — James
• 1968Wild in the Streets — Concert Attendee (uncredited)
• The High Chaparral — Rafe
• 1967The Love-Ins — Hippie with Loudspeaker (uncredited)
• Bonanza — Henry Johnson
• Gunsmoke — Harve Daley
• Downtown Bus — Gruce Gissler
• The Hand Job — Blind Master

Appearances as themselves (38)

• 2020The Follow-Up — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness — Self
• Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time — Self
• Biography: Comedy Icons — Self
• 2019Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh — Self
• Nashville Squares — Self - Panelist
• 2018Impractical Jokers: The Staten Island Holiday Spectacular — Self
• 2018Raised on Rock - The Burnette Family Legacy — Self
• American MC — Self
• The Jim Jefferies Show — Self
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• Celebrity Wife Swap — Self
• Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side — Self
• Impractical Jokers — Self
• 2011That's Insignificance — Self
• 2009Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy — Self
• 2006Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride — Self
• Celebrity Paranormal Project — Self
• Celebrity Fit Club — Self - Contestant
• Dancing with the Stars — Self - Contestant
• 2005The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' — Self (archive footage)
• 2004American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election — Self
• 2004Double Dare — Self
• Comedy Central Roasts — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• 2002Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s — Self
• Celebrity Big Brother — Self
• 2000Best Actress — Self
• 1999Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died — Self
• 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special — Self
• 1993Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O — Self
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self / Presenter
• 1991Voices That Care — Self - Choir Member
• 1989Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary — Self
• 1987The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson — Self
• 1979The Muppets Go Hollywood — Self (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self