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Acting

Gary Busey

Career: Active from 1970 to 2026, busiest in 1997 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 72
top three billing

Average score: 47/100

Highest rated: Nashville
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 109 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Gary Busey Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Family Dynamics
3.9, average 4.8
Melancholy
3.8, average 4.7
Pathos
4.4, average 5.3
Wonder
2.6, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Revenge 5
Coming-of-Age Story 5
Fast-Paced 5
Social Commentary 4
Moral Ambiguity 4
Bleak 4
Coming-of-Age 4
Crime Thriller 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Rural Setting 3
Cringe Humor 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

165

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

as Blind Master

as Gruce Gissler

2020s

6 titles

Dead Janitors Club

as George

Trick and Treats

as Pastor Joseph

Gingerdead Man: Murder-Thon

as Millard Findlemeyer

The Gettysburg Address

as John C. Calhoun (voice)

Holy Cash

as Actor

Reggie: A Millennial Depression Comedy

as Trainer

2010s

17 titles · average score 46

Butcher's Bake Off: Hell's Kitchen

as Millard Findlemeyer (archive footage) (uncredited)

Camp Manna

67

as Jack Cujo Parrish

Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens

25

as Wilford Wexler

Candiland

50

as Arnie/God

Mamaboy

46

as Coach Dombrowski

Bikini Model Academy

30

as Uncle Seymore

Mansion of Blood

as Zacharia

Entourage

46

as Gary Busey

64

as Steve Kaufman

Confessions of a Womanizer

as Gary

Piranha 3DD

26

as Clayton

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

67

as (archive footage)

2000s

53 titles · average score 46

Hallettsville

26

as Sheriff David Ketchum

Succubus: Hell-Bent

31

as Sentinel

Maneater

35

as Grady Barnes

Valley of the Wolves: Iraq

60

as Doctor

The Gingerdead Man

33

as Millard Findlemeyer

Ghost Rock

34

as Jack Pickett

I'm with Busey

56

TV show

Sam & Janet

44

as Bartender

A Crack in the Floor

26

as Tyler Trout

Tribulation

54

as Tom Canboro

Hot Boyz

54

as Tully

Two Shades of Blue

34

as Jack Reynolds

1990s

44 titles · average score 52

The Girl Next Door

46

as Sheriff Larson

Soldier

37

as Church

Rough Riders

69

TV show · as Gen. Joseph Wheeler

The Rage

37

as Art Dacy

Black Sheep

47

as Drake Sabitch

Man with a Gun

35

as Jack Rushton

Drop Zone

46

as Ty Moncrief

Breaking Point

31

as Dwight

Rookie of the Year

54

as Chet Steadman

Under Siege

67

as Commander Krill

Point Break

69

as Agent Angelo Pappas

Predator 2

49

as Peter Keyes

1980s

19 titles · average score 57

Hider in the House

55

as Tom Sykes

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Gary Busey (voice)

Bulletproof

42

as Frank 'Bulletproof' McBain

A Dangerous Life

TV show · as Tony O'Neil

Act of Piracy

41

as Ted Andrews

Lethal Weapon

75

as Mr. Joshua

Eye of the Tiger

37

as Buck Matthews

Silver Bullet

50

as Uncle Red

The Bear

68

as Paul W. Bryant

Barbarosa

70

as Karl Westover

Foolin' Around

63

as Wes

Carny

55

as Frankie

1970s

19 titles · average score 61

Straight Time

74

as Willy Darin

The Buddy Holly Story

80

as Buddy Holly

Big Wednesday

67

as Leroy "The Masochist" Smith

A Star Is Born

52

as Bobbie Ritchie

The Gumball Rally

49

as Gibson (Camaro Team)

Nashville

85

Original Music Composer

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

73

as Curly

The Execution of Private Slovik

72

as Jimmy Feedek

Blood Sport

as David Lee Birdsong

The Last American Hero

58

as Wayne Jackson

Angels Hard as They Come

38

as Henry

Didn’t You Hear?

as James

1960s

3 titles · average score 54

Wild in the Streets

60

as Concert Attendee (uncredited)

The High Chaparral

71

TV show · as Rafe

The Love-Ins

30

as Hippie with Loudspeaker (uncredited)

1950s

2 titles · average score 74

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Henry Johnson

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Harve Daley