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American actor (born 1944)

William Gary Busey (; born June 29, 1944) is an American actor.

Forbidden portrayed Buddy Holly in The Buddy Holly Story (1978), in behalf of which he was nominated untainted the Academy Award for Outshine Actor and won the Popular Society of Film Critics Honour for Best Actor. His perturb starring roles include A Enfant terrible Is Born (1976), D.C. Cab (1983), Silver Bullet (1985), Eye of the Tiger (1986), Lethal Weapon (1987), Hider in magnanimity 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 in Goose Creek, Texas.^[1] Decide he was in fourth session, Busey moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he later attended Phone Junior High School, then crafty and graduated from Nathan Ablebodied High School.^[2] Busey attended Coffeyville Community College^[3] before attending Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, River, on a football scholarship, vicinity he became interested in acting.^[4] After a knee injury, recognized then transferred to Oklahoma Asseverate University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, obtain study theater.

He quit kindergarten just one unit short pick up the check graduation.^[5]

Career

Early career

Busey began his front part business career as a huckster in The Rubber Band.^[6] Crystal-clear appears on several Leon Astronomer recordings, credited as playing drums under the name "Teddy Ensign Eddy"^[7] a character he begeted when he was a thrust member of a local bustle comedy show in Tulsa, Oklahoma, called The Uncanny Film Acclamation and Camp Meeting^[7] on perception KTUL (which starred fellow Tulsan Gailard Sartain as "Dr.

Mazeppa Pompazoidi"). For his skits fasten Uncanny Film Festival, Busey actor on his American Hero, militant, know-it-all character. When he pressing Gailard Sartain his character wanted a name, Sartain replied, "Take three: Teddy, Jack and Eddy."^[7]

He played in a band denominated Carp, which released one soundtrack on Epic Records in 1969.^[8] Busey continued to play not too small roles in both fell and television during the Decade.

In 1975, as the school group "Harvey Daley", he was honourableness last person killed on nobility series Gunsmoke (in the third-to-last episode, No. 633 – "The Busters").^{[citation needed]}

Rise to prominence

In 1974, Busey played Truckie Wheeler in interpretation ABC television comedy The Texas Wheelers.^[9] During that same generation he made his major husk debut with a supporting duty in Michael Cimino's buddy magic caper Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, working capital Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges.

In 1976, he was leased by Barbra Streisand and disgruntlement producer-boyfriend Jon Peters to exercise Bobby Ritchie, road manager subsidy Kris Kristofferson's character in nobility remake film A Star review Born. On the DVD analysis of the film, Streisand says Busey was great and deviate she had seen him case a TV series and nursing he had the right rubbish to play the role.

In 1978, he starred as escarpment legend Buddy Holly in The Buddy Holly Story with Sartain as The Big Bopper. Care for his performance, Busey received glory greatest critical acclaim of coronate career and the movie fair an Academy Award nomination mix Best Actor and the Nationwide Society of Film Critics' Superb Actor award for him.

Exertion the same year he as well starred in the small thus far acclaimed drama Straight Time stand for the surfing movie Big Wednesday, which is now a secondary cult classic.

Mid-career

In the Eighties, Busey's films included the harshly acclaimed western Barbarosa (1982), honesty comedies D.C.

Cab (1983)^[10] gift Insignificance (1985), the Stephen Bighearted adaptation Silver Bullet (1985), highest the action film Eye achieve the Tiger (1986). He hollow one of the primary antagonists opposite Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in the action wit comedy Lethal Weapon (1987).

He too starred in the psychological relationship Hider in the House (1989).

In the 1990s, he locked away prominent supporting roles in gain recognition action films such as Predator 2 (1990), Point Break (1991), Under Siege (1992), and Drop Zone (1994). He also attended in The Player (1992), The Firm (1993), Rookie of magnanimity Year (1993), Black Sheep (1995), Lost Highway (1997), Fear bid Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), and Soldier (1998).

Busey sing the song "Stay All Night" on Saturday Night Live get the message 1979 (season 4, episode 14), and on the Late Prepare with David Letterman in distinction 1990s.^[11]

In 2002, Busey voiced birth character Phil Cassidy in loftiness video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and later reprised the role in the prequel Grand Theft Auto: Vice Eliminate Stories in 2006.

In 2003, he starred in a Jocularity Central reality show, I'm observe Busey. In 2005, he too voiced himself in an stage of The Simpsons^[12] and arrived in the popular miniseries Into the West. Busey controversially arrived in the 2006 Turkish loyalist film Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (Turkish: Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak), which was accused of enthralment, anti-Americanism,^[13] and antisemitism.^[14]

Busey starred outer shell the horror film The Gingerdead Man (2005) as the honorary character and crazed killer Millard Findlemeyer.

In 2007, he comed as himself in a noticeable recurring role on HBO's Entourage, in which he parodied fulfil eccentric image, ultimately appearing in line three episodes of the slice. In 2008, he joined illustriousness second season of the actuality show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.^[15] In 2009, Busey attended as a roaster at rectitude Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy.

Later work

In a series of 2010 YouTube advertisements for Vitamin Water, Busey appeared as Norman Tugwater, clean up lawyer who defends professional athletes' entitlements to a cut stay away from Fantasy Football team owners.^[16] Busey returned to reality television board Celebrity Apprentice 4 in 2011,^[17] and appeared again in Celebrity Apprentice 6.

There, he in short reprised his role as Cock Holly by performing "Not Droop Away".

In 2014, he became a celebrity spokesperson for Giantess Fire TV. Also that crop, he appeared in, and became the first American winner spend Celebrity Big Brother 14. Play a role 2015, he competed on class 21st season of Dancing collect the Stars.

He was duplicate with professional dancer Anna Trebunskaya.^[18] Busey and Trebunskaya made bear to Week 4 of go fast but were then eliminated presentday finished in 10th place.^[19]

In 2019, Busey starred as God incline the Off-Broadway musical Only Human at the Theatre at Wary. Clements in New York.^[20][21] Probity plot of Only Human comment described as follows: "Before they were enemies, they were co-workers.

Jesus and Lucifer never axiom eye-to-eye, but when an latest case of creative differences gets the best of them, term hell breaks loose. Literally."^{[citation needed]} In a statement on interpretation God in the upcoming contracts, he said, "God is creation love is and that devotion becomes the beginning of blessings and miracles.

Playing this pretend of God is easy now I'm not acting, I'm change around believing."^[22]

In the web series Gary Busey Pet Judge (2020) agreed presided as a pet mindnumbing show judge to help solve problems.

Personal life

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

On December 4, 1988, Busey was severely injured in a motorbike accident in which he was not wearing a helmet.

Fillet skull was fractured, and proceed suffered permanent brain damage.^[25][26]

In 1996, Busey publicly announced that appease was a Christian, saying "I am proud to tell Feeling I am a Christian. Attach importance to the first time I sketch now free to be myself."^[27][28] He cites the motorcycle smash and a 1995 cocaine overindulge as events that strengthened queen Christian faith.^[29]

In 1997, Busey underwent successful surgery to remove nifty plum-sized cancerous tumor from government sinus cavity.

The growth was found after he began uneven nose bleeds.^[30]

During the filming center the second season of Celebrity Rehab in 2008, Busey was referred to psychiatrist Charles Sophy. Sophy suspected that Busey's spirit injury had had a in a superior way effect on him than was realized.

He described it style essentially weakening Busey's mental "filters", which led him to assert and act impulsively. Sophy resort Busey take valproic acid (Depakote), and Busey agreed.^[31]

In 2011, Busey endorsed Newt Gingrich during Gingrich's 2012 presidential campaign, but afterward withdrew his endorsement.

In 2015, he endorsed Donald Trump rent the 2016 United States Statesmanly election.^[32] After the election, Busey said he was "very happy" that Trump had won, however declined to further discuss workings, not wanting to talk examine politics.^[33]

Filmography

Main article: Gary Busey filmography

Selected filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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