Gary Busey
Actor
William Gary Busey (born June 29, 1944), best known as Gary Busey, 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.
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The Last Sharknado: It's About Time (2018)
As: Wilford Wexler
With much of America lying in ruins, the rest of the world braces for a global sharknado, Fin and his family must travel around the world to stop them.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Anthony C. Ferrante
Stars: Vivica A. Fox | Judah Friedlander | Tara Reid | Ian Ziering | Cassandra Scerbo
Camp Manna (2018)
As: Jack Cujo Parrish
A stylistic throwback to the summer camp films of the 80's and 90's, Camp Manna is the story of a Christian camp turned upside-down by the arrival of the wayward "new kid", Ian Fletcher. After a tragic accident, Ian Fletcher, a 15-year old Floridian, moves far north to live with his aunt and uncle. Shortly after his arrival, Ian is shipped off to Camp Manna, a backwoods Evangelical Christian camp soaked in ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Stars: Gary Busey | Jimmy Tatro | Luke Kleintank | Joey Morgan | Brett Johnson
Mamaboy (2017)
As: Coach Dombrowski
A high school student must hide the fact that he has become pregnant from his family, friends and the school faculty!
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Aaron Leong
Stars: Stephen Tobolowsky | Gary Busey | Alexandria DeBerry | Sean O'Donnell | Michael Eric Reid
Sharknado: The 4th Awakens (2016)
As: Wilford Wexler
The new installment of the Sharknado franchise takes place 5 years after Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! There have been no Sharknados in the intervening years, but now they’re appearing again in unexpected ways.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Anthony C. Ferrante
Stars: Gary Busey | Ryan Newman | Tara Reid | David Hasselhoff | Ian Ziering
Candiland (2016)
As: Arnie/God
Struggling to rebuild their lives, a former tennis star and a recent divorcee decide to isolate themselves from the world in a quest for true "oneness"; as their affair descends into savagery, his father must fight to save them before they disappear completely into madness.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Rusty Nixon
Stars: Chelah Horsdal | Gary Busey | David Lewis | Lori Triolo | James Clayton
Bikini Model Academy (2015)
As: Uncle Seymore
When T. J. and Benji, two California twenty-something best buddies, lose their girlfriends, they start a home grown bikini modeling academy to make money and meet new girls. With a little help from T.J.'s Uncle Seymour (Gary Busey), the guys begin recruiting pretty girls, until a rival modeling school owned by their old grade school enemy tries to shut them down.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Straw Weisman
Stars: Gary Busey | Morgan Fairchild | Olivia Alexander | Phillip Andre Botello | Benjamin Stone
Entourage (2015)
As: Gary Busey
Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate the capricious and often cutthroat world of Hollywood.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Doug Ellin
Stars: Kevin Connolly | Jeremy Piven | Kevin Dillon | Adrian Grenier | Jerry Ferrara
Wild Texas Wind (2015)
As: Justice Parker
Wild Texas Wind is an 1991 American made-for-television drama film distributed by Sandollar Productions, directed by Joan Tewkesbury and starring Dolly Parton, Gary Busey, and Ray Benson. Parton co-wrote the story with Mark Kiracofe, as well as multiple songs from the film with Benson.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Joan Tewkesbury
Stars: Gary Busey | Dolly Parton | Willie Nelson | Ray Benson | Dennis Letts
Confessions of a Womanizer (2014)
As: Gary
Ritchie is the epitome of everything wrong with modern man: a pompous, foul-mouthed idiot, driven only to get the latest girl of the week Something changes after his first real relationship that includes Ritchie's two favorite things: frequent condomless sex and freshly baked cookies. Through his "confessions," we learn his womanizing goes much deeper, fueled by a scar caused years ago. But leave it ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Miguel Ali
Stars: C. Thomas Howell | Gary Busey | Andrew Lawrence | Kelly Mantle | Jillian Rose Reed
Behaving Badly (2014)
As: Chief Clark
Teenager Rick Stevens is willing to do whatever it takes to win the heart of Nina Pennington. He'll have to deal with his best friend's horny mom, a drug abusing boss and even the mob if he ever hopes to land the girl of his dreams. Love is never easy!
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Tim Garrick
Stars: Elisabeth Shue | Selena Gomez | Mary-Louise Parker | Dylan McDermott | Nat Wolff
Guido (2014)
An Iraqi immigrant hit man, GUIDO, gets mixed up in a deal gone bad and is forced to transport a corpse across the country, with several Albanian assassins and the FBI on his trail. When his elderly, Mexican-American landlady blackmails him into taking her with him, he is forced to confront his past and, ultimately, find hope in the future.
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Colin Campbell
Stars: Billy Zane | Armand Assante | Lupe Ontiveros | Gary Busey | Alki David
Bounty Killer (2013)
As: Van Sterling
It’s been 20 years since the corporations took over the world’s governments. Their thirst for power and profits led to the Corporate Wars, a fierce global battle that laid waste to society as we know it. Born from the ash, the Council of Nine rose as a new law and order for this dark age. To avenge the corporations’ reckless destruction, the Council issues death warrants for all white ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Henry Saine
Stars: Abraham Benrubi | Kristanna Loken | Gary Busey | Barak Hardley | Christian Pitre
Matt's Chance (2013)
As: Bill
A dark comedic tale about love, revenge, and the fickle nature of human morality.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Nicholas Gyeney
Stars: Edward Furlong | Gary Busey | Margot Kidder | Lee Majors | Edi Zanidache
Piranha 3DD (2012)
As: Clayton
After the events at Lake Victoria, the prehistoric school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into swimming pools, plumbing, and a newly opened water park.
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: John Gulager
Stars: Matt Bush | Danielle Panabaker | Katrina Bowden | David Koechner | Jean-Luc Bilodeau
Hallettsville (2009)
As: Sheriff David Ketchum
Something awaits Tyler Jensen and his friends in the Hallettsville house. When Tyler's lifelong friends start dying, he must figure out a way to save himself, his girlfriend and the rest of the crew before the demons come.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Andrew Pozza
Stars: Gary Busey | GiGi Erneta | Derek Lee Nixon | Katie Fountain | Jordan Brower
Beyond The Ring (2008)
As: Tony De Luca
Martial arts champion Andre Lima's fighting days ended with his wife's death. The past nine years Andre has struggled to rebuild his world around his two children. When his daughter's health suddenly fails, his finances collapse.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Gerson Sanginitto
Stars: Martin Kove | Gary Busey | André Lima | Brye Cooper | Aycka Lima
Maneater (2007)
As: Grady Barnes
When a dismembered body is found in the Appalachian Mountains, a county Sheriff is shocked to discover that the predator is a six-hundred pound Bengal tiger.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Gary Yates
Stars: Gary Busey | Ty Wood | Ian D. Clark | Diana Reis
Homo Erectus (2007)
As: Krutz
Ishbo is a caveman living in the prehistoric age who thinks there's more to life than hunting and gathering. He tries to better the lives of those in his tribe by inventing things like spoons and the toothbrush, which leave everyone, including his parents, unimpressed. He also has a thing for cavewoman Fardart, but she only has eyes for his brother Thudnik. Can Ishbo prove his worth when a rival clan ...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Adam Rifkin
Stars: Ali Larter | Hayes MacArthur | David Carradine | Talia Shire | Adam Rifkin
Succubus: Hell Bent (2007)
As: Sentinel
Sometimes what happens at Spring Break doesn't stay at Spring Break... it follows you home.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Kim Bass
Stars: David Keith | Gary Busey | Lorenzo Lamas | Kelly Hu | Natalie Denise Sperl
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride (2006)
A personal, intimate look at journalist Hunter S. Thompson with a special emphasis on his Hollywood relationships. It captures the legacy and "gonzo" spirit of one of this century's most notorious figures - a man whose life and work regularly intersected with some of the biggest names in the world of film, politics, journalism and sports.
Runtime: 73 min.
Directed by: Tom Thurman
Stars: Nick Nolte | John Cusack | Gary Busey | Sean Penn | Benicio del Toro
The Hard Easy (2006)
As: Vinnie
Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the same score at the exact same time, and a simple job turns out very complicated and very bloody.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Ari Ryan
Stars: Peter Weller | Vera Farmiga | Bruce Dern | Henry Thomas | David Boreanaz
Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006)
As: Butch (voice)
Lisa Dolittle sends her daughter to 'Durango', a Dude Ranch, to find herself. While there, she uses her talent to talk to the animals in order to save Durango from being taken over by a neighboring Ranch.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Rich Thorne
Stars: John Amos | Kyla Pratt | Tara Wilson | Walker Howard | Kristen Wilson
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (2006)
As: Doctor
The movie opens with a fictionalized depiction of a real-life incident: the arrest on July 4, 2003 of 11 Turkish special forces soldiers and 13 civilians by U.S. forces of the 173rd Airborne commanded by Colonel William C. Mayville in the northern Iraqi Kurdish town of Sulaymaniyah. The Turkish soldiers suppose that this is an ordinary visit from their NATO allies. But this time is different.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Serdar Akar | Sadullah Şentürk
Stars: Billy Zane | Bergüzar Korel | Ghassan Massoud | Gurkan Uygun | Muhammed Necati Şaşmaz
Crooked (2006)
As: John Rouse
Two police detectives must protect a beautiful call girl from mob hitmen and a crooked cop.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Art Camacho
Stars: Fred Williamson | Olivier Gruner | Gary Busey | Don Wilson | Diana Kauffman
Descansos (2006)
As: The Keeper
A highly controversial film about a man who tears down roadside memorials in his quest to bury a dark secret from his past
Runtime: 93 min.
Stars: Tom Nowicki | Gary Busey | Charles Durning | Christina Carson | Cindy Taylor
Chasing Ghosts (2005)
As: Marcos Alfiri
A serial killer targeting the city's mobsters taunts police with clues and photos left behind at the crime scenes. A veteran cop takes on a rookie partner hoping to crack one last case before retiring. As the web of deception and lies unravels, the truth slowly begins to reveal itself.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Kyle Dean Jackson
Stars: Meat Loaf | Shannyn Sossamon | Michael Madsen | Corey Large | Gary Busey
The Gingerdead Man (2005)
As: Millard Findlemeyer
An evil yet adorable Gingerbread man comes to life with the soul of a convicted killer, and this real life cookie monster wreaks havoc on the girl who sent the killer to the electric chair.
Runtime: 70 min.
Directed by: Charles Band
Stars: Larry Cedar | Gary Busey | Robin Sydney | Jonathan Chase | Ryan Locke
Latin Dragon (2004)
As: Thorn
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Scott Thomas
Stars: Robert LaSardo | Gary Busey | Lorenzo Lamas | Fabian Carrillo | Joyce Giraud
American Dictators: Staging Of The 2004 Presidential Election (2004)
As: Himself
In Alex Jones' 11th feature documentary, made in 2004, Alex documents the major candidates in the staged 2004 United States presidential election.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Alex Jones | Kevin Booth
Stars: Gary Busey | Alex Jones
Ghost Rock (2004)
As: Jack Pickett
Set in 1882, John Slaughter and his sidekick Savannah Starr return to a town where an almost forgotten massacre took place 20 years ago. They are determined to find the man responsible.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Dustin Rikert
Stars: Jeff Fahey | Gary Busey | Adrienne Barbeau | Michael Worth | Craig Wasson
If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely (2004)
As: Mesdeg
A former music producer turned stockbroker tries to make his musical comeback with a beautiful singer/dancer from a nightclub. The pair fall in love despite the treachery of the players and gangsters that surround the music business.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Fred Williamson
Stars: Ice-T | Michael Colyar | Glenn Plummer | Richard Brooks | Cindy Herron
Fallacy (2004)
Comedy drama about an overseas trade fair for a building components company (doors and louvres to be precise), company boss John Garrard is too caught up in trying to make a success of his business to realise that his long time secretary Mrs Rogers is carrying a major torch for him, once it is pointed out to him by a colleague he sets out to seduce her but a series suspected heart attack) conspires against ...
Directed by: Jeff Jensen
Stars: Stephen Baldwin | Robert Cicchini | Gary Busey | Jane Jensen | Agata Gotova
Border Blues (2004)
As: LAPD medium Michael March
Moskow police detective Andrei Somov resigns and emigrates from Russia, but has to accept a menial job in a restaurant while his adolescent son and pregnant daughter-in-law are denied exit visa's. 'Andy' does however get to know some LAPD cops after volunteering his expertise and Russian language skills and is sent to Tijuana to fetch cheap tiles. On that Mexican journey Somov bumps into coyote ...
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Rodion Nahapetov
Stars: Eric Roberts | Gary Busey | Rodion Nahapetov | Lane Davies
Frost: Portrait of a Vampire (2003)
As: Micah
San Diego, present day: The murders are starting again. A girl has been found with two holes in her neck and her body totally drained of blood. Lt Dan Richardson [Shane Pliskin] knows what it is but doesn't believe it, so he calls in blind art-dealer Micah [Gary Busey]. Micah confirms the lieutenant's suspicion that a vampire is at work and reminds him of the previous lesson learned by Jack ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Kevin VanHook
Stars: Gary Busey | Karen Bailey | Jeff Manzanares | Charles Lister | Amy Angelowicz
Quigley (2003)
As: Archie Channinng
William Byron Hillman's family comedy Quigley stars Gary Busey as a cold-hearted billionaire. Early in the film he dies. After dying, he learns that he will only get into heaven if he learns lessons about compassion and selflessness. In order to have a chance, he is reincarnated on Earth as a Pomeranian. As a dog, he seeks to undo much of the damage he inflicted on those around him when he was human.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: William Byron Hillman
Stars: Oz Perkins | Gary Busey | Christopher Atkins | Curtis Armstrong | Jessica Ferrarone
Welcome 2 Ibiza (2003)
As: Cortez
A young woman from America inherits a beach bar in Ibiza, Spain, and soon experiences all kind of wild and crazy adventures.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: David Winters
Stars: Mackenzie Astin | Athena Cansino | Mariano Alameda | Megan Gray | G.W. Stevens
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
As: Phil Cassidy
After being released from jail, Tommy Vercetti left Liberty City for Vice City, a city overrun by the mob. Now, Tommy is out to make Vice City his home.
Runtime: 153 min.
Directed by: Adam Fowler | Obbe Vermeij
Stars: William Fichtner | Tom Sizemore | Ray Liotta | Dennis Hopper | Burt Reynolds
On the Edge (2002)
As: Felix
Dakota Smith is an ex-cop and former private eye with a proclivity for community service. When a young basketball player entangles himself with drug dealers, he turns to Dak for help. Eventually goons are sent to kill the hoopster, but they hit the family of Rex Stevens by mistake. Frustrated by the incompetent and crooked police, the trio of Smith, Stevens, and their friend Frank Harris then ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Fred Williamson
Stars: Fred Williamson | Ice-T | Gary Busey | Bernie Casey | Jim Brown
Glory Glory (2002)
As: Sheriff
A gang of women wreak vengeance upon the society that failed them.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Paul Matthews
Stars: Steven Bauer | Gary Busey | Amanda Donohoe | Paul Johansson | Chantell Stander
Hot Boyz (2002)
As: Tully
Injustice begets a criminal. Kool is an artist without prospects, a black belt in karate, and in love with LaShawna, poised and college bound. One night she witnesses a stabbing and discovers the victim is a cop as he dies in her arms. She's jailed for murder by the infamous Ramparts Division of the LAPD. Kool wants to prove her innocence, and Tully, the cynical detective in charge, ignores LaShawna's case ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Master P
Stars: Snoop Dogg | Gary Busey | Jeff Speakman | Master P | Silkk Tha Shocker
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002)
As: Richmond Claremont
With the original Hanson Brothers still on the same minor league ice hockey team, the Chiefs are sold to a new owner who gives them a female coach and puts them in a league in which they are to be regularly humiliated by an opposing Harlem Globetrotters-like team.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Stephen Boyum
Stars: David Hemmings | Stephen Baldwin | Callum Keith Rennie | Gary Busey | Jessica Steen
Down 'n Dirty (2001)
As: D. A. Mickey Casey
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Fred Williamson
Stars: Fred Williamson | Beverly Johnson | Gary Busey | Bubba Smith | Tony Lo Bianco
G-Men from Hell (2000)
As: Lt. Langdon
Two G-Men, returning from hell, must perform good deeds to save themselves from a doomed fate.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Christopher Coppola
Stars: William Forsythe | Zach Galligan | Tate Donovan | Bobcat Goldthwait | Barry Newman
Tribulation (2000)
As: Tom Canboro
Tom Canboro is a police detective with a Christian sister, Eileen, a brother, Calvin, a wife, Susan, and eccentric brother-in-law, Jason. One night, Jason seemingly goes insane and tries to kill Eileen, calling her a "hater". Tom soon realises this may be a conspiracy going as far as devil worship, but as he speeds in his car to get help, he suddenly looses control and crashes. Waking up in a strange ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Andre van Heerden
Stars: Gary Busey | Margot Kidder | Howie Mandel | Nick Mancuso | Sherry Miller
A Crack in the Floor (2000)
As: Tyler Trout
For the past 33 years Jeremiah Hill has lived alone, with no contact with the outside world, and he intends to keep it that way. Jeremiah's mother had always warned him not to associate with the outside world, and her brutal rape and killing right before his eyes taught him a lesson he intends never to forget; and those who enter his world will pay a deadly price. As Lehman and his five friends from L.A. ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Sean Stanek | Corbin Timbrook
Stars: Rance Howard | Gary Busey | Tracy Scoggins | Bo Hopkins | Mario López
No Tomorrow (1999)
As: Noah
When the world's most notorious criminal allies himself with a senior employee of a major shipping corporation, a lethal deal is struck to secure a multi-million dollar arms transaction. As word of the sinister deal spreads through the underworld, a big city mobster, an extreme militia force and the FBI enter the clandestine mix, blurring the lines of loyalty and trust.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Master P
Stars: Jeff Fahey | Gary Daniels | Gary Busey | Pam Grier | Master P
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999)
As: The Hooded Fang
Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang is about a young boy who strives to be heard. He is nicknamed "Two-Two" for having to say things twice to be heard. One day, he decided to buy the groceries for his parents. There is a misunderstanding by the clerk, so Jacob finds himself in court. He is sentenced Two Years, Two months, two weeks, two minutes and five seconds in the Children's Prison hundreds ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: George Bloomfield
Stars: Miranda Richardson | Ice-T | Gary Busey | Mark McKinney | Max Morrow
The Girl Next Door (1999)
As: Sheriff Larson
There's someone peeping through windows so Arthur has been asked to watch the neighbour's eighteen year old daughter while her parents are away. Soon their mutual attraction develops into something that Arthur later regrets.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Eric Till
Stars: Simon MacCorkindale | Henry Czerny | Gary Busey | Alberta Watson | Polly Shannon
Two Shades of Blue (1999)
As: Jack Reynolds
Susan Price has written a #1 bestseller, a steamy novel about a woman's search for the ultimate sexual experience entitled, "The Dark Side of Judith." When Susan is framed for the murder of her fiance, billionare publisher Jack Reynolds, she eludes authorities by changing her identity and becoming the woman she wrote about in her book, Judith Anderson. To find the real killer, Susan goes undercover ...
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: James D. Deck
Stars: Eric Roberts | Rachel Hunter | Gary Busey | Marlee Matlin | Anthony Natale
Soldier (1998)
As: Church
Sergeant Todd is a veteran soldier for an elite group of the armed forces. After being defeated by a new breed of genetically engineered soldiers, he is dumped on a waste planet and left for dead. He soon interacts with a group of crash survivors who lead out a peaceful existence. The peace is broken as the new soldiers land on the planet to eliminate the colony, which Sergeant Todd must defend.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Stars: Connie Nielsen | Kurt Russell | Jason Isaacs | Sean Pertwee | Jason Scott Lee
Detour (1998)
As: Mo Ginsburg
When Danny and his gang attempt to rob the warehouse of a mob boss, they find themselves on the run. Danny goes back to his hometown to find his mother has recently died leaving him the farm on the condition that he must open the dairy and run it for two years. However the gang is double crossed by Mo and the mob begin to hunt them down, meanwhile Danny and his gang consider robbing the mill in his town.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Joey Travolta
Stars: Jeff Fahey | James Russo | Michael Madsen | Tim Thomerson | Gary Busey
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998)
As: Otto Mazur
The Universal Soldiers are used to smuggle diamonds for a CIA Director, but Luc Deveroux continues to cause him problems.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Jeff Woolnough
Stars: Jeff Wincott | Matt Battaglia | Chandra West | Andrew Jackson | Eric Bryson
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
As: Highway Patrolman
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild ...
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Stars: Ellen Barkin | Johnny Depp | Christina Ricci | Tobey Maguire | Benicio del Toro
Rough Draft (1998)
As: Nelson Keece
A struggling freelance writer, while investigating the transvestite night life, stumbles across a serial killer in action. The two then strike up a bizarre partnership to document the killer's motives and handiwork as a possessed detective struggling with his own personal demons tries to solve the crimes.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Joshua Wallace
Stars: Michael Madsen | Gary Busey | Arnold Vosloo
The Rage (1997)
As: Art Dacy
FBI Special Agent Travis is trying to catch a deranged serial killer and is doing his best despite having a new and unexperienced partner in the form of Kelly McCord. It turns out that the serial killer is an entire army of disgruntled CIA mercenaries from Vietnam.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
Stars: Gary Busey | Lorenzo Lamas | Kristen Cloke
Plato's Run (1997)
As: Plato
Hired to rescue escaped inmates, a Florida man is framed for a Cuban gangster's assassination.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: James Becket
Stars: Steven Bauer | Gary Busey | Roy Scheider | Jeff Speakman
Suspicious Minds (1997)
As: Vic Mulvey
Jack Ramsey (Patrick Bergin) is a private detective in the vain of Philip Marlowe who finds himself romantically involved with the woman he's supposed to spy on, and she's no good! Multiple murders take place and Ramsey makes it his goal to solve the complicated case while still retaining his own sanity, which is hard to do. Meanwhile the mysterious Vic Mulvey (Gary Busey) hides out in the woods touting an ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Alain Zaloum
Stars: Daniel Pilon | Gary Busey | Patrick Bergin | Jayne Heitmeyer | Vittorio Rossi
Lethal Tender (1997)
As: Mr. Turner
Bad guys are poisoning drinking water, and there is only one man who can stop them, Jeff Fahey.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: John Bradshaw
Stars: Carrie-Anne Moss | Jeff Fahey | Kim Coates | Gary Busey | David Mucci
Lost Highway (1997)
As: Bill Dayton
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgangers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Runtime: 134 min.
Directed by: David Lynch
Stars: Bill Pullman | Patricia Arquette | Louis Eppolito | John Roselius | Robert Blake
The Chain (1996)
As: Frank Morrisey
When unjustly imprisoned in a South American jail, a tough cop and a renegade arms dealer must set aside their differences to escape.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Luca Bercovici
Stars: Victor Rivers | Gary Busey | Luca Bercovici | Dennis Caparas
Black Sheep (1996)
As: Drake Sabitch
When dignified Albert Donnelly runs for Governor, his team moves to keep his slow-witted and klutzy younger brother, Mike, out of the eye of the media. To baby-sit Mike, the campaign assigns sarcastic Steve, who gets the experience of a lifetime when he tries to take Mike out of town during the election.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Penelope Spheeris
Stars: Gary Busey | Chris Farley | David Spade | Grant Heslov | Tim Matheson
Carried Away (1996)
As: Major Nathan Wheeler
Based on Jim Harrison's book, "Farmer". 47-year-old Joseph Svenden lives on the family farm with his dying mother and teaches at a two room schoolhouse with Rosealee, his lover and his best friend's widow. Joseph, who lacks a college degree, learns that he will lose his teaching job at the end of the year when the school district expands into his town. Meanwhile, he is seduced by 17-year-old Catherine, a ...
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Bruno Barreto
Stars: Amy Irving | Gary Busey | Dennis Hopper | Amy Locane | Julie Harris
The Real Thing (1996)
As: Foreman
Their plan was simple...Get the Cash. As Rupert, an ex-con, tries to go straight, his younger brother James pursues a life of delinquency. Days after being released from jail, James is gunned down and lies waiting in a hospital for a liver transplant. In a desperate attempt to save his brother's life, Rupert decides to execute a heist at a downtown club on New Year's Eve that will give him the money he ...
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: James Merendino
Stars: Robert LaSardo | James Russo | Jeremy Piven | Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Ashley Laurence
Steel Sharks (1996)
As: Cmdr. Bill McKay
Submarine crews wage a silent war beneath the waves in this undersea thriller.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Rodney McDonald | William C. Martell
Stars: Shaun Toub | Gary Busey | Robert Miranda | Billy Dee Williams | Billy Warlock
Man with a Gun (1995)
As: Jack Rushton
Madsen plays an assassin who's hired to kill the woman he loves.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: David Wyles
Stars: Jennifer Tilly | Michael Madsen | Gary Busey | Robert Loggia | Ian Tracey
Warriors (1995)
As: Frank Vail
A government-trained killing machine must turn his lethal skills against his top-secret squad's AWOL leader
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Shimon Dotan
Stars: Gary Busey | Michael Paré | Wendii Fulford | Catherine MacKenzie | Liz MacRae
Drop Zone (1994)
As: Ty Moncrief
A team of skydiving crooks led by DEA-agent-turned-bad Ty Moncrief (Busey) specialize in landing on police roofs and breaking in so their evil computer nerd can steal undercover agents' files and sell them to drug lords. Federal Marshal Pete Nessip (Snipes) lost a brother to this crew and learns skydiving with the help of tough-but-lovable instructor Jessie Crossmann (Butler) so he can track them down.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: John Badham
Stars: Corin Nemec | Wesley Snipes | Gary Busey | Yancy Butler | Michael Jeter
Chasers (1994)
As: Sergeant Vince Banger
Military men Rock Reilly and Eddie Devane are tasked with taking a prisoner, blonde bombshell Toni Johnson, on what becomes an unforgettable road trip. Toni, an enlistee who's in trouble for deserting her unit, soon proves that she's craftier than most inmates.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Dennis Hopper
Stars: Tom Berenger | Crispin Glover | William McNamara | Erika Eleniak | Matthew Glave
Surviving the Game (1994)
As: Doc Hawkins
Mason is a man down on his luck with nothing to lose when he's approached to lead a group of wealthy hunters on an expedition in the Pacific Northwest. But things get really twisted when Mason discovers the group isn't after wild animals -- they're after him.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
Stars: John C. McGinley | Charles S. Dutton | Ice-T | Gary Busey | Rutger Hauer
Breaking Point (1994)
As: Dwight
A retired police detective reluctantly returns to action to stop a serial killer dubbed "The Surgeon".
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Paul Ziller
Stars: Kim Cattrall | Gary Busey | Darlanne Fluegel | Jeff Griggs | Sharlene Martin
South Beach (1993)
As: Lenny
Former NFL star Mack Derringer now works as a private detective. Someone is out to get Derringer and his ex-wife. Can Derringer put the pieces of this deadly puzzle together before its too late?
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Fred Williamson | Alain Zaloum
Stars: Fred Williamson | Robert Forster | Gary Busey | Peter Fonda | Vanity
Rookie of the Year (1993)
As: Chet Steadman
12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his physical shortcomings. After Henry's arm is broken while trying to catch a baseball at school, the tendon in that arm heals too tightly, allowing Henry to throw pitches that are as fast as 103 mph. Henry is spotted at nearby Wrigley Field by Larry ...
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Daniel Stern
Stars: Thomas Ian Nicholas | Gary Busey | Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine | Amy Morton | Albert Hall
The Firm (1993)
As: Eddie Lomax
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - ...
Runtime: 154 min.
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Stars: Ed Harris | Jeanne Tripplehorn | Tom Cruise | Gene Hackman | Holly Hunter
Under Siege (1992)
As: Commander Krill
This action-packed thriller takes place on the soon-to-be-decommissioned USS Missouri. Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix, his assistant Krill and their group of terrorists seize the battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned for every contingency but ignore the ship's cook, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback -- an error that could be fatal.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Stars: Steven Seagal | Tommy Lee Jones | Gary Busey | Erika Eleniak | Patrick O'Neal
Canvas (1992)
As: Ozzy Decker
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Alain Zaloum
Stars: John Rhys-Davies | Gary Busey | Cary Lawrence | Nick Cavaiola | Vittorio Rossi
Chrome Soldiers (1992)
As: Jim 'Flash' Gordon
Five ex-soldiers go to a small town in Oregon to help a friend investigate the murder of his brother.
Directed by: Thomas J. Wright
Stars: Nicholas Guest | William Atherton | Gary Busey | Ray Sharkey | Norm Skaggs
The Player (1992)
As: Himself
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Robert Altman
Stars: Tim Robbins | Whoopi Goldberg | Greta Scacchi | Peter Gallagher | Fred Ward
Point Break (1991)
As: FBI Agent Angelo Pappas
In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send young agent Johnny Utah undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Stars: John C. McGinley | Keanu Reeves | Gary Busey | Lori Petty | Patrick Swayze
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991)
As: Clint Hornby
Scott Glenn is H.D., a champion rodeo rider whose career is ruined after being gored by a bull. He returns home to discover things have drastically changed -- the family farm has been abandoned, his old girlfriend Julie (Kate Capshaw) is a now a widowed mother, and his sister Cheryl (Tess Harper) has put his father (Ben Johnson) in a nursing home. H.D. rescues his father from the home and returns him ...
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
Stars: Scott Glenn | Gary Busey | Ben Johnson | Kate Capshaw | Tess Harper
Predator 2 (1990)
As: Peter Keyes
Ten years after a band of mercenaries first battled a vicious alien, the invisible creature from another world has returned to Earth -- and this time, it's drawn to the gang-ruled and ravaged city of Los Angeles. When it starts murdering drug dealers, detective-lieutenant Mike Harrigan and his police force set out to capture the creature, ignoring warnings from a mysterious government agent to stay away.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
Stars: Danny Glover | Rubén Blades | Gary Busey | Kevin Peter Hall | María Conchita Alonso
Act of Piracy (1990)
As: Ted Andrews
A large motor yacht becomes the focal point in this action tale when a group of mercenaries decide to capture the vessel. The original owner, who was delivering it to Sydney, Australia, is believed dead but is in fact very much alive, and determined to recover the yacht...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: John 'Bud' Cardos
Stars: Gary Busey | Ray Sharkey | Belinda Bauer | Arnold Vosloo | Nancy Mulford
The Neon Empire (1989)
As: Frank Weston
New York mobster Junior Moloff begins plans to transform Las Vegas into a mecca of prostitution and gambling.
Runtime: 186 min.
Directed by: Larry Peerce
Stars: Martin Landau | Gary Busey | Dylan McDermott | Linda Fiorentino | Ray Sharkey
Hider in the House (1989)
As: Tom Sykes
A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Matthew Patrick
Stars: Mimi Rogers | Michael McKean | Gary Busey | Candace Hutson | Kurt Christopher Kinder
Bulletproof (1988)
As: Frank 'Bulletproof' McBain
A group of dangerous terrorists succeeds to get hold of a tank of the army and all its crew.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Steve Carver
Stars: Gary Busey | Darlanne Fluegel | L.Q. Jones | Henry Silva | Thalmus Rasulala
Lethal Weapon (1987)
As: Mr. Joshua
Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on their first homicide investigation as partners, involving a young woman known to Murtaugh with ties to a drug and prostitution ring.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Richard Donner
Stars: Mel Gibson | Danny Glover | Gary Busey | Mitchell Ryan | Tom Atkins
Eye of the Tiger (1986)
As: Buck Matthews
Buck (Gary Busey) is a Vietnam vet, recently released from prison. He returns home to discover the town being terrorized by a vicious motorcycle gang. When the bikers murder his wife and traumatize his daughter, Buck and his friends arm themselves to the teeth and wage war against the gang to destroy them once and for all.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian
Stars: Seymour Cassel | Gary Busey | Bert Remsen | Yaphet Kotto | Denise Galik
Let's Get Harry (1986)
As: Jack
Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry's friends decide to take matters into their own hands!
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg | Alan Smithee
Stars: Thomas F. Wilson | Robert Duvall | Gary Busey | Mark Harmon | Michael Schoeffling
Silver Bullet (1985)
As: Uncle Red
The small city of Tarker's Mill is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears that this is the work of a maniac. During a search a mysterious, hairy creature is observed. This strange appearance is noticed once a month. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside, he's preparing the barbecue.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Daniel Attias
Stars: Corey Haim | Gary Busey | Terry O'Quinn | Megan Follows | Everett McGill
Insignificance (1985)
As: The Ballplayer
Four 1950s cultural icons (Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio, and Senator Joseph MacCarthy) who conceivably could have met but probably didn't, fictionally do so in this modern fable of post-WWII America. Visually intriguing, the film has a fluid progression of flash-backs and flash-forwards centering on the fictional ...
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Stars: Michael Emil | Theresa Russell | Gary Busey | Tony Curtis | Will Sampson
The Bear (1984)
Biopic about the great college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant of the University of Alabama.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian
Stars: Harry Dean Stanton | Gary Busey | Cynthia Leake
D.C. Cab (1983)
As: Dell
The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Stars: Mr. T | Gary Busey | Max Gail | Adam Baldwin | Gloria Gifford
Didn’t You Hear… (1983)
As: James
Kevin is wandering through the confused haze that most college students pass through at one time or another: lectures that make little - if any - sense, pranks by the fraternities and sororities, deep yet meaningless discussions on philosophy with ones friends. Through all of this, Kevin passes in and out of a dream-like fantasy world, in which he and his friends sail the ship 'Queen of Sheba' to a variety ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Skip Sherwood
Stars: Dennis Christopher | Gary Busey | Cheryl Waters
Barbarosa (1982)
As: Karl Westover
Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger from his father-in-law Don Braulio, a wealthy Mexican rancher. Don Braulio wants Barbarosa dead for marrying his daughter against the father's will. Barbarosa reluctantly takes the clumsy ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
Stars: Isela Vega | Gary Busey | Gilbert Roland | Danny De La Paz | Willie Nelson
Foolin' Around (1980)
As: Wes
A working-class boy falls for a girl from a wealthy family, and must compete for her with a rich boy who also wants her.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Richard T. Heffron
Stars: Cloris Leachman | John Calvin | Gary Busey | Annette O'Toole | Eddie Albert
Carny (1980)
As: Frankie
Tired of being a small-town waitress, Donna departs with the latest carnival show, living with entertainers Frankie and Patch in a tense, emotional triangle.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Robert Kaylor
Stars: Gary Busey | Meg Foster | Jodie Foster | Kenneth McMillan | Robbie Robertson
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
As: Buddy Holly
A film about the life and career of the early rock and roll star.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Steve Rash
Stars: Gary Busey | Charles Martin Smith | Conrad Janis | Don Stroud | William Jordan
Straight Time (1978)
As: Willy Darin
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Ulu Grosbard
Stars: Harry Dean Stanton | Theresa Russell | Gary Busey | M. Emmet Walsh | Dustin Hoffman
Big Wednesday (1978)
As: Leroy
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: John Milius
Stars: Patti D'Arbanville | William Katt | Gary Busey | Jan-Michael Vincent | Lee Purcell
A Star Is Born (1976)
As: Bobbie Ritchie
A gifted songbird's marriage to an aging rocker falls apart as her star rises and his falls.
Runtime: 139 min.
Directed by: Frank Pierson
Stars: Kris Kristofferson | Gary Busey | Paul Mazursky | Barbra Streisand | Oliver Clark
The Gumball Rally (1976)
As: Gibson - Camaro Team
A group of people from different backgrounds have one thing in common: when they hear the world "gumball" whispered by one of the others, they know that it's time for the Gumball Rally: a no-holds barred, secret, winner-take-all rally across the USA.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Charles Bail
Stars: Gary Busey | Norman Burton | Michael Sarrazin | John Durren | Susan Flannery
You and Me (1975)
A drama involving local characters, moving all around the state of Kansas.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: David Carradine
Stars: David Carradine | Barbara Hershey | Gary Busey | Bobbie Shaw Chance | Richard Chadbourne II
The Law (1974)
As: William Bright
An examination of the workings of a big city's legal system as seen through the eyes of people involved in a sensational murder trial.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: John Badham
Stars: John Beck | Sam Wanamaker | Judd Hirsch | Barbara Baxley | Bonnie Franklin
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
As: Curly
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Michael Cimino
Stars: Geoffrey Lewis | Jeff Bridges | Catherine Bach | Gary Busey | Clint Eastwood
The Execution of Private Slovik (1974)
As: Jimmy Feedek
The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Lamont Johnson
Stars: Ned Beatty | Martin Sheen | Matt Clark | Gary Busey | Mariclare Costello
Blood Sport (1973)
As: David Lee Birdsong
A high school athlete is torn between his father, who wants him to get a football scholarship, and his coach, who wants a winning season.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Jerrold Freedman
Stars: Gary Busey | Ben Johnson | William Lucking | David Doyle | Larry Hagman
Hex (1973)
As: Giblets
Set in rural Nebraska following the First World War, six veterans on motorcycles ride into the sleepy little town of Bingo. The locals are friendly until one of the vets beats a local kid in a drag race, after which the six are driven out of town. After coming upon a small farm, the fugitives are allowed to hide out by the two sisters who run the place. Things go smoothly until one of the vets, after ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Leo Garen
Stars: Keith Carradine | Scott Glenn | Cristina Raines | Hilary Thompson | Robert Walker, Jr.
Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973)
As: Zeb Gutshall
Laban Feather brews Tennessee moonshine with his sons Thrush, Zack, Hawk, and Finch. The chief rivals of the Feather Family in producing and selling illegal corn liquor are the Gutshalls, father Pap, and sons Ludie, Seb, and Villum. In addition to fighting over the white lightning market, the two families have also been feuding over some land that each believes is their property. As a ...
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian
Stars: Scott Wilson | Jeff Bridges | Rod Steiger | Season Hubley | Robert Ryan
The Last American Hero (1973)
As: Wayne Jackson
A backwoods bootlegger decides to put the driving skills he developed evading the law to good use. He becomes a race car driver, and eventually, one of the fastest drivers in history.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Lamont Johnson
Stars: Jeff Bridges | Ned Beatty | Gary Busey | Valerie Perrine | Geraldine Fitzgerald
Dirty Little Billy (1972)
As: Basil Crabtree
Clearly influenced by the darker, more sinister style of spaghetti westerns, Dirty Little Billy offers a unique insight into the beginnings of the notorious outlaw Billy The Kid.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Stan Dragoti
Stars: Ed Lauter | Gary Busey | Lee Purcell | Michael J. Pollard | Richard Evans
The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
As: Hank Allan
Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the last thief, Chris feels obligated to take up his friend's cause and recruits a writer and five prisoners to destroy the desperadoes.The last in the original series of four "Magnificent Seven" movies.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: George McCowan
Stars: Lee Van Cleef | Luke Askew | Stefanie Powers | Michael Callan | Mariette Hartley
Angels Hard as They Come (1971)
As: Henry
A group of crazy bikers meet up with a group of drug-addicted hippies in a small town, but the two roving factions are soon at odds with one another and chaos ensues.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Joe Viola
Stars: Scott Glenn | Charles Dierkop | James Iglehart | Gary Littlejohn | Gilda Texter
Wild in the Streets (1968)
As: Concert Attendee
Max Flatow is a precocious, social miscreant who has a way with home-made explosives. When he tires of these, he runs away from home only to emerge seven years later as Max Frost, the world's most popular entertainer. When Congressman John Fergus uses Frost as a political ploy to gain the youth vote in his run for the Senate, Frost wills himself into the system, gaining new rights for the ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Barry Shear
Stars: Shelley Winters | Millie Perkins | Hal Holbrook | Diane Varsi | Christopher Jones