Gary Busey Filmography: Movies and Television Credits

This Gary Busey filmography covers 56 movie titles and 24 television titles from the available cast credits. Multiple roles in the same title are grouped together. It is a selection of screen credits, rather than a complete record of every performance. Credits may include acting, voice work, uncredited roles and appearances as themselves.

Gary Busey movies by release year

The years below are film release years, not filming dates.

• Wild in the Streets (1968) as Concert Attendee (uncredited)
• The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972) as Hank Allan
• Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973) as Zeb Gutshall
• The Last American Hero (1973) as Wayne Jackson
• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) as Curly
• A Star Is Born (1976) as Bobbie Ritchie
• The Gumball Rally (1976) as Gibson (Camaro Team)
• Big Wednesday (1978) as Leroy "The Masochist" Smith
• Straight Time (1978) as Willy Darin
• The Buddy Holly Story (1978) as Buddy Holly
• The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) as Self
• Carny (1980) as Frankie
• Barbarosa (1982) as Karl Westover
• D.C. Cab (1983) as Dell
• Insignificance (1985) as The Ballplayer
• Silver Bullet (1985) as Uncle Red
• Eye of the Tiger (1986) as Buck Matthews
• Let's Get Harry (1986) as Jack
• Lethal Weapon (1987) as Mr. Joshua
• Bulletproof (1988) as Frank 'Bulletproof' McBain
• Hider in the House (1989) as Tom Sykes
• Predator 2 (1990) as Peter Keyes
• Point Break (1991) as Agent Angelo Pappas
• The Player (1992) as Gary Busey
• Under Siege (1992) as Commander Krill
• Rookie of the Year (1993) as Chet Steadman
• The Firm (1993) as Eddie Lomax
• Chasers (1994) as Sergeant Vince Banger
• Drop Zone (1994) as Ty Moncrief
• Surviving the Game (1994) as Hawkins
• Black Sheep (1996) as Drake Sabitch
• Carried Away (1996) as Major Nathan Wheeler
• Sticks & Stones (1996) as Book's Dad
• Lost Highway (1997) as Bill Dayton
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) as Highway Patrolman
• Soldier (1998) as Church
• Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998) as Otto Mazur
• Hot Boyz (2000) as Tully
• Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002) as Richmond Claremont
• Double Dare (2004) as Self
• El padrino: The Latin Godfather (2004) as Lars
• Chasing Ghosts (2005) as Marcos Alfiri
• The Gingerdead Man (2005) as Millard Findlemeyer
• Cloud 9 (2006) as Gary Busey
• Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006) as Butch (voice)
• Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (2006) as Doctor
• Homo Erectus (2007) as Krutz
• Maneater (2007) as Grady Barnes
• Succubus: Hell-Bent (2007) as Sentinel
• Piranha 3DD (2012) as Clayton
• Bounty Killer (2013) as Van Sterling
• Behaving Badly (2014) as Chief Clark
• Bikini Model Academy (2015) as Uncle Seymore
• Entourage (2015) as Gary Busey
• Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016) as Wilford Wexler
• The Last Sharknado: It's About Time (2018) as Wilford Wexler

Gary Busey television roles and appearances

Television titles are listed alphabetically. An appearance date is included only where verified for Gary Busey; a programme's premiere year does not establish when a performer appeared in it.

• American Dad! as Gary Busey (voice)
• Baretta
• Bonanza as Henry Johnson
• Celebrity Big Brother as Self
• Celebrity Family Feud as Self
• Dancing with the Stars as Self - Contestant
• E! True Hollywood Story
• Entourage as Gary Busey
• Gunsmoke as Harve Daley
• Impractical Jokers as Self
• Into the West as Johnny Fox
• King of the Hill as Mad Dog (voice)
• Kung Fu as Josh
• Law & Order as Tommy Vega
• Penn & Teller: Bull!
• Rough Riders as Gen. Joseph Wheeler
• Scrubs as Gary Busey
• The High Chaparral as Rafe
• The Hitchhiker as Rev. Nolan Powers
• The Outer Limits as Ezra Burnham
• The Simpsons as Gary Busey (voice)
• Tom Goes to the Mayor as Coach Red Harris (voice)
• Two and a Half Men as Gary Busey
• Walker, Texas Ranger as Donovan Riggs

Credit information: TMDB, with additional sources listed below where used. The titles shown here do not establish the beginning or end of Gary Busey's career, and omissions should not be treated as evidence that a credit does not exist.