Gary Basaraba

Gary Basaraba was born on Mar 16, 1959 in Canada. Gary Basaraba's big-screen debut came with Alamo Bay directed by Louis Malle in 1985, strarring Leon. Gary Basaraba is known for Killers of the Flower Moon directed by Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Ernest Burkhart and Robert De Niro as William Hale. The upcoming new movie Gary Basaraba plays is Killers of the Flower Moon which will be released on Oct 20, 2023.

Gary Basaraba was raised in Vancouver, British Colombia. He entered the Yale School of Drama at age 20. As a graduate of the Class of '82, he began his film career immediately working for Louis Malle in Alamo Bay (1985). The list of directors that have chosen him to bring their films to life includes Martin Scorsese, Louis Malle, Karel Reisz, Adrian Lyne, Tony Scott, Alan Rudolph, Errol Morris, and many others. He has appeared in all genres of film and television, from cutting edge art films such as La Dernière Tentation du Christ (1988), to beloved classics such as Beignets de tomates vertes (1991), and, the popular animated series of Smurf films. Having starred in several television series, including the Peabody Award-winning Boomtown (2002), and appearing in many Emmy winning series such as Homicide (1993) and Mad Men (2007), as a recurring guest star, he maintains a reputation as a fine actor with an unusual range from Everyman to every man's worst nightmare.He remains a Canadian citizen, but has enjoyed a career primarily in the United Sates having resided in New York City and Los Angeles for over 30 years.