page_title: Gary Busey
hierarchical_section_title: Gary Busey
caption_attribution_description: Gary Busey at the Billboard-Children Uniting Nations after-party red carpet, 2008
context_page_description: William Gary Busey is an American actor. As a character actor, Busey has appeared in over 150 films, including Lethal Weapon, Predator 2, Point Break, Under Siege, The Firm, Carried Away, Black Sheep, Lost Highway, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Gingerdead Man, Quigley, and Piranha 3DD. Gary also made guest appearances on television shows such as Gunsmoke, Walker, Texas Ranger, Law & Order, Scrubs, Impractical Jokers, and Entourage.
  For portraying Buddy Holly in The Buddy Holly Story, Busey was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor.
context_section_description: William Gary Busey (/ˈbjuːsi/; born June 29, 1944) is an American actor. As a character actor, Busey has appeared in over 150 films, including Lethal Weapon (1987), Predator 2 (1990), Point Break (1991), Under Siege (1992), The Firm (1993), Carried Away (1996), Black Sheep (1996), Lost Highway (1997), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), The Gingerdead Man (2005), Quigley (2003), and Piranha 3DD (2012). Gary also made guest appearances on television shows such as Gunsmoke, Walker, Texas Ranger, Law & Order, Scrubs, Impractical Jokers, and Entourage.
  For portraying Buddy Holly in The Buddy Holly Story (1978), Busey was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor.
caption: Busey in 2008
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