Jake Busey

William Jacob Busey Jr. (born June 15, 1971) is an American actor, musician, and film producer. He is sometimes credited as Jacob Busey.
== Early life ==
Busey was born in Los Angeles, and raised in Malibu, California, the son of photographer Judy Busey, and actor Gary Busey.[1] Busey spent his childhood on film sets and touring with bands in which his father sometimes played, such as Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Little Feat. He began considering his career choices at the age of five when he took up the two hobbies that grew into professions: acting and playing drums.
== Career ==
Busey's motion picture debut was in the 1978 film Straight Time with his father Gary and Dustin Hoffman. His two most notable appearances are as the murderous religious fanatic opposite Jodie Foster in Contact and as smart-mouthed soldier Ace Levy in Starship Troopers. He appeared in H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds, one of three 2005 film adaptations of the novel by H. G. Wells, alongside C. Thomas Howell. Additionally, he has had major roles in Tomcatsopposite Jerry O'Connell and Shannon Elizabeth, in James Mangold's thriller Identity, with C. Thomas Howell in The Hitcher II, Michael J. Fox in Peter Jackson's The Frighteners and Road House 2. Busey played the role of "Backfire" in Patrick Durham's movie Cross which was released directly to DVD and download in May 2011, and stars in the independent film Don't Pass Me By.
He has also had minor parts in films like Windrunner: A Spirited Journey starring Jason Wiles, Christmas with the Kranks starring Tim Allen, I'll Do Anything, Enemy of the State, The Killing Jar, The Stoned Age, PCU, Fast Sofa with Jennifer Tilly and Natasha Lyonne, and Reaper with Danny Trejo and Vinnie Jones. He also had a main role on the television series Shasta McNasty. Busey portrayed since 2013 Professor Aiden "Sex Machine" Tanner in From Dusk till Dawn: The Series.[2]
He also provided the voice of The Radioman in the 2012 video game Spec Ops: The Line.
In 2016, Busey starred in the feature film Deserted opposite Mischa Barton, Trent Ford, Winter Ave Zoli, Jackson Davis, Dana Rosendorff, Lance Henriksenand Gerry Bednob. The film is a psychological thriller about a group of friends on a road trip to a music festival in "Death Valley - which results in getting them hopelessly lost in the most stunning, but unforgiving topographical terrain on the planet".[3] Busey played the role of Clay.[4]
In 2018, Busey appeared in two episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. portraying Mack's old friend Tony Caine. Busey later joined the cast of Stranger Thingsduring Season 3 portraying a journalist named Bruce.[5]
== Personal life ==
In 2016, he and his girlfriend April had a daughter.[6]
== Filmography ==
Year 	Film 	Role 	Notes
1978 	Straight Time 	Henry Darin 	
1982 	Barbarosa 	Cook boy 	
1989 	Hider in the House 	Teenage Tom 	Voice role
1992 	Cruel Doubt 	student 	TV movie
1993 	Shimmer 	Richard Halverson 	
1994 	Foot Shooting Party 	 	Short film
1994 	Motorcycle Gang 	Jake 	TV movie
1994 	S.F.W. 	Morrow Streeter 	
1994 	The Stoned Age 	Jimmy Muldoon 	
1994 	PCU 	Mersh 	
1994 	I'll Do Anything 	 	
1995 	Quiet Days in Hollywood 	Curt 	
1995 	Windrunner 	Dave Promisco 	
1996 	The Frighteners 	Johnny Charles Bartlett 	
1996 	Twister 	Mobile Lab technician 	
1997 	Contact 	Joseph 	
1997 	Starship Troopers 	Private Ace Levy 	
1998 	Enemy of the State 	Krug 	
1998 	Home Fries 	Angus 	
1999 	Shasta McNasty 	Dennis 	
1999 	Held Up 	Beaumont 	
2001 	Tomcats 	Kyle Brenner 	
2001 	Jeremiah 	Jake Davenport 	
2002 	The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest	Darrell 	
2002 	The Twilight Zone 	Vincent Hansen 	Episode: "Chosen"
2003 	Identity 	Robert Maine 	
2003 	The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting 	Jack 	
2004 	Christmas with the Kranks 	Officer Treen 	
2004 	Charmed 	Warlock 	Episode: "WitchStock"
2005 	H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds 	Lieutenant Samuelson 	
2005 	The Rain Makers 	Shaw 	Associate producer
2005 	Code Breakers 	Straub 	
2006 	Road House 2 	Wild Bill 	
2006 	Wristcutters: A Love Story 	Brian 	
2008 	Time Bomb 	Jason Philby 	Direct-to-video
2010 	The Killing Jar 	Greene 	
2011 	Cross 	Backfire 	Producer
2011 	Arbor Demon 	Sean 	
2012 	Play James Play 	Paul 	
2012 	Don't Pass Me By 	Fred Norwick 	
2012 	Nazis at the Center of the Earth 	Adrian Reistad 	
2012 	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! 	Oscar 	Voice role
2013 	Girl Meets Boy 	Richard 	
2013 	Sparks 	Sledge 	
2013 	Psych 	FBI agent 	Episode: "Santabarbaratown 2"
2014 	Reaper 	Bill 	
2014–2016	From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series 	Professor Aiden "Sex Machine" Tanner	26 episodes
2015 	Justified 	Lewis "The Wiz" Mago 	Episode: "The Trash and the Snake"
2015 	Texas Rising 	Samuel Wallace 	2 episodes
2015 	Most Likely to Die 	Tarkin 	
2016 	Last Man Club 	Diamond Jim 	
2016 	Deserted 	Clay 	
2017 	Day 5 	Carl 	Episode: "Lucid"
2017 	Dead Again in Tombstone 	Colonel Jackson Boomer 	
2017 	Ray Donovan 	Acid Man 	3 episodes
2017 	Freakish 	Earl 	5 episodes
2018 	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 	Tony Caine 	2 episodes
2018 	The Predator 	Sean Keyes 	
2018 	NCIS 	Whit Dexter 	Episode: "Handle With Care"
2018 	Stranger Things 	Bruce