Gary Busey
Real Name: William Gareth Jacob Busey, (born:
June 29, 1944
)
This wild man is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-nominated American film and stage actor, as well as an artist. He has appeared in a number of films, including Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Buddy Holly Story, Big Wednesday, Lethal Weapon, Point Break, The Firm and Under Siege.
Where are they now?
He currently resides in Los Angeles California
In 2008, he joined the second season of the reality show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Gary feels that he is part of the mentoring team and not a patient. Dr. Drew has expressed a different opinion, saying that he can help by being in group meetings with others and is not part of the staff, but part of the patients of this second season. Busey was previously addicted to cocaine, but has been clean for 13 years.
In 2007, he appeared as "his crazy self" on HBO's Entourage. Producers at HBO asked Busey to play a "character" on the show who was the self-named actor who is also a famous painter and sculptor. Although Busey is not actually a painter, he does love to sing and write music.
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Birth name: William Gareth Jacob Busey
Born: June 29, 1944
Height: 6ft
Stage Name(s):
Gary Busey
Origin: Goose Creek, Texas
Career years:
Biography
Busey was born in Goose Creek (now Baytown), Texas, the son of Virginia (née Arnett), a homemaker, and Delmer Lloyd Busey, a construction design manager. He graduated from Nathan Hale Highschool in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He attended Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas on a football scholarship where he became interested in acting. He is listed as one of the university's "outstanding alumni." He then transferred to Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, where he quit school just one class short of graduation. In 1971, wife Judy Helkenberg gave birth to his son, fellow actor Jake Busey. Gary and Judy divorced when Jake was nineteen. On December 4, 1988, Busey was severely injured in a motorcycle accident in which he was not wearing a helmet. His skull was fractured and doctors feared he suffered permanent brain damage. Busey has spoken out as being a Born Again Christian as a result of his near-death experience. He currently lives in Malibu.
Reference/Source(s):
Gary Busey. (2008, November 28). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16:04, November 29, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gary_Busey&oldid=254583584
