Overview (4)

Born June 29, 1944 in Goose Creek, Texas, USA Birth Name William Gary Busey Nickname Barry Goosey Height 5' 11¾" (1.82 m)

Mini Bio (1)

Spouse (3)

Trade Mark (3)

Often plays weird or psychotic characters with bizarre background



Gravelly voice with Texas accent



His large teeth and large smile



Trivia (27)



(January 25, 1999) Arrested and released on bail after a fight with his wife, Tiani Warden

Had a plum-sized tumor removed from his sinus cavity. [May 1997]



He appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care".



Nearly died of head injuries in a motorcycle accident in December 1988.





Has starred with Russell Wong in the unreleased 1997 pilot episode of Hawaii Fünf-Null (1968). This pilot episode was filmed in Hawaii, but was not released due to a decision from CBS-TV executives.



(October 4, 1999) Made a rare public appearance at the "Ray & Sharon Courts Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show" at the Beverly Garland Holiday Inn in North Hollywood. He sold personally autographed pictures from his own collection and charged $15.00 to take a picture with him.

Attended Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas in the early 1960s.





(June 9, 1998) Filed for divorce from Tiani Warden ; later withdrawn.

Transferred to Oklahoma State University, where he quit school one class short of graduation.



Had a successful local band, The Rubber Band, in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Moved to Hollywood to pursue his music career.





Has appeared on Tulsa television as the character Teddy Jack Eddy, along with the host Gailard Sartain , in "Mazeppa's Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting".



Both he and his actor-son Jake Busey are licensed pilots, having been trained at a flight school next-door to the Santa Monica airport.



He was in a band called Carp (showed David Letterman an old LP of the band on [error]).

Has black belts in all of the following martial arts: budo-jujitsu, capoeira, hapkido, "Jailhouse Rock" and kendo.





Has played Peter Keyes in Predator 2 (1990) and then, at one point, he was attached to do a cameo as John Yutani, the other half of the infamous Weyland-Yutani Company from the Alien films in Alien vs. Predator (2004), but the character was written out of the script.



In 2014, he won season 14 of Celebrity Big Brother (2001) in the United Kingdom. He is the first ever American to win the reality show.

Lampooned on Family Guy.





Was considered for the role of Jay Pritchett on Modern Family (2009).

Appears in The Tractors music video Shortenin' Bread as the crazy cook.



He has published an autobiography: "Busey-isms". The book was released on September 7, 2018 (which would have been Buddy Holly's 82nd birthday).



His stage credits include a college production of "Our Town", in which he portrayed a constable.



Personal Quotes (17)

Great things like this only happen for the first time once.



It's good for everyone to understand that they are to love their enemies, simply because your enemies show you things about yourself you need to change. So in actuality enemies are friends in reverse.



Never dip lower than you can dip.



You know what "FEAR" stands for? It stands for "False Evidence Appearing Real". It's the darkroom where Satan develops his negatives.



You know what "FAILING" stands for? It stands for "Finding An Important Lesson, Inviting Needed Growth".



You know what "SOBER" stands for? It stands for "Son Of a B****, Everything's Real"!



You know what "DOUBT" stands for? It stands for "Debate On Understanding Bewildersome Thoughts".



You know what "ROMANCE" stands for? It stands for "Relying On Magnificent And Necessary Compatible Energy".





[To a huge fan who asked him to sign Buddy Holly 's name to a color photo]: There IS no OTHER Buddy Holly... I like Buddy fine, but *I'm* Gary Busey.

Drinking your own blood is the paradigm of recycling.



Men are failed women at birth.



If you take shortcuts, you get cut short.



The more time you take to come clean, the less time it takes dirt to come for you.





(on Jeff Bridges ) He's an artist, an actor who wants to tell stories with pictures.

[A Post on Twitter] Running backwards naked through a cornfield at midnight will show you where you've been.





[on being cast in the title role for Die Buddy Holly Story (1978)] They finally realized I have the same-sized teeth.

[on his Harley Davidson accident] It knocked a big hole in my skull, which filled with bone from my jaw.

