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.

The movie was also a critical success, with many hailing Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey as the villains.

Hallettsville is also the featured location in the 2009 horror film titled " Hallettsville ", which stars Gary Busey and Derek Lee Nixon.

He also co-starred with Gary Busey in " Bloodsport " ( 1973 ), as the " win-at-all-costs " father to his football-playing son.

He is also introduced to Special Agent Peter Keyes ( Gary Busey ), leader of a federal task force purportedly investigating the cartels, and Detective Jerry Lambert ( Bill Paxton ), the newest member of Harrigan's team.

The film also stars Tim Matheson, Christine Ebersole, and Gary Busey.

William Gary Busey ( born June 29, 1944 ), best known as Gary Busey, is an American film and stage actor, and artist.

Busey continued to play several small roles in both film and television during the 1970s.

On the DVD commentary of the film, Streisand says Busey was great and that she had seen him on a TV series and thought he had the right qualities to play the role.

Busey appeared in the 2006 Turkish nationalist film Valley of the Wolves: Iraq, ( Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak, in Turkish ).

The film, accused of fascism, anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism, tells the story of the U. S. Army run amok in Iraq and brought into check by a Turkish soldier ; Busey plays a Jewish-American Army doctor who harvests fresh organs from injured Iraqi prisoners to sell to rich patients in New York City, London and Tel Aviv.

Rather, according to Busey's publicist, Michael Conley, Busey stars as Zacharia in the indy film from Elusive Entertainment.

* Hex ( film ), a 1973 film starring Keith Carradine, Gary Busey, Dan Haggerty, and Hillarie Thompson

Under Siege is a 1992 American action film directed by Andrew Davis and starring Steven Seagal as a former Navy SEAL who must stop a group of mercenaries, led by Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey, on a U. S. Navy battleship.

In 1978, the award-winning film, The Buddy Holly Story, starring Gary Busey as Buddy Holly, presented an engaging but somewhat inaccurate depiction of the band's early years.

Wheeler was portrayed in the television film Rough Riders by actor Gary Busey, although Busey is much taller than Wheeler was, and had only a mustache instead of a full beard.

* Barbarosa, a 1982 American film starring Willie Nelson and Gary Busey

Lethal Weapon is a 1987 American buddy cop action film and the first in a series of films, all directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as a mismatched pair of LAPD detectives, and Gary Busey as their primary adversary.

She co-starred opposite Gary Busey in the 1980 film Foolin ' Around.

Point Break is a 1991 action film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty and Gary Busey.

In the 1994 film The Stoned Age, the main characters reluctantly attend a party in Palos Verdes hosted by Muldoon ( Jake Busey ).

In March to April 2012, Majors will be in a film in Seattle called Matt's Chance alongside Edward Furlong, Margot Kidder and Gary Busey.

The novel was adapted into a film, Silver Bullet, in 1985, starring Corey Haim as Marty, Everett McGill as Reverend Lowe, Gary Busey as Marty ’ s Uncle, Megan Follows as Marty ’ s sister, Terry O ' Quinn as the local Sheriff, Kent Broadhurst as Brady's father, and James Gammon as Arnie Westrum.

Straight Time is a 1978 film directed by Ulu Grosbard, starring Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, and Kathy Bates.

This film introduced Gary Busey, Theresa Russell, and Kathy Bates.

Star Gary Busey received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Holly.

In a series of 2010 YouTube advertisements for Vitamin Water, Busey appears as Norman Tugwater, a lawyer who defends professional athletes ' entitlements to a cut from Fantasy Football team owners.

Promise Keepers says that this is incorrect, that it was never contacted for verification of this false claim, and stated on its website that " There is a story circulating through the media that Gary Busey is a minister at Promise Keepers ...

In May 1995, Busey was arrested for cocaine possession after being hospitalized for an overdose of cocaine and GHB.

On December 2, 2001, Busey was again arrested for spousal abuse after his ex-wife Tiani Warden called authorities, complaining he left her bruised.

On September 7, 2004, Busey's landlord filed a lawsuit to evict him because Busey had refused to pay his rent for about three months.

On September 23, 2004, Busey was arrested for showing up late to a spousal support court hearing.

In February 2012, Busey filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, with reported liabilities of $ 500, 000 to $ 1, 000, 000.

Meanwhile, the crucial role of Joshua was settled when Gary Busey asked for a chance to read for the part.

An established star since his Academy Award-nominated performance in The Buddy Holly Story, Busey had not auditioned for longer than he could remember.

True Hollywood Story biography, Busey says he was hired to play Joshua because they were looking for someone big and menacing enough to be a believable foe for Mel Gibson.

* Gary Busey as Special Agent Peter Keyes, a DEA agent leading a special task force investigating a drug conspiracy as a cover for his attempts to capture the Predator.

In one episode, for example, de la Peña complained to Busey about his lack of a love life.

His 2002 follow-up The Magic Is You !, features his most popular song, " Busey Boy ", about being mistaken for actor Gary Busey.

Fellow trapper Johnny Fox ( Gary Busey ) duels Jacob for the right to purchase her.

He is well known to movie goers for his role as Michael Hunsaker in the Richard Donner hit film Lethal Weapon ( 1987 ), with Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, and Gary Busey ; the film was produced by Donner and Joel Silver, written by Shane Black.