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.

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.

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.

Over the course of its run, Fastlane featured cameos and guest appearances from several known figures, including Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Mischa Barton, Jenny McCarthy, Krista Allen, Jake Busey, Bokeem Woodbine, Hudson Leick, Jaime Pressly, George Hamilton, Eric Mabius, Michelle Forbes, Navi Rawat, Iggy Pop, Naomi Campbell, Tommy Lee, Terrence Howard, Isaac Hayes, the Red Elvises, Tatyana Ali, Paul Gleason, Antonio Fargas, Biz Markie, Kurupt, Treach and Ali Landry.

That same year, Hexum took the part of terminally ill quarterback Pat Trammell, a small but well-received role in the feature film The Bear, a tribute to University of Alabama football coach Paul " Bear " Bryant, played by veteran actor Gary Busey.

Dorian and his brother Angus ( Jake Busey ), both Army helicopter pilots, then accidentally kill him by scaring him to death by chasing his car with what appears to be an AH-1 attack helicopter.

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

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.

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

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.

Busey also credits the film for reviving his failing movie career.

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 film also stars Tim Matheson, Christine Ebersole, 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.

Busey returned to reality television in Celebrity Apprentice 4, which premiered in March 2011.

I'm with Busey was a comedy / documentary television show which aired on Comedy Central in the summer of 2003.

He and his veteran partner, Angelo Pappas ( Gary Busey ), are investigating a string of bank robberies by a gang known as the " Ex-Presidents " ( during their robberies they use masks of former Presidents Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, and Jimmy Carter to disguise their true identities ).

Members of the Crickets ( as portrayed by Gary Busey, Don Stroud and Charles Martin Smith ) sing a line of the song during a recording session in the film The Buddy Holly Story.

The responsibility of U. S. Commander Eastern Atlantic was added to that of the Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Southern Europe and Commander in Chief, U. S. Naval Forces, Europe on 28 February 1989 during Admiral James Buchanan Busey, IV ’ s assignment as Commander in Chief.

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

His widow, Maria Elena Santiago, attended, as did Phil Everly, Peter Asher, Priscilla Presley and actor Gary Busey, who played Holly in The Buddy Holly Story.

Busey was born in Goose Creek ( now Baytown ), Texas, the son of Sadie Virginia ( née Arnett ), a homemaker, and Delmer Lloyd Busey, a construction design manager.

Busey began his show-business career as a drummer in The Rubber Band.

For his skits on Uncanny Film Festival, Busey drew on his American Hero, belligerent, know-it-all character.

The movie earned Busey an Academy Award nomination and the National Society of Film Critics ' Best Actor award.

In the movie D. C. Cab, Busey portrayed the character Dell.

Busey sang the song " Stay All Night " on Saturday Night Live in March 1979, Episode 14, Season 4, and on the Late Show with David Letterman in the 1990s.

In 2002, Busey voiced the character Phil Cassidy in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, then again in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories in 2006.

Busey in Kazakhstan, 2007.

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.

The following year, a whirlwind of rumors flew around Hollywood that Busey had been fired from horror movie Mansion of Blood from Elusive Entertainment.