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.

Busey and Judy divorced when Jake was nineteen.

On December 9, 2009, it was announced that Gary Busey and girlfriend Steffanie Sampson were expecting their first child in May 2010.

On February 23, 2010, their son Luke Sampson Busey was born.

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 ...

On December 4, 1988, Busey was severely injured in a motorcycle accident in which he was not wearing a helmet.

At the recommendation of Dr. Drew Pinsky, Busey was seen by psychiatrist Dr. Charles Sophy.

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

On August 20, 1997, Busey was accused of pushing a stewardess who bumped him on a flight to Las Vegas.

On January 25, 1999, Busey was arrested after a fight with his wife.

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

Busey was released on $ 50, 000 bail.

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

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

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.

" The song " Don't Say Nuthin " was featured in the first season episode, " Busey And The Beach " of HBO's Entourage.

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

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.

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

William Jacob " Jake " Busey ( born June 15, 1971 ) is an American actor, musician and film producer.

Busey was born in Los Angeles, California, but raised in Malibu, California, the son of Judy Lynn Helkenberg, a photographer, and actor Gary Busey.

Sophy recommended Busey take a medication called Depakote ( valproic acid ), to which Busey agreed.

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

Casey Ryback ( Steven Seagal ), a Chief Petty Officer assigned as a cook, is preparing meals in celebration of the birthday of Captain Adams ( Patrick O ' Neal ), against the orders of Commander Krill ( Gary Busey ), who is having food and entertainment brought by helicopter.

Since Pete has committed no crime, he is released into the care of his parents Bill and Candace ( Gary Busey and Lucy Butler ), a former motorcycle gang couple, and taken home to their house in Van Nuys ; at the same time, Pete is being followed by two detectives named Hank and Lou ( Carl Sundstrom and John Soiari ) to find out why and how Pete ended up in Fred Madison's cell.

He moves into a run-down apartment building where he meets his lovely artist next-door neighbor Alisa ( Rosario Dawson ), and puts together a team of unassigned employees: Salman Fard ( Anjul Nigam ), a short, foreign man with an accent who is hacking into CIA files when Andy meets him ; Curtis " Tiny " Russell ( Ethan Suplee ), a massively obese, anthropophobic man ; and Darrell ( Jake Busey ), a tall, blond, pierced, scary, germophobic, deep-voiced man with personal space issues who regularly refers to himself in the third person.

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

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 ).

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.

It features many Hollywood stars, particularly Karl Urban as Woodrow F. Call, Steve Zahn as Augustus McCrae, Val Kilmer as Inish Scull ( often given top billing ), Elizabeth Banks as Maggie, Wes Studi as Buffalo Hump, Adam Beach as Blue Duck, and Jake Busey as Tudwal.

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.

The friends include: Matt ( Jan-Michael Vincent ), a self-destructive type who has a devil-may-care attitude ; Jack Barlowe ( William Katt ), the calm and responsible one of the bunch ; and Leroy " The Masochist " Smith ( Gary Busey ), whose nickname tells a lot about his personality.

In 1971, Busey's wife Judy Helkenberg gave birth to their son, William Jacob " Jake " Busey.

He is the son of actor Gary Busey.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

Busey in Kazakhstan, 2007.

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

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.

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