Gary Busey
American actor (born 1944)
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Key Takeaways
- William Gary Busey ( ; born June 29, 1944) is an American actor.
- His other starring roles include A Star Is Born (1976), D.
- Early life William Gary Busey was born on June 29, 1944, in Goose Creek, Texas, the son of Delmar Lloyd Busey and Sadie Virginia Busey (née Arnett).
- Busey attended Coffeyville Community College before attending Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas, on a football scholarship, where he became interested in acting.
- He quit school just one unit short of graduation.
William Gary Busey (; born June 29, 1944) is an American actor. He portrayed Buddy Holly in The Buddy Holly Story (1978), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor. His other starring roles include A Star Is Born (1976), D.C. Cab (1983), Silver Bullet (1985), Eye of the Tiger (1986), Lethal Weapon (1987), Hider in the House (1989), Predator 2 (1990), Point Break (1991), Under Siege (1992), The Firm (1993), Drop Zone (1994), Black Sheep (1996) and Lost Highway (1997).
Early life
William Gary Busey was born on June 29, 1944, in Goose Creek, Texas, the son of Delmar Lloyd Busey and Sadie Virginia Busey (née Arnett). While he was in fourth grade, Busey moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he later attended Bell Junior High School, then attended and graduated from Nathan Hale High School. Busey attended Coffeyville Community College before attending Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas, on a football scholarship, where he became interested in acting. After a knee injury, he then transferred to Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, to study theater. He quit school just one unit short of graduation.
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