WTF Happened to Gary Busey?

By Chris Bumbray

Posted 5 years ago

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

WTF Happened To This Celebrity? – The JoBlo series that examines the careers of stars and filmmakers who may have fallen out of the spotlight, and tells where they are now! Gary Busey is now perhaps better known for his larger-than-life public persona than his actual filmography.

In the years since his Oscar-winning portrayal of Buddy Holly, the actor has survived a motorcycle accident and cancer, brought his manic style to hit features like Under Siege, Silver Bullet (1985), and who could forgot Gary Busey in Point Break! But then, he ended up in countless D-list movies, before bringing his unpredictable nature to reality TV. Hang on to something while we explore “WTF Happened to GARY BUSEY!”

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Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

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Favorite Movies: Goodfellas, A Clockwork Orange, Boogie Nights, Goldfinger, Casablanca, Scarface (83 version), read more Heat, The Guns of Navarone, The Dirty Dozen, Pulp Fiction, Taxi Driver, Blade Runner, any film noir

Likes: Movies, LP's, James Bond, true hollywood memoirs, The Bret Easton read more Ellis Podcast, every sixties british pop band, every 80s new wave band - in fact just generally all eighties songs, even the really shit ones, and of course, Tom Friggin' Cruise!

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