Gary Busey

Played the villainous Hooded Fang in remake of "Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang"

Appeared as the vicious mercenary leader Mazur in TMC's "Universal Soldier 2: Brothers in Arms" and "Universal Soldier 3: Unfinished Business", sequels to the 1992 feature "Universal Soldier", starring Jean-Claude Van Damme

Had a cameo as a highway patrolman in Terry Gilliam's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"

Was the subject of "Gary Busey: The E! True Hollywood Story"

Accused of striking an United Airlines flight attendant who claimed incident occurred after she bumped him; woman did not file charges

Played psychotic ex-militia man in Sidney J. Furie's "The Rage"

Portrayed General 'Fighting Joe' Wheeler in TNT miniseries "Rough Riders", reteaming with director Milius

Supported Dennis Hopper and Amy Irving in Bruno Baretto's "Carried Away"

Essayed another crazed psycho in the dreadful actioner "Warriors"

Gave a salty performance as an over-the-hill pitcher in "Rookie of the Year"

Played a down-at-the-heels detective who made an early exit from "The Firm"

Alongside Tommy Lee Jones, offered strong villainous turn which was more than the hollow "Under Seige" deserved

Appeared as himself in Altman's "The Player"

Passed the surfing baton to Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze in Kathryn Bigelow's "Point Break"

Portrayed a disturbed former psychiatric patient in "Hider in the House"

Played character on the right side of the law for the fast-paced sequel "Predator 2"

Returned to work in Showtime miniseries "The Neon Empire"

Debut in a TV miniseries, "A Dangerous Life" (HBO), as an American journalist caught up in the 1986 revolution in the Philipines; screenplay written by journalist Pete Hamill

Starred as Frank 'Bulletproof' McBain in "Bulletproof"

Survived near-fatal motorcycle crash (December 4)

Made a chilling villain in the original "Lethal Weapon"

Swaggered through his role as the Ballplayer in Nicolas Roeg's "Insignificance"; character's inability to understand his actress wife's deeper needs led to the inevitable breakup

His gravel-voiced portrayal of Alabama football coach Paul 'Bear' Bryant couldn't overcome undramatic script of the biopic "The Bear"

Wrote and performed "Why Baby Why" for "D.C Cab", as well as acting in the film

Played protogee of "Barbarosa" (old pal Willie Nelson), a flavorful Western directed by Fred Schepisi

Appeared in "Big Wednesday", the surf film classic directed by John Milius

Starred in his most celebrated feature role as rock'n'roll legend Buddy Holly in "The Buddy Holly Story"; earned Best Actor Oscar nomination

First came to national attention as Kris Kristofferson's road manager in "A Star Is Born"

Composed the song "Since You've Gone Away" for Robert Altman's "Nashville"

Acted in NBC's "The Execution of Private Slovik", also directed by Johnson and starring Martin Sheen

Supported Jeff Bridges (as stock car racing legend Junior Johnson) in Lamont Johnson's "The Last American Hero", adapted from articles by Tom Wolfe

TV-movie debut, "Blood Sport" (ABC)

First film appearance in the Roger Corman-produced "Angels Hard as They Come"

TV acting debut in an episode of the NBC Western "The High Chapparal"

Survived a near-fatal car accident at the age of 22 (date approximate)

Began his career as a singer, drummer and bandleader in Rubberband, a group which eventually changed its name to Carp; brought Carp to Los Angeles in 1966, where they met the Doors and Byrds and recorded an album for CBS/Epic Records; later, under name Teddy Jack Eddy, played drums with various musicians including Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and fellow Oklahoman Leon Russell (on the Gold album "Will o' the Wisp" and on tour)

Debut as co-star in TV series, "The Texas Wheelers" (ABC)

Grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma