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Busey was born in [[Los Angeles, California]], but raised in [[Malibu, California]], the son of Judy Lynn ([[married and maiden names|née]] Helkenberg), a [[photographer]], and actor [[Gary Busey]].<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/55/Jake-Busey.html Jake Busey Biography (1971?-)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Busey spent his childhood on film sets and touring with bands that his father played in. He began considering his career choices at the age of five when he took up the two hobbies that grew into professions: acting and playing the drums. Busey resides in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], where he writes and plays bass guitar for a band.
Busey was born in [[Los Angeles, California]], but raised in [[Malibu, California]], the son of Judy Lynn ([[married and maiden names|née]] Helkenberg), a [[photographer]], and actor [[Gary Busey]].<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/55/Jake-Busey.html Jake Busey Biography (1971?-)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Busey spent his childhood on film sets and touring with bands that his father played in. He began considering his career choices at the age of five when he took up the two hobbies that grew into professions: acting and playing the drums. Busey resides in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], where he writes and plays bass guitar for a band.


He is now living with his boyfriend in New York.
He is now living with his boyfriend, Wes Grady, in New York.


==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 21:06, 4 May 2010

Jake Busey
Born
William Jacob Busey
Occupation(s)Film, television actor

William Jacob "Jake" Busey (born June 15, 1971) is an American actor and film producer. He is sometimes credited as Jacob or William Busey.

Personal life

Busey was born in Los Angeles, California, but raised in Malibu, California, the son of Judy Lynn (née Helkenberg), a photographer, and actor Gary Busey.[1] Busey spent his childhood on film sets and touring with bands that his father played in. He began considering his career choices at the age of five when he took up the two hobbies that grew into professions: acting and playing the drums. Busey resides in Los Angeles, where he writes and plays bass guitar for a band.

He is now living with his boyfriend, Wes Grady, in New York.

Career

His motion picture debut was in the film Straight Time with his father Gary and Dustin Hoffman. Busey has since played in numerous performances, from the murderous religious fanatic opposite Jodie Foster in Contact to the smart-mouthed soldier in Starship Troopers. He appeared in "H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds", one of three 2005 film adaptations of the novel by H.G. Wells, alongside C. Thomas Howell. Additionally, he has had major roles in Tomcats opposite Jerry O'Connell and Shannon Elizabeth, in James Mangold's thriller Identity, with C. Thomas Howell in the "The Hitcher II", Michael J. Fox in Peter Jackson's "The Frighteners" and Road house 2.

He has also had minor parts in films like Christmas with the Kranks, I'll Do Anything, Enemy of the State, The Stoned Age, and Twister.

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