Jake Busey facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jake Busey
Busey at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	William Jacob Busey (1971-06-15) June 15, 1971 (age 53) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1978–present
Partner(s)	April Hutchinson
Children	1
Parent(s)	Gary Busey (father)

William Jacob Busey (born June 15, 1971) is an American actor. Among his most prominent roles have been ... Johnny Bartlett in 1996's The Frighteners, Ace Levy in 1997's Starship Troopers, Kyle Brenner in 2001's Tomcats, Aiden Tanner in the 2014–2016 TV series From Dusk till Dawn: The Series, and Sean H. Keyes in the Predator franchise.

Early life

Busey was born in Los Angeles, and raised in Malibu, California, the son of photographer Judy Helkenberg and actor Gary Busey. Busey spent his childhood on film sets and touring with bands in which his father sometimes played, such as Leon Russell, Willie Nelson and Little Feat. 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 drums.

Career

Busey's motion picture debut was in the 1978 crime film Straight Time with his father Gary, along with Dustin Hoffman and Theresa Russell. His two most notable appearances are as the murderous religious fanatic opposite Jodie Foster in Contact and as smart-mouthed soldier Ace Levy in Starship Troopers, both in 1997. 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 Peter Jackson's The Frighteners with Michael J. Fox (1996),Tomcats (2001) opposite Jerry O'Connell and Shannon Elizabeth, in James Mangold's thriller Identity (2003), with C. Thomas Howell in The Hitcher II (2003), and Road House 2 (2006). Busey played the role of "Backfire" in Patrick Durham's movie Cross which was released directly to DVD and download in May 2011, and stars in the independent film Don't Pass Me By.

..... He also had a main role on the television series Shasta McNasty. .....

He also provided the voice of The Radioman in the 2012 video game Spec Ops: The Line and of the DJ of Resistance Radio in XCOM 2: War of the Chosen. Additionally, he voiced Teenage Tom during flashback scenes in the 1989 film Hider in the House which his father, Gary Busey starred in as Tom Sykes. In 2016, Busey starred in the feature film Deserted.

In 2018, Busey appeared in two episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. portraying Mack's old friend Tony Caine. Busey later joined the cast of Stranger Things in the third season portraying a journalist named Bruce.

Personal life

In 2012, he and his girlfriend April Hutchinson had a daughter, Autumn.

Filmography

Film

List of Jake Busey film credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Straight Time	Henry Darin
1982	Barbarosa	Cook Boy
1989	Hider in the House	Teenage Tom Sykes (voice)
1993	Shimmer	Richard Halverson
1994	Foot Shooting Party	Unknown	Short film
	S.F.W.	Morrow Streeter
	The ... Age	Jimmy Muldoon
	PCU	Mersh
	I'll Do Anything	Unknown
1995	Quiet Days in Hollywood	Curt
	Windrunner	Dave Promisco
1996	The Frighteners	Johnny Charles Bartlett
	Twister	Mobile Lab Technician
1997	Contact	Joseph
	Starship Troopers	Private "Ace" Levy
1998	Black Cat Run	Deputy Norm Babbitt
	Enemy of the State	NSA Agent Krug
	Home Fries	Angus
1999	Held Up	Beaumont
	Tail Lights Fade	Bruce
2001	Tomcats	Kyle Brenner
2002	The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest	Darrell
2003	Identity	Robert Maine
	Lost Junction	Matt
	The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting	Jack	Direct-to-video
2004	Christmas with the Kranks	Officer Treen
2005	H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds	Lieutenant Samuelson	Direct-to-video
	The Rain Makers	Shaw	Associate producer
2006	Road House 2	Bill "Wild Bill" Decarie	Direct-to-video
	Wristcutters: A Love Story	Brian
	Broken	Vince
2008	Time Bomb	Jason Philby	Direct-to-video
2010	The Killing Jar	Greene
2011	Cross	"Backfire"	Direct-to-video; Also producer
	Arbor Demon	Sean
2012	Play James Play	Paul
	Don't Pass Me By	Fred Norwick
	Nazis at the Center of the Earth	Adrian Reistad	Direct-to-video
	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!	Oscar (voice)	Direct-to-video
2013	Girl Meets Boy	Richard
	Sparks	"Sledge"
2014	Reaper	Bill
2015	Most Likely to Die	Tarkin
2016	Last Man Club	Jim "Diamond Jim"
	Deserted	Clay
	Enclosure (aka Arbor Demon)	Sean
2017	Dead Again in Tombstone	Colonel Jackson Boomer
2018	The Predator	Sean Keyes
	A Boy Called Sailboat	Mr. Bing
2019	Ghost in the Graveyard	Charlie Sullivan
2020	A Soldier's Revenge	Captain McCalister
TBA	Rust	Drum Parker	Post-production

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