America-born Gary Busey is a prolific character actor and one of the most demanded personalities in Hollywood. Professional since 1967, Busey, the winner of the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, has appeared in over 150 films to date.

Some of Gary’s notable movie credits are Lethal Weapon (1987), Point Break (1991), Under Siege (1992), and The Firm (1993). Alongside massive fame, the actor also made enormous earnings, owning a half-million-dollar net worth. Get details on Gary Busey’s assets, salary, income source, expenses, lifestyle, and personal life.

Gary Busey’s Net Worth: Income Source & Earnings

Busey was briefly engaged in music before landing in the acting career. Ever since Gary Busey made his movie debut in the 1974 crime film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, his acting career has blessed him with massive earnings.

As of March 2022, Gary owns an estimated net worth of $1 million. No doubt that Busey’s professional career of over 50 years has summed him up a half-million dollars.

The main source of Gary Busey’s income is the acting career and also as an author. Even now, the American actor is actively working in his career, so his net worth is likely to rise up in the near future.

Salary And Movie Box Office Collection

Having acted in over 150 films, Busey also appeared in TV shows like Saturday Night Live (March 1979), Late Show with David Letterman, and Entourage, Gunsmoke, Walker, Texas Ranger, Law & Order, and Scrubs.

Moreover, Gary voiced in the famous animated series The Simpsons, created by Matt Groening and the character Phil Cassidy in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

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However, Gary Busey remained always mum about his payroll for his roles. Well, the average salary of a TV actor is around $50,000 while a voice actor can pocket $40,000 per year.

Now, also let’s take a look at Busey’s movie gross collection:

Film Role Budget Gross Collection
Lethal Weapon (1987) Mr. Joshua $15 million $120.2 million
Predator 2 (1990) Special Agent Peter Keyes $35 million $57.1 million
Point Break (1991) FBI Agent Angelo Pappas $24 million $83.5 million)
Under Siege (1992) Krill $35 million $156.6 million
The Firm (1993) Eddie Lomax $42 million $270.2 million
Piranha 3DD (2012) Farmer $5 million $8.5 million

Did you know? Gary Busey competed in Season 21 of Dancing with the Stars, pairing with Anna Trebunskaya. Though, they were eliminated in the Week 4, 10th place and earned around $20,000.

Other Income Source: Endorsement & Business

Back in 2010, Gary Busey appeared in a series of YouTube advertisements for Vitamin Water. In addition to that, he became a celebrity spokesperson for Amazon Fire TV in 2014.

Meanwhile, no reports on Gary Busey’s endorsement detail or sponsorship is out. Sources report that his Instagram with over 32.1K followers can earn him $162-$271 per sponsored post.

Author & Business Venture

Alongside being an actor, Gary is also an author. He wrote Buseyisms: Gary Busey’s Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth, an autobiography which is reported to be one of the best sellers.

The book released in September 2018, is available at Amazon, where the Hardcover costs $16 while an audio CD costs $23.71.

Well, Busey also owns an e-commerce website buseyisms.com where he makes the online trade for accessories like books, cups, pillows and more.

Fun Fact: While Gary made an appearance in Ray & Sharon Courts Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show on October 4, 1999, in North Hollywood, he sold personally autographed pictures from his own collection. Moreover, $15 was charged to take a photo with him.

Asset, Lifestyle & Expenses

No doubt that Gray Busey has a lavish lifestyle from his enormous net worth. Currently, the actor with his wife lives in a house in Malibu, California, worth hundreds of thousand dollars. For fact, a house in Malibu calls on a house insurance premium of around $1,100.

Also, Gary owns cars like Lexus, Volvo C30 (worth $7,584 to $20,228) and Toyota.

Apart from expenses on assets, Busey does seem to be fond of spending on costly and trendy clothes and traveling often.

In addition to personal interest, Gary Busey does have to prepare for tax payments. A property in Malibu seeks 0.793% of the assessed value as property tax, while a married individual with $100,000 income will pay $19,650 as income tax.

Bankruptcy Filing

Who knows how might a fate turn down? Yeah, the same case confronted Gary Busey as he filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in California on February 6, 2012.

The suit claimed that he had less than $500,000 in assets while the debt was in the range of $0.5 million-$1 million to various parties like IRS, Wells Fargo, UCLA Medical Center, and others.

Charity Works

Gary Busey is an active social worker and is associated with his foundation, Busey Foundation, established in 2012. It raises awareness and runs a fundraising program for Kawasaki Disease research and funding.

Also, back in April 2011, the actor joined hit TV reality show Celebrity Apprentice and won $200,000 and $20,00 in goods from Camping World that later was donated to The Center for Head Injury Services in St. Louis.

Gary Busey Personal Details: Age, Education, Married Life & Wife

Born as William Gary Busey on June 29, 1944, the actors’ hometown is Goose Creek, Texas, the US. When Busey was 4, his father Delmer Lloyd Busey, a construction design manager, and mother Sadie Virginia, a homemaker moved to Tulsa.

Gary Busey is an American by nationality and is of white ethnicity. As of March 2019, he is at the age of 74 and has a height of 6ft (183 cm).

After attending Bell Junior High School, Gary later went and graduated from Nathan Hale High School. Thereafter, he enrolled at Coffeyville Community college, Pittsburg State University, and Oklahoma State University, though he dropped out before graduation.

Gary Busey has been married twice in his life, father of 3 children, though both marriages failed with divorce.

His first wife was Judy Busey, they were married from December 30, 1968, to July 20, 1990. While together, the former duo shared a son named Jake Busey in 1971.

Then, he married his second wife Tiani Warden (m. September 3, 1996 – div. August 31, 2001) but didn’t have children.

Rather, Busey has 2 more children from past affairs: Alectra Ellie Busey (born in 1994) with Tracy Hutchinson and son Luke Samson Busey (born on February 23, 2010) with Steffanie Busey.

Currently, he is single.

You might not know: In 1988, Gary Busey had an accident that fractured his skull as he was not wearing a helmet.

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