Life and work
Gary Busey is an American actor. Born: 29 June 1944. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: United States.
Actor · 1944–
Gary Busey
Gary Busey is an American actor. Born on 29 June 1944, this profile follows Gary Busey through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Predator 2 (1990) and Point Break (1991). The location trail reaches Eastern Columbia Building, Leo Carrillo State Park and Neptune’s Net. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
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Predator 2 · Eastern Columbia Building
Gary Busey is credited as cast member on Predator 2. The work’s existing location story leads to Eastern Columbia Building. The Art Deco tower appears in the film’s downtown Los Angeles setting.
Point Break · Leo Carrillo State Park
Gary Busey is credited as cast member on Point Break. The work’s existing location story leads to Leo Carrillo State Park. Leo Carrillo supplies beach material for the film. Some of the more dramatic surfing was shot in Hawaii, so the local landscape tells only part of the story.
Point Break — credits ↗︎Leo Carrillo State Park ↗︎Point Break · Leo Carrillo State Park ↗︎
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 4 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Leo Carrillo State Park ↗︎
Filming location · the beach scenes
Leo Carrillo supplies beach material for the film. Some of the more dramatic surfing was shot in Hawaii, so the local landscape tells only part of the story.
Leo Carrillo State Park ↗︎Point Break · Leo Carrillo State Park ↗︎
35000 Pacific Coast Highway
Open street map ↗︎Eastern Columbia Building ↗︎
Predator 2
The Art Deco tower appears in the film’s downtown Los Angeles setting.
849 S Broadway
Open street map ↗︎Dockweiler State Beach ↗︎
Filming location · collecting evidence
Pappas collects a hair sample at Dockweiler while the detectives try to identify the robbers’ beach. The open sand and nearby power station distinguish this stop from the Malibu coastline.
12000 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey
Open street map ↗︎Neptune’s Net ↗︎
Filming location · Tyler’s workplace
Neptune’s Net is the restaurant where Tyler works. Its roadside position makes the coast feel like a working environment as well as an escape.
42505 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1944-06-29
Born 29 June 1944
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WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
Predator 2
Stephen Hopkins
Point Break ↗︎
Kathryn Bigelow
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Los Angeles ↗︎
Follow a scene into the hills. A song onto the Strip. A story all the way to the ocean.
Point Break ↗︎
Peel: stand in the open door of a jump plane over the coast, paddle when the swell stands up over the peak to catch five real breaks from Manhattan Beach to Indian Beach, pull one storm apart into Victoria, Oregon and Oahu, and pull the ripcord over Palmdale or Lake Powell.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
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Bill Paxton ↗︎
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Danny Glover ↗︎
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Anthony Kiedis ↗︎
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