Gary Busey

Gary Busey was born in Goose Creek, Texas, to a Native American father and an Irish mother and was raised in Oklahoma. He graduated from college in 1963 and for a while was a professional musician. A talented drummer A blond-haired, fair-complexioned actor with a toothy grin and capable of an unsettling glint in his eyes.

On December 4, 1988, Busey was severely injured in a motorcycle accident in which he was not wearing a helmet. His skull was fractured and doctors feared he suffered permanent brain damage. Busey has spoken out as being a Christian as a result of his near-death experience. He currently lives in Malibu.

n 2008, he joined the second season of the reality show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Per Gary's contract and VH1's press release, he was to be part of the mentoring team and not a patient. Dr. Drew has expressed a different opinion, saying that he can help by being in group meetings with others and is not part of the staff, but part of the patients of this second season. Busey was previously addicted to cocaine, but has been clean from cocaine for 13 years.