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Jake Busey
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Jake Busey

Born 1971 · Los Angeles, California, USA · Active 1978–2025

Born in 1971, Jake Busey is an American actor known for his roles in the cult films Hider in the House (1989) and Motorcycle Gang (1994). As the son of actor Gary Busey, Jake carved his own niche in the genre, bringing a distinctive energy to characters that often straddle the line between menace and charisma. In Hider in the House, he plays a pivotal role that adds tension to the film's psychological horror elements, while in Motorcycle Gang, his portrayal contributes to the gritty exploration of rebellion and youth culture in the 1990s.

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Motorcycle Gang

Motorcycle Gang

1994 ★ 4.8
as Jake

Army veteran Cal Morris and his family are driving to their new home in California and are terrorized by a motorcycle gang consisting of Jake, Crab, Volker, and Kincaid. Their target is Cal's beautiful daughter, Leann, whom they kidnap and take to Mexico. Cal and his wife pursue them.

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Filmography

131 credits
2020s 19 credits
2025
Bad Haircut as Officer Steve
Movie ★ 10.0
2025
Guns & Moses as Owen Gibbons
Movie ★ 6.2
2025
Black Zone as Dr. William Roberts
Movie
2025
Killing Mary Sue as Wes Adamle
Movie ★ 5.9
2025
Rust as Drum Parker
Movie ★ 6.7
2024
Movie ★ 2.5
2023
Falling Higher: The Story Of Ampage as Narrator (voice) / Self
Movie ★ 2.0
2023
Movie ★ 5.8
2023
Movie ★ 5.0
2023
Scalper as Det. Hayden
Movie ★ 3.3
2023
Movie
2023
It Wants Blood 2 as Veal Armstrong
Movie ★ 2.0
2022
Pig Killer as Willy
Movie ★ 5.0
2022
Movie ★ 5.9
2022
Shooting Star as Mr. York
Movie
2022
The Rookie: Feds as Rusty Filmore
TV ★ 7.1
2021
A Soldier's Revenge as Captain McCalister
Movie ★ 5.1
2020
DIVOS! as Mr. Kelly
Movie ★ 1.0
2010s 44 credits
2019
Movie ★ 7.1
2019
Ghost in the Graveyard as Charlie Sullivan
Movie ★ 3.5
2019
L.A.'s Finest as Bishop Duvall
TV ★ 6.9
2019
TV ★ 7.4
2018
Movie ★ 6.6
2018
Movie ★ 5.6
2017
Swing State as Woody Woodrow
Movie ★ 4.3
2017
Growing Up Smith as Officer Dick
Movie ★ 7.1
2017
Dead Again in Tombstone as Colonel Jackson Boomer
Movie ★ 4.9
2017
Dead Ant as Merrick
Movie ★ 5.1
2017
Movie ★ 7.6
2016
Movie ★ 4.8
2016
Deserted as Clay
Movie ★ 4.5
2016
Last Man Club as Diamond Jim
Movie ★ 6.3
2016
Movie ★ 5.6
2016
TV ★ 8.6
2016
TV ★ 10.0
2015
Movie ★ 4.3
2015
A Christmas Reunion as Dylan Carruthers
Movie ★ 5.1
2015
Fractured as Detective James Harding
Movie ★ 3.0
2015
Mr. Robot as Freddy Lomax
TV ★ 8.3
2014
Wicked Blood as Bobby Stinson
Movie ★ 5.5
2014
Reaper as Bill
Movie ★ 5.5
2014
Alongside Night as President of the United States
Movie ★ 2.6
2014
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series as Professor Aiden Tanner
TV ★ 6.4
2013
Movie ★ 3.4
2013
Sparks as Sledge
Movie ★ 4.8
2013
Movie ★ 3.9
2013
Girl Meets Boy as Richard
Movie ★ 5.4
2013
Don't Pass Me By as Fred Norwick
Movie ★ 4.0
2013
TV ★ 7.5
2012
Crazy Eyes as Dan Drake
Movie ★ 4.1
2012
Movie ★ 3.2
2012
Movie ★ 6.3
2012
Perception as Jeff
TV ★ 7.2
2012
The Finder as Bobby the Twin
TV ★ 7.1
2011
Cross as Backfire
Movie ★ 4.1
2011
Good Vibes as Turk (voice)
TV ★ 7.2
2011
Franklin & Bash as Dr. Doug
TV ★ 7.3
2010
Movie ★ 5.5
2010
TV ★ 6.6
2010
Justified as Lewis Mago
TV ★ 8.0
2010
TV ★ 7.2
2000s 31 credits
2009
Play Dead as Merle Jones
Movie ★ 4.7
2008
Time Bomb as Jason Philby
Movie ★ 2.8
2008
The Mentalist as Vern Nichols
TV ★ 8.4
2008
Comanche Moon as Tudwal
TV ★ 7.1
2007
Broken as Vince
Movie ★ 5.6
2007
Wristcutters: A Love Story as Brian (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
2006
Death Row as Marco
Movie ★ 3.7
2006
Movie ★ 5.3
2006
Psych as FBI Agent
TV ★ 7.9
2005
Movie ★ 5.2
2005
Code Breakers as Straub
Movie ★ 5.5
2005
Movie ★ 4.0
2005
Movie ★ 9.0
2005
The Closer as Eric Shaw
TV ★ 7.9
2004
Movie ★ 6.2
2004
CSI: NY as Randy Davis
TV ★ 7.3
2003
Identity as Robert Maine
Movie ★ 7.2
2003
Movie ★ 4.7
2003
Movie ★ 5.9
2003
Overnight as Self
Movie ★ 6.3
2003
Karen Sisco as Peter Dillard
TV ★ 7.1
2003
NCIS as Whit Dexter
TV ★ 7.6
2002
Movie ★ 5.9
2002
CSI: Miami as Phillip Craven
TV ★ 7.7
2002
Fastlane as Johnny 'O' Oregano
TV ★ 6.5
2002
The Twilight Zone as Vince Hanson
TV ★ 7.1
2002
Jeremiah as Jake Davenport
TV ★ 6.9
2001
Tomcats as Kyle Brenner
Movie ★ 5.1
2001
Fast Sofa as Rick Jeffers
Movie ★ 4.1
1990s 26 credits
1999
Held Up as Beaumont
Movie ★ 5.8
1999
Movie ★ 4.3
1999
TV ★ 5.9
1998
Home Fries as Angus Montier
Movie ★ 5.1
1998
Movie ★ 7.1
1998
Black Cat Run as Deputy Norm Babbitt
Movie ★ 5.2
1998
Movie ★ 8.5
1998
Charmed as Nigel
TV ★ 8.2
1997
Starship Troopers as Private Ace Levy
Movie ★ 7.1
1997
Contact as Joseph
Movie ★ 7.4
1997
Movie ★ 3.4
1996
The Frighteners as Johnny Bartlett
Movie ★ 6.9
1996
Twister as Mobile Lab Technician
Movie ★ 6.6
1996
Movie ★ 8.8
1995
S.F.W. as Morrow Streeter
Movie ★ 6.0
1995
MADtv as Self
TV ★ 7.1
1994
Movie ★ 5.3
1994
The Stöned Age as Jimmy Muldoon
Movie ★ 6.1
1994
Movie ★ 5.2
1994
PCU as Mersh
Movie ★ 6.0
1994
I'll Do Anything as Burke's Fired Driver
Movie ★ 5.6
1994
WindRunner as Dave Promisco
Movie ★ 5.6
1994
TV ★ 8.0
1993
Shimmer as Richard Halverson
Movie ★ 7.8
1993
Street Beat as Gang member 3
Movie
1992
Cruel Doubt as Student
TV ★ 4.8
1980s 3 credits
1989
Hider in the House as Teenage Tom (voice)
Movie ★ 5.9
1989
TV ★ 8.0
1982
Barbarosa as Cook Boy
Movie ★ 5.9
1970s 1 credit
1978
Straight Time as Henry Darin
Movie ★ 7.2
s 6 credits
Bikers vs Werewolves as Sheriff Ray
Movie
CATnip as Detective Pendleton
Movie
Dead of Night as Craig Williams
Movie
Movie
House of Karma as Earnold Lamort
Movie
Crew Credits
2010s 1 credit
2011
Cross Producer
Movie ★ 4.1