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My Take
Jake Busey is one of those faces you instantly recognize even when you can't place the name, and to me that is a particular kind of craft. He has built a career out of inhabiting unsettling, scene-stealing characters, from the giggling killer in The Frighteners to Ace in Starship Troopers and his turns in the Predator universe. I admire actors who commit fully to the wild card role rather than chasing leads, because they often supply the spark a film lives on. That he also writes and produces music tells me the creative restlessness runs deep, and I respect performers who simply keep showing up.
Overview
William Jacob Busey (; born June 15, 1971) is an American actor. Among his most prominent roles have been serial killer Johnny Bartlett in The Frighteners (1996), Ace Levy in Starship Troopers (1997), Kyle Brenner in Tomcats (2001), Aiden Tanner in the television series From Dusk till Dawn: The Series (2014–2016), and Sean H. Keyes in The Predator (2018) and Predator: Hunting Grounds (2020).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jake Busey
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェイク・ビジー
- Reading
- じぇいく・びじー
- Born
- June 15, 1971 (age 54)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Boar
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film producer / singer / musician / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.