Jake Busey

Everybody should have a friend like Ace Levy. Please welcome Jake Busey to the lineup of the Washington State Horror Con from October 25th through the 27th. Jake will be joining Dina Meyer and Michael Ironside for a mini-reunion from the cult classic Starship Troopers.

Jake Busey’s motion picture debut was in the 1978 crime film Straight Time with his father Gary, along with Dustin Hoffman and Theresa Russell. His two most notable appearances are as the murderous religious fanatic opposite Jodie Foster in Contact and as smart-mouthed soldier Ace Levy in Starship Troopers, both in 1997. He appeared in H. G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, one of three 2005 film adaptations of the novel by H. G. Wells, alongside C. Thomas Howell. Additionally, he has had major roles Peter Jackson’s The Frighteners with Michael J. Fox, Tomcats opposite Jerry O’Connell and Shannon Elizabeth, in James Mangold’s thriller Identity, with C. Thomas Howell in The Hitcher II, and Road House 2.

He has also had minor parts in films like Windrunner: A Spirited Journey starring Jason Wiles, Christmas with the Kranks starring Tim Allen, I’ll Do Anything, Enemy of the State, The Killing Jar, The Stoned Age, PCU, Fast Sofa with Jennifer Tilly and Natasha Lyonne, and Reaper with Danny Trejo and Vinnie Jones. He also had a main role on the television series Shasta McNasty. Busey portrayed Professor Aiden “Sex Machine” Tanner since 2013 in From Dusk till Dawn: The Series.

He also provided the voice of The Radioman in the 2012 video game Spec Ops: The Line and of the DJ of Resistance Radio in XCOM 2: War of the Chosen. In 2018, Busey appeared in two episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. portraying Mack’s old friend Tony Caine. Busey later joined the cast of Stranger Things in the third season portraying a journalist named Bruce.