Career: Busey made his acting debut as a biker in Angels Hard as They Come (1971). He went on to have small parts in a number of films and TV shows until his breakthrough role in The Buddy Holly Story (1978). He played Holly and his performance earned him an Oscar nomination. His most notable role in the 1980s was playing an assassin in the hugely popular Lethal Weapon (1987). In 1988, he was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident. Years later, a psychiatrist suspected the injury had caused him to speak and act impulsively. In 1997, Busey had surgery to remove a golf-ball-sized cancerous tumour from his sinus cavity. His other film credits include Predator 2 (1990), Point Break (1991), Under Siege (1992), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) and Piranha 3DD (2012). In the summer of 2014, he entered the Celebrity Big Brother house.