According to Celebrity Net Worth, Busey has an estimated net worth of $500 thousand. He has experienced difficulty in his finances; he filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in California on February 6, 2012, claiming to be more than $500,000 in debt.
He stated that he had less than $50,000 in real assets and was in debt to various parties like Medical Center, IRS, UCLA, Wells Fargo, and many more.
In 1974 he made his debut with the film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot as a supporting character. He got his big break from The Buddy Holly Story and later starred in the movies like Insignificance, Barbarosa, Silver Bullet, and Bulletproof.
He has also appeared in high-profile films like Predator 2, Point Break, Rookie of the Year, and Under Siege. It was revealed that Busey would play God in the Off-Broadway musical Only Human during the summer of 2019.
He appeared on the television show Gary Busey: Pet Judge in 2020, the show was about a fight between the plaintiffs and defendants in a court about their pets.
