Head to headGary Busey against Rod Steiger Both careers by TMDB ratingGary BuseyRod Steiger
Tale of the tape as an actor
Gary Busey vs Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger averages 6.42 across 52 rated films as an actor, ahead of Gary Busey at 6.06.
- 86 (43 rated)
- Films acted
- 78 (52 rated)
- 6.06
- Average
- 6.42▶
- 6.18
- Weighted
- 6.51▶
- Lost Highway 7.6
- Best film
- On the Waterfront 7.8▶
- 6.88, 1996 to 2004
- Peak five
- 7.02, 1965 to 1968▶
- 2 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 2 films
- 5.11 (−0.96)
- Current form
- 6.37 (−0.05)▶
- ◀36.8K
- TMDB votes
- 24K
- 1967 to 2025
- Career
- 1951 to 2002
- 0 wins, 1 nom
- Oscars
- 1 win, 3 noms▶
- ◀$1.15B
- Box office
- $906M
Rows won
2 to 6
Rod Steiger ahead
Films together
3
averaging 6.54
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
 Lolly-Madonna XXX | 1973 | 5.9 | as Zeb Gutshall | as Laban Feather |
 The Player | 1992 | 7.2 | as Gary Busey | as Rod Steiger |
| The Real Thing | 1996 | · | as Foreman | as Victor |