Gary Busey, a former star of the reality TV show “The Apprentice,” has had a tumultuous life behind the scenes.

He has gone through several hardships, including numerous medical bills that have taken a toll on his bank account.

In 2012, the actor filed for bankruptcy, revealing that he had negative $500,000 to his name.

Busey began his acting career in the 1970s, appearing in films alongside Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges.

He had a lot of momentum during the 80s and into the 90s, but he slowly started to lose his way behind the scenes, enjoying the party life a little too much.

This led to him overdosing in the early 90s, which he describes as a life-changing experience.

“ I OD’d on 3 May 1990, and thank God, because I realized I’d been dancing with the devil in a very small circle and the devil was leading the dance,” he says.

“I left the dance and said: ‘You kick on from here – I’m gone. I’m dancing on my own.’ When you do a drug like cocaine, you want to get that first hit back, but you never will. That’s gone. It’s a chase to the death when you’re addicted to cocaine.”

Not only did Busey’s life become at risk, but his bank account began to shrink too, especially due to medical treatments.

In 1988, Busey had a severe motorcycle accident that resulted in him landing on the back of his head.

The accident left him with a double compound fracture in his pelvis and his skull split from his ear to the top of his head.

He recalls passing away and entering heaven during the brain surgery at Cedars-Sinai.

Again the medical bills piled up, and soon enough, in the 2000s, the roles started to dry up on the big screen.

According to TMZ, at one point, Busey had less than $50,000 in the bank, along with debts of $500,000 to $1 million.

He owed money to various different places, including the IRS, UCLA Medical Center, storage facilities, lawyers from a lawsuit, and the Wells Fargo Bank.

Despite all of this, Busey has slowly been climbing back up, thanks to a lot of minor roles in recent years. He isn’t getting A-list roles these days and he hasn’t for the last couple of years.

However, he is still successfully booking low-tier gigs to this day, and he released a book.

All of this has resulted in a savings of $500,000, a much greater positive in comparison to what he had in the bank just a few years prior.

Currently, the 77-year-old actor has a few future credits to his name, including “A Millenial Depression Comedy” and “The Gettysburg Address.”

Busey also has a future project in the works which is in pre-production entitled, “Rabere.” It seems like a lot of the work lately stems around voice-over work.

Busey’s career had a promising start when he appeared in his first major breakout film in 1974, “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.”

He carried that momentum during the ’80s and into the ’90s as well, but he slowly started to lose his way behind the scenes, enjoying the party life a little too much.

The actor’s overdose in the early ’90s proved to be a life-changing experience, and he realized that he had been addicted to cocaine.

Not only did his life become at risk, but his bank account also began to diminish, especially due to medical treatments.

Busey’s severe motorcycle accident in 1988 resulted in him landing on the back of his head, leaving him with severe injuries.

The accident led to a double compound fracture in his pelvis and his skull was split from his ear to the top of his head.

The medical bills piled up, and soon enough, in the 2000s, the roles started to dry up on the big screen.