Actor

Gary Cole

Born 20 September 1956 · Park Ridge, Illinois, USA

Gary Michael Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American stage and screen actor, best known for his supporting roles in numerous television and film productions such as Jack "Nighthawk" Killian in Midnight Caller or as Bill Lumbergh in Office Space. In 1984, he played the lead role of Green Beret Army Officer Jeffrey MacDonald, along with Karl Malden and Eva Marie Saint, in the true crime TV mini-series Fatal Vision, based on the book of the same name. Based on the real-life murders of the wife and daughters of U.S. Army officer Jeffrey R. MacDonald at Fort Bragg in 1970. He landed the lead role on NCIS in 2021, taking over as the team's supervisor.

Films and shows

  1. 2024Behind the Lines1h 47mSelf
  2. 2024NCISverse: The First 1,0001hSelf
  3. 2023Waco: The Aftermath1 seasonGordon Novel
  4. 2022Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe1h 26mMattison (voice)
  5. 2022The Bob's Burgers Movie1h 42mSgt. Bosco (voice)
  6. 2021Q-Force1 seasonDirk Chunley (voice)
  7. 2020Darkness Falls1h 24mMark Witver
  8. 2020DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family31mTwo-Face / Commissioner James Gordon / Reporter 4 (voice)
  9. 2019Married Young1h 30mAaron
  10. 2019Under the Eiffel Tower1h 27mGerard
  11. 2019mixed-ish2 seasonsHarrison Johnson
  12. 2019Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire44mInvisibilio (voice)
  13. 2019The Art of Racing in the Rain1h 49mDon Kitch
  14. 2018Seven in Heaven1h 34mWallace
  15. 2018Blockers1h 42mRon
  16. 2018Unbroken: Path to Redemption1h 38mDr. George Bailey
  17. 2017Small Crimes1h 35mLieutenant Pleasant
  18. 2017Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown1h 20mRafe (voice)
  19. 2016The Bronze1h 48mStan Greggory
  20. 2016Hot Air1h 40mAviator
  21. 2016Mercy Street2 seasonsJames Green, Sr.
  22. 2015Everyday Miracles1h 33mClay Peakes
  23. 2015Christmas Eve1h 35mDr. Roberts
  24. 2015Divine Access1h 53mReverend Guy Roy Davis
  25. 2014Market Hours15mManager
  26. 2014Tammy1h 37mEarl
  27. 2014The Tom and Jerry Show5 seasonsNarrator (voice)
  28. 2014Date and Switch1h 31mDwayne
  29. 2014Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero2 seasonsBrock (voice)
  30. 2014The Town that Dreaded Sundown1h 25mChief Deputy Tillman
  31. 2013Vamp U1h 36mArthur Levine
  32. 2012An Officer and a Murderer1h 25mRussell Williams
  33. 2012Veep7 seasonsKent Davison
  34. 2011The Chicago 81h 28mBill Kunstler
  35. 2011Hop1h 35mHenry O'Hare
  36. 2011Ricochet1h 29mJudge Cato Laird
  37. 2011The Last Rites of Joe May1h 47mLenny
  38. 2010DC Showcase: The Spectre12mJim Corrigan / The Spectre (voice)
  39. 2010Weird: The Al Yankovic Story3mMr. Yankovic
  40. 2010The Joneses1h 36mLarry Symonds
  41. 2010DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection1h 3mJim Corrigan / The Spectre (segment "The Spectre") (voice)
  42. 2010Batman: Under the Red Hood1h 15mBobo / Commissioner Gordon / Shot / Guard (voice)
  43. 2009A Good Funeral1h 30mStan Talmadge
  44. 2008Forever Strong1h 52mCoach Larry Gelwix
  45. 2008Conspiracy1h 30mRhodes
  46. 2008Pineapple Express1h 52mTed
  47. 2008Good BehaviorDean West
  48. 2007American Pastime1h 47mBilly Burrell
  49. 2007Breach1h 50mRich Garces
  50. 2007My Wife Is Retarded11mDr. Heichmann
  51. 2007The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning1h 35mBalladeer
  52. 2006Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby1h 48mReese Bobby
  53. 2005Wanted1 seasonConrad Rose
  54. 2005Mozart and the Whale1h 32mWallace
  55. 2005The Ring Two1h 49mMartin Savide
  56. 2005Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama1h 11mDr. Possible (voice)
  57. 2005Cry_Wolf1h 30mMr. Matthews
  58. 2004Pop Rocks1h 26mJerry "Dagger" Harden
  59. 2004Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!1h 35mHenry Futch
  60. 2004DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story1h 32mCotton McKnight
  61. 2003Criminology 101Roy Franks
  62. 2003Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time1h 6mDr. Possible (Dad) (voice)
  63. 2003NCIS24 seasonsAlden Parker
  64. 2002The Brady Bunch in the White House1h 28mMike Brady
  65. 2002Family Affair1 seasonBill Davis
  66. 2002Cadet Kelly1h 40mSir
  67. 2002One Hour Photo1h 36mBill Owens
  68. 2002I Spy1h 37mCarlos
  69. 2001Justice League: Secret Origins1hJ. Allen Carter (voice)
  70. 2001The Rising Place1h 33mAvery Hodge
  71. 2000Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law4 seasonsHarvey Birdman (voice)
  72. 2000American Adventure8mChuck
  73. 2000The Gift1h 52mDavid Duncan
  74. 1999Crusade1 seasonMatthew Gideon
  75. 1999Office Space1h 30mBill Lumbergh
  76. 1998Kiss the Sky1h 45mMarty
  77. 1998I'll Be Home for Christmas1h 26mJake's Dad
  78. 1998A Simple Plan2h 1mBaxter
  79. 1997Lies He Told1h 36mDave
  80. 1997Santa Fe1h 37mPaul Thomas
  81. 1997Cyclops, Baby47mManks
  82. 1997Gang Related1h 51mRichard Simms
  83. 1996For My Daughter's Honor1h 28mPete Nash
  84. 1996A Very Brady Sequel1h 30mMike Brady
  85. 1995American Gothic1 seasonSheriff Lucas Buck
  86. 1995The Brady Bunch Movie1h 29mMike Brady
  87. 1994A Time to Heal1h 30mJay Barton
  88. 1994The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics1h 29mJames (segment "The Theatre")
  89. 1994Fall from Grace3h 2mMaj. Tom O'Neill
  90. 1993When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn3h 12mJohn Hearn
  91. 1993The Switch1h 31mLarry McAfee
  92. 1993In the Line of Fire2h 8mBill Watts
  93. 1991Son of the Morning Star1 seasonGeorge Armstrong Custer
  94. 1990The Old Man and the Sea1h 33mTom Pruitt
  95. 1989Those She Left Behind1h 36mScott Grimes
  96. 1988Midnight Caller3 seasonsJack 'Nighthawk' Killian
  97. 1987Echoes in the Darkness1 seasonJack Holtz
  98. 1987Echoes in the Darkness4h 10mJack Holtz
  99. 1986Vital Signs1h 40mDr. Hayward
  100. 1985First Steps1h 36mManny
  101. 1984A Matter of Principle53mMan with Christmas Tree
  102. 1984Fatal Vision1 seasonJeffrey MacDonald
  103. 1983Heart of Steel1h 40mLee
  104. Company Town1 seasonMartin Amberson