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