Gary Cole
- Acting
- September 20, 1956 · Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- A Man on the Inside · Brad Vinick
- Behind the Lines · Self
- NCISverse: The First 1,000 · Self
- Krapopolis · Valley King (Voice)
- White House Plumbers · Mark Felt
- Waco: The Aftermath · Gordon Novel
- Agent Elvis · President Nixon (Voice)
- Velma · Lamont (Voice), Lamont / General Meeting (Voice)
- Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · Mattison (Voice)
- The Bob's Burgers Movie · Sgt. Bosco (Voice)
- Inside Job · Brett's father (Voice), Sitcom Dad / Male Cop (Voice)
- NCIS: Hawaiʻi · Alden Parker
- Q-Force · Dirk Chunley (Voice)
- The Great North · Elwin Kreb (Voice)
- Trolls: TrollsTopia · Sky Toronto (Voice)
- DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family · Two-Face / Commissioner James Gordon / Reporter 4 (Voice)
- Star Trek: Lower Decks · Leonardo da Vinci (Voice)
- Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp · Self
- Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness · Self
- Darkness Falls · Mark Witver
- Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire · Invisibilio (Voice)
- Married Young · Aaron
- mixed-ish · Harrison Johnson
- The Art of Racing in the Rain · Don Kitch
- Love, Death & Robots · The Inspector (Voice)
- Under the Eiffel Tower · Gerard
- Fam · Freddy
- Seven in Heaven · Wallace
- Unbroken: Path to Redemption · Dr. George Bailey
- Blockers · Ron
- Big Mouth · Matthew's Father (Voice), Andrew's Father (Voice)
- Room 104 · Chip Crawford
- Small Crimes · Lieutenant Pleasant
- The Good Fight · Kurt McVeigh
- Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown · Rafe (Voice)
- Justice League Action · Black Adam (Voice)
- Hot Air · Aviator
- The $100,000 Pyramid · Self
- To Tell the Truth · Self
- The Bronze · Stan Greggory
- Mercy Street · James Green, Sr.
- Angie Tribeca · Professor Everett Lamereau
- F is for Family · Roger Dunbarton (Voice)
- Christmas Eve · Dr. Roberts
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- We Bare Bears · CEO (Voice)
- Mr. Robinson · Neville Rex
- Divine Access · Reverend Guy Roy Davis
- Everyday Miracles · Clay Peakes
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero · Brock (Voice)
- The Town that Dreaded Sundown · Chief Deputy Tillman
- Market Hours · Manager
- Tammy · Earl
- The Tom and Jerry Show · Narrator (Voice)
- Date and Switch · Dwayne
- Rick and Morty · Alien Doctor (Voice)
- Vamp U · Arthur Levine
- Chicago Fire · Chief Grissom
- An Officer and a Murderer · Russell Williams
- Veep · Kent Davison
- The Legend of Korra · Dai Li Sergeant / Rich Man (Voice), Dai Li Sergeant (Voice)
- Ricochet · Judge Cato Laird
- The Last Rites of Joe May · Lenny
- Hart of Dixie · Dr. Ethan Hart
- Unforgettable · Clay Tendler
- Suits · Cameron Dennis
- The Chicago 8 · Bill Kunstler
- Hop · Henry O'Hare
- Bob's Burgers · Sergeant Bosco (Voice)
- DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection · Jim Corrigan / The Spectre (segment "The Spectre") (Voice)
- Pound Puppies · Slick (Voice)
- Batman: Under the Red Hood · Bobo / Commissioner Gordon / Shot / Guard (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated · Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Black Knight (Voice), Mayor Fred Jones Sr. (Voice)
- The Good Guys · Frank Savage
- The Joneses · Larry Symonds
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story · Mr. Yankovic
- DC Showcase: The Spectre · Jim Corrigan / The Spectre (Voice)
- The Good Wife · Kurt McVeigh
- NCIS: Los Angeles · Alden Parker
- Archer · Special Agent Hawley (Voice)