Gary Cole

Known for: Acting
Born: September 20, 1956, Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
Movies: 91

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.6

Pineapple Express

2008

6.4

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

2004

7.4

Office Space

1999

5.8

The Ring Two

2005

6.3

Blockers

2018

6.7

One Hour Photo

2002

6.4

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

2006

7.0

In the Line of Fire

1993

7.8

Batman: Under the Red Hood

2010

8.1

The Art of Racing in the Rain

2019

Filmography

2024	Behind the Lines	Self
2024	NCISverse: The First 1,000	Self
2022	Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe	Mattison (voice)
2022	The Bob's Burgers Movie	Sgt. Bosco (voice)
2020	DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family	Two-Face / Commissioner James Gordon / Reporter 4 (voice)
2020	Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp	Self
2020	Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness	Self
2020	Darkness Falls	Mark Witver
2019	Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire	Invisibilio (voice)
2019	Married Young	Aaron
2019	The Art of Racing in the Rain	Don Kitch
2019	Under the Eiffel Tower	Gerard
2018	Seven in Heaven	Wallace
2018	Unbroken: Path to Redemption	Dr. George Bailey
2018	Blockers	Ron
2017	Small Crimes	Lieutenant Pleasant
2017	Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown	Rafe (voice)
2016	Hot Air	Aviator
2016	The Bronze	Stan Greggory
2015	Christmas Eve	Dr. Roberts
2015	Divine Access	Reverend Guy Roy Davis
2015	Everyday Miracles	Clay Peakes
2014	The Town that Dreaded Sundown	Chief Deputy Tillman
2014	Market Hours	Manager
2014	Tammy	Earl
2014	Date and Switch	Dwayne
2013	Vamp U	Arthur Levine
2012	An Officer and a Murderer	Russell Williams
2011	Ricochet	Judge Cato Laird
2011	The Last Rites of Joe May	Lenny
2011	The Chicago 8	Bill Kunstler
2011	Hop	Henry O'Hare
2010	DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection	Jim Corrigan / The Spectre (segment "The Spectre") (voice)
2010	Batman: Under the Red Hood	Bobo / Commissioner Gordon / Shot / Guard (voice)
2010	The Joneses	Larry Symonds
2010	Weird: The Al Yankovic Story	Mr. Yankovic
2010	DC Showcase: The Spectre	Jim Corrigan / The Spectre (voice)
2009	Extract	Bar Patron (uncredited)
2009	A Good Funeral	Stan Talmadge
2008	Forever Strong	Coach Larry Gelwix
2008	Pineapple Express	Ted
2008	Conspiracy	Rhodes
2008	Good Behavior	Dean West
2007	American Pastime	Billy Burrell
2007	The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning	Balladeer
2007	My Wife Is Retarded	Dr. Heichmann
2007	Breach	Rich Garces
2006	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Reese Bobby
2005	Cry_Wolf	Mr. Matthews
2005	Mozart and the Whale	Wallace
2005	Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama	Dr. Possible (voice)
2005	The Ring Two	Martin Savide
2004	Pop Rocks	Jerry "Dagger" Harden
2004	DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story	Cotton McKnight
2004	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	Henry Futch
2003	Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time	Dr. Possible (Dad) (voice)
2003	Criminology 101	Roy Franks
2002	The Brady Bunch in the White House	Mike Brady
2002	I Spy	Carlos
2002	One Hour Photo	Bill Owens
2002	Cadet Kelly	Sir
2001	Justice League: Secret Origins	J. Allen Carter (voice)
2001	The Rising Place	Avery Hodge
2000	The Gift	David Duncan
2000	American Adventure	Chuck
1999	Office Space	Bill Lumbergh
1998	A Simple Plan	Baxter
1998	I'll Be Home for Christmas	Jake's Dad
1998	Kiss the Sky	Marty
1997	Gang Related	Richard Simms
1997	Santa Fe	Paul Thomas
1997	Lies He Told	Dave
1997	Cyclops, Baby	Manks
1996	For My Daughter's Honor	Pete Nash
1996	A Very Brady Sequel	Mike Brady
1995	The Brady Bunch Movie	Mike Brady
1994	Fall from Grace	Maj. Tom O'Neill
1994	The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics	James (segment "The Theatre")
1994	A Time to Heal	Jay Barton
1993	In the Line of Fire	Bill Watts
1993	When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn	John Hearn
1993	The Switch	Larry McAfee
1990	The Old Man and the Sea	Tom Pruitt
1989	Those She Left Behind	Scott Grimes
1987	Echoes in the Darkness	Jack Holtz
1986	Lucas	Assistant Coach
1986	Vital Signs	Dr. Hayward
1985	To Live and Die in L.A.	Man Chased by Richard (uncredited)
1985	First Steps	Manny
1984	A Matter of Principle	Man with Christmas Tree
1983	Heart of Steel	Lee

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