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Gary Cole

Acting · Born 1956-09-20 · 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.

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A Man on the Inside

2024 · Brad Vinick

NCISverse: The First 1,000

2023 · Valley King (voice)

White House Plumbers

2023 · Mark Felt

Waco: The Aftermath

2023 · Gordon Novel

2023 · President Nixon (voice)

2023 · Lamont (voice)

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

2022 · Mattison (voice)

The Bob's Burgers Movie

2022 · Sgt. Bosco (voice)

2021 · Brett's father (voice)

2021 · Alden Parker

2021 · Dirk Chunley (voice)

The Great North

2021 · Elwin Kreb (voice)

Trolls: TrollsTopia

2020 · Sky Toronto (voice)

DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family

2020 · Two-Face / Commissioner James Gordon / Reporter 4 (voice)

Star Trek: Lower Decks

2020 · Leonardo da Vinci (voice)

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

2020 · Mark Witver

Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire

2019 · Invisibilio (voice)

2019 · Harrison Johnson

The Art of Racing in the Rain

2019 · Don Kitch

Love, Death & Robots

2019 · The Inspector (voice)

Under the Eiffel Tower

Seven in Heaven

2018 · Wallace

Unbroken: Path to Redemption

2018 · Dr. George Bailey

2017 · Matthew's Father (voice)

2017 · Chip Crawford

2017 · Lieutenant Pleasant

2017 · Kurt McVeigh

Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown

2017 · Rafe (voice)

Justice League Action

2016 · Black Adam (voice)

2016 · Aviator

The $100,000 Pyramid

To Tell the Truth

2016 · Self - Panelist

2016 · Stan Greggory

2016 · James Green, Sr.

2016 · Professor Everett Lamereau

F is for Family

2015 · Roger Dunbarton (voice)

2015 · Dr. Roberts

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · CEO (voice)

2015 · Neville Rex

2015 · Reverend Guy Roy Davis

Everyday Miracles

2015 · Clay Peakes

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

2014 · Brock (voice)

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

2014 · Chief Deputy Tillman

The Tom and Jerry Show

2014 · Narrator (voice)

Date and Switch

2013 · Alien Doctor (voice)

2013 · Arthur Levine

2012 · Chief Grissom

An Officer and a Murderer

2012 · Russell Williams

2012 · Kent Davison

The Legend of Korra

2012 · Dai Li Sergeant / Rich Man (voice)

2011 · Judge Cato Laird

The Last Rites of Joe May

2011 · Dr. Ethan Hart

2011 · Clay Tendler

2011 · Cameron Dennis

2011 · Bill Kunstler

2011 · Henry O'Hare

2011 · Sergeant Bosco (voice)

DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection

2010 · Jim Corrigan / The Spectre (segment "The Spectre") (voice)

2010 · Slick (voice)

Batman: Under the Red Hood

2010 · Bobo / Commissioner Gordon / Shot / Guard (voice)

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

2010 · Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Black Knight (voice)

2010 · Frank Savage

2010 · Larry Symonds

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

2010 · Mr. Yankovic

DC Showcase: The Spectre

2010 · Jim Corrigan / The Spectre (voice)

2009 · Kurt McVeigh

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009 · Alden Parker

2009 · Special Agent Hawley (voice)

2009 · Bar Patron (uncredited)

The Great Debate

The Great Debate

2009 · Stan Talmadge

The Penguins of Madagascar

2008 · Commissioner (voice)

2008 · Coach Larry Gelwix

2008 · Earl Stackhouse

Pineapple Express

2007 · Jack Burton

Phineas and Ferb

2007 · Principal Lang (voice)

American Pastime

2007 · Billy Burrell

The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning

2007 · Balladeer

My Wife Is Retarded

2007 · Dr. Heichmann

2007 · Rich Garces

2006 · Christian Chambers

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

2006 · Reese Bobby

2006 · Cameron Luntz

2005 · Mr. Matthews

2005 · Brad Redding

Mozart and the Whale

2005 · Wallace

2005 · Conrad Rose

2005 · Major Edward Dorcet

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

2005 · Dr. Possible (voice)

2005 · Martin Savide

2005 · Ted Robinson (voice)

2005 · Shepard Crater

Desperate Housewives

2004 · Wayne Davis

2004 · Jerry "Dagger" Harden

The Venture Bros.

2004 · Professor Von Helping (voice)

2004 · Andrew Klein

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

2004 · Cotton McKnight

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!

2004 · Henry Futch

Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time

2003 · Dr. Possible (Dad) (voice)

Arrested Development

2003 · Richard Shaw

2003 · Alden Parker

The Brady Bunch in the White House

2002 · Mike Brady

2002 · Johnny Scanlon

2002 · Bill Davis

2002 · Bill Owens

2002 · Dexter Larson

2002 · Dr. James Possible (voice)

Project Greenlight

Justice League: Secret Origins

2001 · J. Allen Carter (voice)

2001 · J. Allen Carter (voice)

The Rising Place

2001 · Avery Hodge

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

2000 · Harvey Birdman (voice)

2000 · David Duncan

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000 · Joe O'Donnell

American Adventure

American Adventure

1999 · Bob Russell

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 · Xander Henry

1999 · Matthew Gideon

1999 · Bill Lumbergh

1999 · Bill Lumbergh / Priest (voice)

1999 · Zeta (voice)

I'll Be Home for Christmas

1998 · Jake's Dad

From the Earth to the Moon

1998 · Ed Mitchell

1997 · Richard Simms

1997 · Paul Thomas

1997 · Defense Attorney Solomon Tager

King of the Hill

1997 · Vance Gilbert (voice)

For My Daughter's Honor

1996 · Pete Nash

A Very Brady Sequel

1996 · Mike Brady

American Gothic

1995 · Sheriff Lucas Buck

The Outer Limits

1995 · Detective Ray Venable

The Brady Bunch Movie

1995 · Mike Brady

Touched by an Angel

1994 · Charlie Radcliff

Fall from Grace

1994 · Maj. Tom O'Neill

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

1994 · James (segment "The Theatre")

1994 · Jay Barton

1993 · Luke Parker

In the Line of Fire

1993 · Bill Watts

When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

1993 · John Hearn

1993 · Larry McAfee

Son of the Morning Star

1991 · George Armstrong Custer

The Old Man and the Sea

1990 · Tom Pruitt

Those She Left Behind

1989 · Scott Grimes

Midnight Caller

1988 · Jack 'Nighthawk' Killian

Echoes in the Darkness

1987 · Jack Holtz

Echoes in the Darkness

1987 · Jack Holtz

1986 · Assistant Coach

1986 · Dr. Hayward

To Live and Die in L.A.

1985 · Man Chased by Richard (uncredited)

The Twilight Zone

1985 · Daniel Gaddis (segment "Her Pilgrim Soul")

1985 · Alan McClafferty

1984 · Jeffrey MacDonald

1984 · Jackson Crane

American Playhouse

1982 · Man with Xmas Tree

Martin Amberson

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