Gary Cole
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1956-09-20
Place of Birth: Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
Popularity: 4.0
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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
NCIS
2003
Supernatural
2005
Rick and Morty
2013
Family Guy
1999
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
American Dad!
2005
Chicago Fire
2012
Suits
2011
Desperate Housewives
2004
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
The Good Wife
2009
Monk
2002
Psych
2006
The West Wing
1999
Frasier
1993
King of the Hill
1997
The Closer
2005
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Bob's Burgers
2011
Phineas and Ferb
2007
True Blood
2008
Miami Vice
1984
The Practice
1997
30 Rock
2006
Entourage
2004
Arrested Development
2003
Numb3rs
2005
Chuck
2007
Veep
2012
Archer
2009
The Good Fight
2017
Kim Possible
2002
Unforgettable
2011
We Bare Bears
2015
The Tom and Jerry Show
2014
The Legend of Korra
2012
Big Mouth
2017
The Penguins of Madagascar
2008
Love, Death & Robots
2019
The Outer Limits
1995
Touched by an Angel
1994
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010
The Twilight Zone
1985
Moonlighting
1985
Hart of Dixie
2011
Batman Beyond
1999
The Great North
2021
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
Family Law
1999
Shark
2006
Angie Tribeca
2016
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
2021
Krapopolis
2023
Pound Puppies
2010
The Venture Bros.
2004
Trolls: TrollsTopia
2020
To Tell the Truth
2016
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
Velma
2023
Hack
2002
Justice League
2001
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
Justice League Action
2016
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
2000
Inside Job
2021
Room 104
2017
A Man on the Inside
2024
F is for Family
2015
Project Greenlight
2001
mixed-ish
2019
Midnight Caller
1988
Crusade
1999
The Good Guys
2010
American Gothic
1995
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
White House Plumbers
2023
Wanted 2005
2005
Agent Elvis
2023
Hop
2011
Waco: The Aftermath
2023
Office Space
1999
The Gift
2000
The Art of Racing in the Rain
2019
Karen Sisco
2003
Blockers
2018
Pineapple Express
2008
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006
The Ring Two
2005
Q-Force
2021No Photo
The Great Debate
2009
Batman: Under the Red Hood
2010
Mercy Street
2016
Fam
2019
In the Line of Fire
1993
I Spy
2002
The Bob's Burgers Movie
2022
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
2007
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
Family Affair
2002
A Simple Plan
1998
DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family
2020
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
2017
One Hour Photo
2002
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2014
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
2005
Tammy
2014
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
2022
Mr. Robinson
2015
Cadet Kelly
2002
Son of the Morning Star
1991
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
Extract
2009
Breach
2007
Cry_Wolf
2005
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
2004
Gang Related
1997
Fatal Vision
1984
Lucas
1986
I'll Be Home for Christmas
1998
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
2018
Ricochet
2011
Forever Strong
2008
The Joneses
2010
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
2010
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
2003
The Bronze
2016
Date and Switch
2014
Kiss the Sky
1998
Small Crimes
2017
Conspiracy
2008
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire
2019
DC Showcase: The Spectre
2010
Vamp U
2013
The Brady Bunch in the White House
2002
Pop Rocks
2004
Seven in Heaven
2018
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
NCISverse: The First 1,000
2024
The Old Man and the Sea
1990
Hot Air
2016
Fall from Grace
1994
Justice League: Secret Origins
2001
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
For My Daughter's Honor
1996
Darkness Falls
2020
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
A Very Brady Sequel
1996No Photo
Company Town
N/A
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2010
Divine Access
2015
Christmas Eve
2015
Married Young
2019
The Chicago 8
2011
Santa Fe
1997
An Officer and a Murderer
2012
Behind the Lines
N/A
Under the Eiffel Tower
2019
The Switch
1993
Heart of Steel
1983
American Pastime
2007
Mozart and the Whale
2005
A Time to Heal
1994
A Good Funeral
2009
First Steps
1985
Lies He Told
1997
My Wife Is Retarded
2007
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
1993No Photo
Criminology 101
2003No Photo
American Adventure
2000
The Last Rites of Joe May
2011
Those She Left Behind
1989
The Rising Place
2001
Cyclops, Baby
1997
Everyday Miracles
2015No Photo
Vital Signs
1986
Market Hours
2014No Photo
Good Behavior
2008