Courtney Gains
Biography
Courtney Gains (born August 22, 1965) is an American character actor best known for his portrayal of Malachai in the 1984 horror movie Children of the Corn.
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Acting History
2025
Thy Will Be Done as Todd Cotton
2025Lookout Weekend: Cruel Summer IV as Sgt. Rossi
2025Infernal as Dewayne
2025The Bleeding Dark as John Barrow
2024Christmas Cowboy as Colton Byers
2024My Redneck Neighbor: Chapter 1 - The Rednecks Are Coming as Dirk Reddick
2024My Redneck Neighbor: Chapter 2 - Let the Games Begin as Dirk Reddick
2023The Wrath of Becky as Twig
2023Paul T. Goldman as Royce Auditioner
2022American Bigfoot as Wesley Harlin
2022Hellblazers as Bernard
2021River as Dr. Michael Glenn
2021Queen Bees as Biker
2020Await the Dawn as Dr. Hewitt
2019Candy Corn as Sheriff Sam Bramford
2019The Silent Natural as Tug Wilson
2018Deadly Crush as Lawrence
2018Camp Cold Brook as John Brierwitz
2018Corbin Nash as Detective Holloway
2018Hell's Kitty as Mordicia
2017Scramble as Canada Rick
2017Urban Myths as Stanley
2017Goodnight, Gracie as Billy
2017It Happened One Valentine's as Freddy Craig
2016Prettyface
2015The Funhouse Massacre as Dennis
2015Halcyon as Robert
2015Field of Lost Shoes as Capt. Chinook
2014There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs as Self
2014My Trip Back to the Dark Side as Bobby G.
2013The House Across the Street as Ned
2012Ambush at Dark Canyon as Sheriff Hurley
2012Perception as Officer James McKenzie
2011Mimesis as Gordon
2011Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury as Gil Highdecker
2011Switched at Birth
2011Franklin & Bash as Lyle
2011Discipline as Jack Baldwin
2010Faster as Telemarketer
2010Raven as Danny
2010The Quiet Ones as Michael's Father
2010Cinema Salvation as Courtney
2010The Ascent as Andrew
2009The Middle as Phil
2009Shadowheart as Finch
2009Benny Bliss and the Disciples of Greatness as Benny Bliss
2009Tattoos: A Scarred History as Self
2008Alien Encounter as Donovan
200730 Even Scarier Movie Moments as Himself
2007Halloween as Jack Kendall (uncredited)
2006The Phobic as Dr. Cecil Westlake
2006Desolation Canyon as Jack McCallister
2005Criminal Minds as Todd Burton
2005My Name Is Earl as Lloyd
2005Bones as Super
2005It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Roach
2004Harvesting Horror: Children of the Corn as Self
2003National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze as Lorenzo "The Black Hand"
2003NCIS as Gary Silverstein
2002Sweet Home Alabama as Sheriff Wade
2002Fastlane as Det. Guthrie
2002Monk as Six Fingered Man
2002Monk as Frank Nunn
2001Alias as Holden Gemler
2001The Guardian as Roy Cantwell
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Stan Gerber
2000Beaver Trilogy
2000Dreamers as Mike
1999Her Married Lover as Hood
1999King Cobra as Dr. Joseph McConnell
1999No Code of Conduct as Cameron
1998The Landlady as Tyson Johns
1998Charmed as D. J. / Bane's Right Hand
1998The Killing Grounds as Vincent Reynosa
1998Shadow of Doubt as Ernie
1997Brooklyn South as Joe Beldon
1997Behind Enemy Lines as Church
1997Dilemma as Tex
1996Pacific Blue as Jim-Joe
1995JAG as Pete
1994ER as Ronnie
1994Runaway Daughters as Deputy 1
1994In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance as Barlow
1993Diagnosis: Murder as Dwayne Roberts
1993Bakersfield P.D. as Doug
1990Memphis Belle as Eugene McVey
1989Seinfeld as Clerk
1989The 'Burbs as Hans Klopek
1988Colors as Whitey
1987Can't Buy Me Love as Kenneth Wurman
198721 Jump Street as Birch
1987Winners Take All as Goose Trammel
1987American Harvest as Chips
1986Ratboy as Kid in Car
1985Misfits of Science as Mechanic
1985The Orkly Kid
1985Back to the Future as Dixon
1985Secret Admirer as Doug
1985Lust in the Dust as Red Dick Barker
1984Hardbodies as Rag
1984Welcome Home, Jellybean as Joe Newbolt
1984Children of the Corn as Malachai
—The Red Man's View as Jenkins
—Organism 46-B The Unseen as Mack
—3rd Floor as Tim Keller
—Dirt
—Fruit of the Poisonous Tree as Paul Portray
—The Deceived as Deputy Jed
—The Barn Part III