Gary Cole
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.
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Acting History
2024
A Man on the Inside as Brad Vinick
2024NCISverse: The First 1,000 as Self
2023Krapopolis as Valley King (voice)
2023White House Plumbers as Mark Felt
2023Waco: The Aftermath as Gordon Novel
2023Agent Elvis as President Nixon (voice)
2023Velma as Lamont (voice)
2023Velma as Lamont / General Meeting (voice)
2022Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe as Mattison (voice)
2022The Bob's Burgers Movie as Sgt. Bosco (voice)
2021Inside Job as Brett's father (voice)
2021Inside Job as Sitcom Dad / Male Cop (voice)
2021NCIS: Hawaiʻi as Alden Parker
2021Q-Force as Dirk Chunley (voice)
2021The Great North as Elwin Kreb (voice)
2020Trolls: TrollsTopia as Sky Toronto (voice)
2020Batman: Death in the Family as Two-Face / Commissioner James Gordon / Reporter 4 (voice)
2020Star Trek: Lower Decks as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
2020Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp as Self
2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness as Self
2020Darkness Falls as Mark Witver
2019Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire as Invisibilio (voice)
2019Married Young as Aaron
2019mixed-ish as Harrison Johnson
2019The Art of Racing in the Rain as Don Kitch
2019Love, Death & Robots as The Inspector (voice)
2019Under the Eiffel Tower as Gerard
2019Fam as Freddy
2018Seven in Heaven as Wallace
2018Unbroken: Path to Redemption as Dr. George Bailey
2018Blockers as Ron
2017Big Mouth as Matthew's Father (voice)
2017Big Mouth as Andrew's Father (voice)
2017Big Mouth
2017Big Mouth as Edward MacDell (voice)
2017Room 104 as Chip Crawford
2017Small Crimes as Lieutenant Pleasant
2017The Good Fight as Kurt McVeigh
2017Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown as Rafe (voice)
2016Justice League Action as Black Adam (voice)
2016Hot Air as Aviator
2016The $100,000 Pyramid as Self
2016To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist
2016The Bronze as Stan Greggory
2016Angie Tribeca as Professor Everett Lamereau
2016Mercy Street as James Green, Sr.
2015F is for Family as Roger Dunbarton (voice)
2015Christmas Eve as Dr. Roberts
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015We Bare Bears as CEO (voice)
2015Mr. Robinson as Neville Rex
2015Divine Access as Reverend Guy Roy Davis
2015Everyday Miracles as Clay Peakes
2014Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Brock (voice)
2014The Town that Dreaded Sundown as Chief Deputy Tillman
2014Tammy as Earl
2014The Tom and Jerry Show as Narrator (voice)
2014Date and Switch as Dwayne
2013Rick and Morty as Alien Doctor (voice)
2013Vamp U as Arthur Levine
2012Chicago Fire as Chief Grissom
2012An Officer and a Murderer as Russell Williams
2012Veep as Kent Davison
2012The Legend of Korra as Dai Li Sergeant / Rich Man (voice)
2012The Legend of Korra as Dai Li Sergeant (voice)
2011Ricochet as Judge Cato Laird
2011The Last Rites of Joe May as Lenny
2011Hart of Dixie as Dr. Ethan Hart
2011Unforgettable as Clay Tendler
2011Suits as Cameron Dennis
2011The Chicago 8 as Bill Kunstler
2011Hop as Henry O'Hare
2011Bob's Burgers as Sergeant Bosco (voice)
2010DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection as Jim Corrigan / The Spectre (segment "The Spectre") (voice)
2010Pound Puppies as Slick (voice)
2010Batman: Under the Red Hood as Bobo / Commissioner Gordon / Shot / Guard (voice)
2010Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Black Knight (voice)
2010Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Mayor Fred Jones Sr. (voice)
2010Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Foreman (voice)
2010Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Motorcycle Cop (voice)
2010Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Paramedic #2 (voice)
2010The Good Guys as Frank Savage
2010The Joneses as Larry Symonds
2010Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Mr. Yankovic
2010DC Showcase: The Spectre as Jim Corrigan / The Spectre (voice)
2009NCIS: Los Angeles as Alden Parker
2009The Good Wife as Kurt McVeigh
2009Archer as Special Agent Hawley (voice)
2009Extract as Bar Patron (uncredited)
2009The Great Debate
2009A Good Funeral as Stan Talmadge
2008The Penguins of Madagascar as Commissioner (voice)
2008Forever Strong as Coach Larry Gelwix
2008True Blood as Earl Stackhouse
2008Pineapple Express as Ted
2008Conspiracy as Rhodes
2007Chuck as Jack Burton
2007Phineas and Ferb as Principal Lang (voice)
2007American Pastime as Billy Burrell
2007The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning as The Balladeer (voice)
2007My Wife Is Retarded as Dr. Heichmann
2007Breach as Rich Garces
2007Diggs Tailwagger: Galactic Rover as Captain (voice)
200630 Rock as Roger
2006Shark as Christian Chambers
2006Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby as Reese Bobby
2006Psych as Cameron Lutz
2005Cry_Wolf as Mr. Matthews
2005Supernatural as Brad Redding
2005Mozart and the Whale as Wallace
2005Wanted as Conrad Rose
2005The Closer as Major Edward Dorcet
2005Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama as Dr. Possible (voice)
2005The Ring Two as Martin Savide
2005American Dad! as Ted Robinson (voice)
2005Numb3rs as Shepard Crater
2004Desperate Housewives as Wayne Davis
2004Pop Rocks as Jerry "Dagger" Harden
2004The Venture Bros. as Professor Von Helping (voice)
2004Entourage as Andrew Klein
2004DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story as Cotton McKnight
2004Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! as Henry Futch
2003Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time as Dr. Possible (Dad) (voice)
2003Arrested Development as Richard Shaw
2003Karen Sisco
2003NCIS as Alden Parker
2003Criminology 101 as Roy Franks
2002The Brady Bunch in the White House as Mike Brady
2002I Spy as Carlos
2002Hack as Johnny Scanlon
2002Family Affair as Bill Davis
2002One Hour Photo as Bill Owens
2002Monk as Dexter Larson
2002Kim Possible as Dr. James Possible (voice)
2002Cadet Kelly as Sir
2001Project Greenlight as Self
2001Justice League as J. Allen Carter (voice)
2001Justice League: Secret Origins as J. Allen Carter (voice)
2001The Rising Place as Avery Hodge
2000Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law as Harvey Birdman (voice)
2000Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law as Judge Hiram Mightor (voice)
2000Curb Your Enthusiasm as Joe O'Donnell
2000American Adventure as Chuck
2000The Gift as David Duncan
1999The West Wing as Bob Russell
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Xander Henry
1999Family Law as Alan
1999Crusade as Matthew Gideon
1999Office Space as Bill Lumbergh
1999Family Guy as Bill Lumbergh / Priest (voice)
1999Family Guy as Father O'Leary (voice)
1999Family Guy as NCIS Fan (voice)
1999Family Guy as Billy's Father (voice)
1999Family Guy as Principal Shepherd / Optometrist (voice)
1999Family Guy as Michael Eisner (voice)
1999Family Guy as Jerry Nelson / Various (voice)
1999Family Guy as Chairman (voice)
1999Family Guy as Warren Fredericks (voice)
1999Family Guy as Principal Shepard (voice)
1999Family Guy as Dr. Franklin (voice)
1999Family Guy as Mike Brady / Thug #1 (voice)
1999Family Guy as James 'Grizzly' Adams (voice)
1999Family Guy as Cop / Coach (voice)
1999Family Guy as Security Guard (voice)
1999Family Guy as Mike Brady (voice)
1999Family Guy as Principal Shepherd (voice)
1999Family Guy as Reporter (voice)
1999Family Guy as Principal Shepherd(voice)
1999Batman Beyond as Zeta (voice)
1998A Simple Plan as Baxter
1998I'll Be Home for Christmas as Jake's Dad
1998Kiss the Sky as Marty
1998From the Earth to the Moon as Ed Mitchell
1997Gang Related as Richard Simms
1997Santa Fe as Paul Thomas
1997Lies He Told as Dave
1997The Practice as Defense Attorney Solomon Tager
1997The Practice as Atty. Brian Seabury
1997King of the Hill as Vance Gilbert (voice)
1997Cyclops, Baby as Manks
1996For My Daughter's Honor as Pete Nash
1996A Very Brady Sequel as Mike Brady
1995American Gothic as Sheriff Lucas Buck
1995The Outer Limits as Detective Ray Venable
1995The Brady Bunch Movie as Mike Brady
1994Touched by an Angel as Charlie Radcliff
1994Fall from Grace as Maj. Tom O'Neill
1994The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics as James (segment "The Theatre")
1994A Time to Heal as Jay Barton
1993Frasier as Luke Parker
1993In the Line of Fire as Bill Watts
1993When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn as John Hearn
1993The Switch as Larry McAfee
1991Son of the Morning Star as George Armstrong Custer
1990The Old Man and the Sea as Tom Pruitt
1989Those She Left Behind as Scott Grimes
1988Midnight Caller as Jack 'Nighthawk' Killian
1987Echoes in the Darkness as Jack Holtz
1987Echoes in the Darkness as Jack Holtz
1986Vital Signs as Dr. Hayward
1985To Live and Die in L.A. as Man Chased by Richard (uncredited)
1985The Twilight Zone as Daniel Gaddis (segment "Her Pilgrim Soul")
1985First Steps as Manny
1985Moonlighting as Alan McClafferty
1984A Matter of Principle as Man with Christmas Tree
1984Fatal Vision as Jeffrey MacDonald
1984Miami Vice as Jackson Crane
1983Heart of Steel as Lee
—Behind the Lines as Self
—Company Town