
M.C. Gainey
Biography
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Mike Connor Gainey (born January 18, 1948) is an American film and television actor whose distinctive mustache, 6'2½" height, and threatening look have given him supporting roles as Southern/Southwestern types, thugs, and criminals. M.C. Gainley attended the University of Southern Mississippi prior to moving to California. He worked as an undertaker's apprentice before he decided to study acting. In the early 1970s he attended the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco along with Ken Hixon. In 1981, he made his big-screen debut in the Steve Martin musical Pennies from Heaven. Since the early 1980s he has been in over 50 movies and made for TV movies, including Breakdown, Two Idiots in Hollywood, Con Air, The Mighty Ducks, Are We There Yet, Terminator 3, Sideways, and 2005's The Dukes of Hazzard. He was one of the stars of the short-lived television series Against the Law. He has guest starred on over 40 television shows, including The Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, Designing Women, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Walker, Texas Ranger, CSI, Cheers, Days of our Lives, The X-Files, Desperate Housewives, Burn Notice, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and had a role as Tom Friendly on the series Lost, a character who appeared in 20 episodes, as many as some former main cast members. He also played the murderous drug dealer Bo Crowder in a recurring role in the 2010 season of the hit FX TV show Justifed. He attended the 2007 Emmys with Lost's show runners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Gainey played Kurtz/The Wizard in the controversial road-revenge film Apocalypse Oz, a film containing no original dialogue as it is all taken from Apocalypse Now or The Wizard of Oz. In 2007 he appeared in a trio of films including Mr. Woodcock, Wild Hogs, and the sci/horror film Unearthed; in 2010 he appeared in Love Ranch. In 2010, he voiced one of the characters of the animated musical film Tangled as Captain of the Palace Guard.
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Acting History
2024
Getting LOST as Self
2021The Cleaner as Doug
2020A Teacher as Wyatt Wilson
2020Moonbase 8 as T-Boy
2020Emperor as Randolph Stevens
2019Bit as Enoch
2019Orchard Girl as Wheelchair Man
2018The Conners as Group Leader
2018Boogeyman Pop as Ed
2018Deadman Standing as Hugh Anderson
2018Shifting Gears as D. H. - Dirty Harry Hawkins
2018Secret of the Sundrop as Captain of the Guard
20189-1-1 as Charlie
2017Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Captain of the Guard (voice)
2017Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Captain of the Guards (voice)
2017Tangled: Before Ever After as Captain of the Guard (voice)
2017Riverdale as Poppa Poutine
2017The Corridor Defended as Bartender
2016Speechless as Dom
2016Greater as Coach Ford
2015The Magicians as Stanley
2015The Week as Doc
2015Bosch as Ryan Rodgers
2014Kingdom as Rick
2014Girl Meets World as Pappy Joe
2013The Pardon as Gibbs Duhon
2012Django Unchained as Big John Brittle
2012Revolution as Frank Blanchard
2012Stolen as Hoyt
2012Haunted High as Alger Danforth
2012The Babymakers as Officer Malloy
2012The Finder as Pete Steck
2011Leave as Gus
2010Tangled as Captain of the Guard (voice)
2010Love Ranch as Warren Stamp
2010Happy Town as Sheriff Griffin Conroy
2010Justified as Bo Crowder
2010Human Target as Donnelly
2010Trim as Ron
2009All About Steve as Norm the Truck Driver
2009Glee as Santa Claus
2009Tripping Forward as Jim Rose
2008The Mentalist as Pete Barsocky
2007Life as William Ford
2007Mr. Woodcock as Hal - Barber #1
2007The Death and Life of Bobby Z as Boom Boom
2007Burn Notice as Jacob Orr
2007Unearthed as Rob Horn
2007The TV Set as Hutch
2007Wild Hogs as Murdock
2006Beerfest as Priest
2006Relative Strangers as Spicer
2006Two Tickets to Paradise as Barbosa
2006Apocalypse Oz as Kurtz
2005Criminal Minds as Moretti
2005Bones as Braxton Smalls
2005The Dukes of Hazzard as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
2005Are We There Yet? as Al
2004Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie as Bartender
2004Sideways as Cammi's Husband
2004Desperate Housewives as Claude
2004Lost as Tom Friendly
2004Club Dread as Hank
2003King of the Ants as Coach Rack
2003The Cooler as Highway Officer
2003Wonderland as Billy Ward
2003Cold Case as Coach Walters (2008)
2003Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as Roadhouse Bouncer
2003The Pitts as Curtis
2003The Last Cowboy as Amos Russell
2002The Country Bears as Roadie
2002The New Guy as Clem
2002Highway as Steven
2002Run Ronnie Run as Hark Trellis
2001Diary of a Sex Addict as Theatre manager
2001Man and Cat as Dog
2001UC: Undercover
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Frank Maddox
1999Happy, Texas as Bob Maslow
1999Horse Sense as Twister
1999Bad Trip as Sheriff Haggard
1999The Haunting as Large Man
1998Ringmaster as Trucker
1998Meet the Deedles as Major Flower
1998The Magnificent Seven as Earl
1997Con Air as "Swamp Thing"
1997Breakdown as Earl
1996Citizen Ruth as Harlan
1996The Pretender as Sharpton
1996The Secret Agent Club as Jock Dad
1996The Fan as Man Behind Man
1996One Tough Bastard as Hank
1996Don't Look Back as Red
1996Nash Bridges as Neil Gallow
1996Death Benefit as D.K. Graham
1995Misery Loves Company
1995The Home Court as Bobby Keaton
1995Marker
1995Women of the House
1994New Eden as Thor
1994Touched by an Angel as Smoky
1994ER as Darrion Walters
1994Blind Justice as Bull
1994Dead Man's Revenge
1993Geronimo: An American Legend as Unafraid Miner
1993The X-Files as Bo Taylor
1993The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Big Smith
1993Walker, Texas Ranger as Tingley
1993Walker, Texas Ranger as Craig
1993Ulterior Motives as Max
1992Leap of Faith as Tiny
1992The Mighty Ducks as Lewis
1992Renegade as Mick Russell
1992Hearts Afire as M.C.
1992Raven: Return of the Black Dragons as Fat Boy Ochoa
1992Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life as One-Armed Jack Sample
1991Silk Stalkings
1990Against the Law
1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Luther
1990El Diablo as Bebe
1989An Innocent Man as Malcolm
1989Hardball
1989Doctor Doctor
1989Caddie Woodlawn as Hankinson
1988Spellbinder as Brock
1988Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
1987Fatal Beauty as Barndollar
1986Soul Man as Jail Cell Bigot
1986Ratboy as Police Officer
1986Designing Women as T. Tommy Reed
1986Designing Women as Junior Jones
1986L.A. Law as Jack Markell
1986Matlock as Marty Jensen
1985The Rape of Richard Beck as Sonny
1985Street Hawk as Frankie Monroe
1984Starman as Cop #2
1984Hunter as Magruder
1984Blue Thunder as Saver
1984Night Court as Eddie the Machete
1983Night Partners as Rapist
1983Wizards and Warriors
1983The A-Team as C.W. Watkins
1982Frances as Reporter / Publicist / Photographer
1982Cheers as Irving
1982Knight Rider as Jason Keller
1982Knight Rider as Jerry Nash
1982T. J. Hooker as Earl Banks
1981Pennies from Heaven as Young Policeman
1981Simon & Simon
1981The Fall Guy
1979Time After Time as London Bobby
1979Hart to Hart
1975Hard Times as Party Guest at Mansion (uncredited)
1974Happy Days
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