Gary Cole

Known for

Acting

Born

September 20, 1956 (age 70)

Birthplace

Park Ridge, Illinois, USA

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.

Best known work

Rick and Morty

2013

Supernatural

2005

Suits

2011

Family Guy

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Pineapple Express

2008

Love, Death & Robots

2019

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

2004

Office Space

1999

NCIS

2003

Filmography

TBA
Company TownTV
as Martin Amberson (1 episode)
2024
A Man on the InsideTV
as Brad Vinick (4 episodes)
2024
Behind the Lines
as Self
2024
NCISverse: The First 1,000
as Self
2023
KrapopolisTV
as Valley King (voice) (1 episode)
2023
White House PlumbersTV
as Mark Felt (1 episode)
2023
Waco: The AftermathTV
as Gordon Novel (5 episodes)
2023
Agent ElvisTV
as President Nixon (voice) (1 episode)
2023
VelmaTV
as Lamont (voice) (12 episodes), as Lamont / General Meeting (voice) (1 episode)
2022
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
as Mattison (voice)
2022
The Bob's Burgers Movie
as Sgt. Bosco (voice)
2021
Inside JobTV
as Brett's father (voice) (1 episode), as Sitcom Dad / Male Cop (voice) (1 episode)
2021
NCIS: HawaiʻiTV
as Alden Parker (3 episodes)
2021
Q-ForceTV
as Dirk Chunley (voice) (10 episodes)
2021
The Great NorthTV
as Elwin Kreb (voice) (1 episode)
2020
Trolls: TrollsTopiaTV
as Sky Toronto (voice) (5 episodes)
2020
DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family
as Two-Face / Commissioner James Gordon / Reporter 4 (voice)
2020
Star Trek: Lower DecksTV
as Leonardo da Vinci (voice) (1 episode)
2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as Self
2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as Self
2020
Darkness Falls
as Mark Witver
2019
Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire
as Invisibilio (voice)
2019
Married Young
as Aaron
2019
mixed-ishTV
as Harrison Johnson (36 episodes)
2019
The Art of Racing in the Rain
as Don Kitch