Gary Cole
1 FOLLOWER • 105 CREDITS • SEP 20, 1956 • 68
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
Family Guy
Touched by an Angel
30 Rock
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Practice
The Closer
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
NCIS: Los Angeles
Bob's Burgers
True Blood
The Good Fight
Chicago Fire
The Outer Limits
American Dad!
Unforgettable
Kim Possible
Rick and Morty
Suits
The Twilight Zone
Big Mouth
Entourage
The $100,000 Pyramid
The Good Wife
Phineas and Ferb
Shark
Frasier
The Great North
Miami Vice
Hart of Dixie
Hack
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Supernatural
Desperate Housewives
From the Earth to the Moon
Arrested Development
Psych
King of the Hill
black-ish
We Bare Bears
Love, Death & Robots
NCIS: Hawai'i
Family Law
Batman Beyond
Trolls: TrollsTopia
Fam
Chuck
Monk
Room 104
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Archer
The Penguins of Madagascar
Agent Elvis
Mr. Robinson
Velma
Inside Job
Justice League
White House Plumbers
To Live and Die in L.A.
Extract
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
First Steps
Blockers
Waco: The Aftermath
NCIS
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Batman: Under the Red Hood
The Gift
Veep
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
mixed-ish
A Simple Plan
I Spy
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Office Space
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Hop
Gang Related
Echoes in the Darkness
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
The Ring Two
Batman: Death in the Family
Breach
Small Crimes
Tammy
In the Line of Fire
The West Wing
One Hour Photo
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Criminology 101
Fatal Vision
Darkness Falls
Pineapple Express
Crusade
Q-Force
A Very Brady Sequel
The Brady Bunch in the White House
The Brady Bunch Movie
The Bronze
DC Showcase: The Spectre
Midnight Caller
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
American Gothic
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