Gary Cole
1 FOLLOWER • 106 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 Closer
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
NCIS: Los Angeles
Bob's Burgers
The Practice
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
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
White House Plumbers
Justice League
To Live and Die in L.A.
From the Earth to the Moon
Extract
NCIS
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
First Steps
Waco: The Aftermath
Blockers
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
The Bob's Burgers Movie
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
The Gift
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Veep
Justice League: Secret Origins
mixed-ish
A Simple Plan
Office Space
The Art of Racing in the Rain
I Spy
Echoes in the Darkness
Gang Related
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Hop
Tammy
Batman: Death in the Family
The Ring Two
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Small Crimes
Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
In the Line of Fire
Breach
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Criminology 101
The West Wing
Fatal Vision
One Hour Photo
Crusade
Pineapple Express
Darkness Falls
Q-Force
The Brady Bunch in the White House
The Bronze
The Brady Bunch Movie
A Very Brady Sequel
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
American Gothic
Wanted
DC Showcase: The Spectre
Midnight Caller
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