Acting credits
178
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Gary Cole
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.7
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Movies: 88Series: 90
TMDB ID: 21163
IMDb ID: nm0170550
Known for: Acting
Born: September 20, 1956
Age: 69
Place of birth: Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1982 - 2026
Years active: 45
Average TMDB rating: 6.97
Wikidata: Q315864
Also known as
Gary Michael 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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Gary Cole.
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as Harvey Birdman (voice)
The Robot Chicken [adult swim] 25th Anniversary Special
2026 • Movie
as Self
NCISverse: The First 1,000
2024 • Movie
as Mattison (voice)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
2022 • Movie
as Sgt. Bosco (voice)
The Bob's Burgers Movie
2022 • Movie
as Two-Face / Commissioner James Gordon / Reporter 4 (voice)
DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family
2020 • Movie
as Self
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020 • Movie
as Self
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020 • Movie
as Mark Witver
Darkness Falls
2020 • Movie
as Invisibilio (voice)
Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire
2019 • Movie
as Aaron
Married Young
2019 • Movie
as Don Kitch
The Art of Racing in the Rain
2019 • Movie
as Gerard
Under the Eiffel Tower
2019 • Movie
as Wallace
Seven in Heaven
2018 • Movie
as Dr. George Bailey
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
2018 • Movie
as Ron
Blockers
2018 • Movie
as Lieutenant Pleasant
Small Crimes
2017 • Movie
as Rafe (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
2017 • Movie
as Aviator
Hot Air
2016 • Movie
as Stan Greggory
The Bronze
2016 • Movie
as Dr. Roberts
Christmas Eve
2015 • Movie
as Reverend Guy Roy Davis
Divine Access
2015 • Movie
as Clay Peakes
Everyday Miracles
2015 • Movie
as Chief Deputy Tillman
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2014 • Movie
as Manager
Market Hours
2014 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Gary Cole.
as Brad Vinick • 4 eps
A Man on the Inside
2024 • Series
as Valley King (voice) • 1 eps
Krapopolis
2023 • Series
as Mark Felt • 1 eps
White House Plumbers
2023 • Series
as Gordon Novel • 5 eps
Waco: The Aftermath
2023 • Series
as President Nixon (voice) • 1 eps
Agent Elvis
2023 • Series
as Lamont (voice) • 12 eps
Velma
2023 • Series
as Brett's father (voice) • 1 eps
Inside Job
2021 • Series
as Alden Parker • 3 eps
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
2021 • Series
as Dirk Chunley (voice) • 10 eps
Q-Force
2021 • Series
as Elwin Kreb (voice) • 1 eps
The Great North
2021 • Series
as Sky Toronto (voice) • 5 eps
Trolls: TrollsTopia
2020 • Series
as Leonardo da Vinci (voice) • 1 eps
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020 • Series
as Harrison Johnson • 36 eps
mixed-ish
2019 • Series
as The Inspector (voice) • 1 eps
Love, Death & Robots
2019 • Series
as Freddy • 7 eps
Fam
2019 • Series
as Matthew's Father (voice) • 1 eps
Big Mouth
2017 • Series
as Chip Crawford • 1 eps
Room 104
2017 • Series
as Kurt McVeigh • 24 eps
The Good Fight
2017 • Series
as Black Adam (voice) • 2 eps
Justice League Action
2016 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016 • Series
as Self - Panelist • 1 eps
To Tell the Truth
2016 • Series
as Professor Everett Lamereau • 1 eps
Angie Tribeca
2016 • Series
as James Green, Sr. • 12 eps
Mercy Street
2016 • Series
as Roger Dunbarton (voice) • 6 eps
F is for Family
2015 • Series