Gary Cole
Acting • Born 1956-09-20
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.
Filmography
212 credits
The Gift
Movie • 2000
David Duncan
Office Space
Movie • 1999
Bill Lumbergh
Pineapple Express
Movie • 2008
Ted
The Ring Two
Movie • 2005
Martin Savide
Cry_Wolf
Movie • 2005
Mr. Matthews
Breach
Movie • 2007
Rich Garces
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Movie • 2005
Dr. Possible (voice)
Forever Strong
Movie • 2008
Coach Larry Gelwix
Mozart and the Whale
Movie • 2005
Wallace
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Movie • 2004
Cotton McKnight
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Movie • 2006
Reese Bobby
A Very Brady Sequel
Movie • 1996
Mike Brady
One Hour Photo
Movie • 2002
Bill Owens
Conspiracy
Movie • 2008
Rhodes
In the Line of Fire
Movie • 1993
Bill Watts
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Movie • 2004
Henry Futch
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Movie • 2010
Bobo / Commissioner Gordon / Shot / Guard (voice)
The Joneses
Movie • 2010
Larry Symonds
Gang Related
Movie • 1997
Richard Simms
Cadet Kelly
Movie • 2002
Sir
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Movie • 1994
James (segment "The Theatre")
Behind the Lines
Movie
Self
DC Showcase: The Spectre
Movie • 2010
Jim Corrigan / The Spectre (voice)
The Brady Bunch in the White House
Movie • 2002
Mike Brady
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Movie • 1998
Jake's Dad
Pop Rocks
Movie • 2004
Jerry "Dagger" Harden
American Pastime
Movie • 2007
Billy Burrell
Kiss the Sky
Movie • 1998
Marty
Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
Movie • 2003
Dr. Possible (Dad) (voice)
Hop
Movie • 2011
Henry O'Hare
Santa Fe
Movie • 1997
Paul Thomas
The Last Rites of Joe May
Movie • 2011
Lenny
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Movie • 2020
Self
Ricochet
Movie • 2011
Judge Cato Laird
The Old Man and the Sea
Movie • 1990
Tom Pruitt
An Officer and a Murderer
Movie • 2012
Russell Williams
Date and Switch
Movie • 2014
Dwayne
For My Daughter's Honor
Movie • 1996
Pete Nash
A Good Funeral
Movie • 2009
Stan Talmadge
Everyday Miracles
Movie • 2015
Clay Peakes
The Rising Place
Movie • 2001
Avery Hodge
A Matter of Principle
Movie • 1984
Man with Christmas Tree
Echoes in the Darkness
Movie • 1987
Jack Holtz
The Chicago 8
Movie • 2011
Bill Kunstler
Vamp U
Movie • 2013
Arthur Levine
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
Movie • 2017
Rafe (voice)
Tammy
Movie • 2014
Earl
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Movie • 2022
Sgt. Bosco (voice)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Movie • 2022
Mattison (voice)
Cyclops, Baby
Movie • 1997
Manks
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Movie • 2020
Self
Lies He Told
Movie • 1997
Dave
The Brady Bunch Movie
Movie • 1995
Mike Brady
A Simple Plan
Movie • 1998
Baxter
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
Movie • 2014
Chief Deputy Tillman
First Steps
Movie • 1985
Manny
The Bronze
Movie • 2016
Stan Greggory
Vital Signs
Movie • 1986
Dr. Hayward
Christmas Eve
Movie • 2015
Dr. Roberts
Justice League: Secret Origins
Movie • 2001
J. Allen Carter (voice)
Hot Air
Movie • 2016
Aviator
Divine Access
Movie • 2015
Reverend Guy Roy Davis
Those She Left Behind
Movie • 1989
Scott Grimes
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Movie • 2010
Mr. Yankovic
Criminology 101
Movie • 2003
Roy Franks
NCISverse: The First 1,000
Movie • 2024
Self
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Movie • 2018
Dr. George Bailey
I Spy
Movie • 2002
Carlos
Small Crimes
Movie • 2017
Lieutenant Pleasant
Heart of Steel
Movie • 1983
Lee
Extract
Movie • 2009
Bar Patron (uncredited)
The Switch
Movie • 1993
Larry McAfee
American Adventure
Movie • 2000
Chuck
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
Movie • 2007
The Balladeer (voice)
Under the Eiffel Tower
Movie • 2019
Gerard
Seven in Heaven
Movie • 2018
Wallace
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
Movie • 1993
John Hearn
Blockers
Movie • 2018
Ron
To Live and Die in L.A.
Movie • 1985
Man Chased by Richard (uncredited)
Darkness Falls
Movie • 2020
Mark Witver
A Time to Heal
Movie • 1994
Jay Barton
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Movie • 2019
Don Kitch
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
Movie • 2010
Jim Corrigan / The Spectre (segment "The Spectre") (voice)
My Wife Is Retarded
Movie • 2007
Dr. Heichmann
Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire
Movie • 2019
Invisibilio (voice)
Fall from Grace
Movie • 1994
Maj. Tom O'Neill
DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family
Movie • 2020
Two-Face / Commissioner James Gordon / Reporter 4 (voice)
Married Young
Movie • 2019
Aaron
Diggs Tailwagger: Galactic Rover
Movie • 2007
Captain (voice)
Lucas
Movie • 1986
Assistant Coach
Veep
Movie • 2019
Kent Davison
Batman Beyond
TV • 1999
Zeta (voice)
Chuck
TV • 2007
Jack Burton
American Gothic
TV • 1995
Sheriff Lucas Buck
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Shepard Crater
Shark
TV • 2006
Christian Chambers
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Bill Lumbergh / Priest (voice)
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
TV • 2000
Harvey Birdman (voice)
Psych
TV • 2006
Cameron Luntz
Karen Sisco
TV • 2003
Supernatural
TV • 2005
Brad Redding
Monk
TV • 2002
Dexter Larson
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Wayne Davis
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Jackson Crane
Crusade
TV • 1999
Matthew Gideon
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
Daniel Gaddis (segment "Her Pilgrim Soul")
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Vance Gilbert (voice)
Entourage
TV • 2004
Andrew Klein
Moonlighting
TV • 1985
Alan McClafferty
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Xander Henry
Frasier
TV • 1993
Luke Parker
The Practice
TV • 1997
Defense Attorney Solomon Tager
Kim Possible
TV • 2002
Dr. James Possible (voice)
Arrested Development
TV • 2003
Richard Shaw
We Bare Bears
TV • 2015
CEO (voice)
Family Law
TV • 1999
Alan
Midnight Caller
TV • 1988
Jack 'Nighthawk' Killian
Rick and Morty
TV • 2013
Alien Doctor (voice)
Wanted
TV • 2005
Conrad Rose
Q-Force
TV • 2021
Dirk Chunley (voice)
Agent Elvis
TV • 2023
President Nixon (voice)
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Detective Ray Venable
The Great Debate
TV • 2009
Company Town
TV
Justice League
TV • 2001
J. Allen Carter (voice)
Inside Job
TV • 2021
Brett's father (voice)
Archer
TV • 2009
Special Agent Hawley (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
NCIS Fan (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Father O'Leary (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Billy's Father (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Principal Shepherd / Optometrist (voice)
White House Plumbers
TV • 2023
Mark Felt
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Jerry Nelson / Various (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Chairman (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Michael Eisner (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Principal Shepard (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Warren Fredericks (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Cop / Coach (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
James 'Grizzly' Adams (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Dr. Franklin (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Mike Brady / Thug #1 (voice)
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Bob Russell
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Security Guard (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Mike Brady (voice)
Mercy Street
TV • 2016
James Green, Sr.
From the Earth to the Moon
TV • 1998
Ed Mitchell
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV • 2000
Joe O'Donnell
Waco: The Aftermath
TV • 2023
Gordon Novel
Pound Puppies
TV • 2010
Slick (voice)
Fam
TV • 2019
Freddy
The Tom and Jerry Show
TV • 2014
Narrator (voice)
The Good Fight
TV • 2017
Kurt McVeigh
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
TV • 2014
Brock (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
TV • 2010
Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Black Knight (voice)
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Kurt McVeigh
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Roger
Angie Tribeca
TV • 2016
Professor Everett Lamereau
Bob's Burgers
TV • 2011
Sergeant Bosco (voice)
Fatal Vision
TV • 1984
Jeffrey MacDonald
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
TV • 2000
Judge Hiram Mightor (voice)
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
TV • 2021
Alden Parker
The Penguins of Madagascar
TV • 2008
Commissioner (voice)
The $100,000 Pyramid
TV • 2016
Self
Son of the Morning Star
TV • 1991
George Armstrong Custer
The Practice
TV • 1997
Atty. Brian Seabury
Phineas and Ferb
TV • 2007
Principal Lang (voice)
Family Affair
TV • 2002
Bill Davis
Suits
TV • 2011
Cameron Dennis
Unforgettable
TV • 2011
Clay Tendler
Veep
TV • 2012
Kent Davison
Trolls: TrollsTopia
TV • 2020
Sky Toronto (voice)
mixed-ish
TV • 2019
Harrison Johnson
Love, Death & Robots
TV • 2019
The Inspector (voice)
The Great North
TV • 2021
Elwin Kreb (voice)
NCIS
TV • 2003
Alden Parker
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV • 2009
Alden Parker
True Blood
TV • 2008
Earl Stackhouse
Hack
TV • 2002
Johnny Scanlon
Echoes in the Darkness
TV • 1987
Jack Holtz
Velma
TV • 2023
Lamont (voice)
Hart of Dixie
TV • 2011
Dr. Ethan Hart
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Ted Robinson (voice)
Velma
TV • 2023
Lamont / General Meeting (voice)
Mr. Robinson
TV • 2015
Neville Rex
Big Mouth
TV • 2017
Matthew's Father (voice)
Big Mouth
TV • 2017
Andrew's Father (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
TV • 2010
Mayor Fred Jones Sr. (voice)
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Charlie Radcliff
Room 104
TV • 2017
Chip Crawford
To Tell the Truth
TV • 2016
Self - Panelist
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
TV • 2010
Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Foreman (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
TV • 2010
Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Motorcycle Cop (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
TV • 2010
Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Paramedic #2 (voice)
The Closer
TV • 2005
Major Edward Dorcet
Chicago Fire
TV • 2012
Chief Grissom
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Principal Shepherd (voice)
Star Trek: Lower Decks
TV • 2020
Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Reporter (voice)
Justice League Action
TV • 2016
Black Adam (voice)
Big Mouth
TV • 2017
Edward MacDell (voice)
Big Mouth
TV • 2017
F is for Family
TV • 2015
Roger Dunbarton (voice)
The Venture Bros.
TV • 2004
Professor Von Helping (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Principal Shepherd(voice)
The Legend of Korra
TV • 2012
Dai Li Sergeant / Rich Man (voice)
The Legend of Korra
TV • 2012
Dai Li Sergeant (voice)
The Good Guys
TV • 2010
Frank Savage
Project Greenlight
TV • 2001
Self
A Man on the Inside
TV • 2024
Brad Vinick
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
Krapopolis
TV • 2023
Valley King (voice)
Inside Job
TV • 2021
Sitcom Dad / Male Cop (voice)