Gary 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.
Movies (86)
NCISverse: The First 1,000
2024
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
2022
The Bob's Burgers Movie
2022
DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family
2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
Darkness Falls
2020
Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire
2019
Married Young
2019
The Art of Racing in the Rain
2019
Under the Eiffel Tower
2019
Seven in Heaven
2018
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
2018
Blockers
2018
Small Crimes
2017
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
2017
Hot Air
2016
The Bronze
2016
Christmas Eve
2015
Divine Access
2015
Everyday Miracles
2015
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2014
Tammy
2014
Date and Switch
2014
Vamp U
2013
An Officer and a Murderer
2012
Ricochet
2011
The Last Rites of Joe May
2011
The Chicago 8
2011
Hop
2011
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
2010
Batman: Under the Red Hood
2010
The Joneses
2010
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2010
DC Showcase: The Spectre
2010
Extract
2009
A Good Funeral
2009
Forever Strong
2008
Pineapple Express
2008
Conspiracy
2008
American Pastime
2007
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
2007
My Wife Is Retarded
2007
Breach
2007
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006
Cry_Wolf
2005
Mozart and the Whale
2005
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
2005
The Ring Two
2005
Pop Rocks
2004
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
2004
Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
2003
The Brady Bunch in the White House
2002
I Spy
2002
One Hour Photo
2002
Cadet Kelly
2002
Justice League: Secret Origins
2001
The Rising Place
2001
The Gift
2000
Office Space
1999
A Simple Plan
1998
I'll Be Home for Christmas
1998
Kiss the Sky
1998
Gang Related
1997
Santa Fe
1997
Lies He Told
1997
Cyclops, Baby
1997
For My Daughter's Honor
1996
A Very Brady Sequel
1996
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
Fall from Grace
1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
A Time to Heal
1994
In the Line of Fire
1993
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
1993
The Switch
1993
The Old Man and the Sea
1990
Those She Left Behind
1989
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
Lucas
1986
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
First Steps
1985
A Matter of Principle
1984
Heart of Steel
1983
Behind the Lines
TV Shows (123)
A Man on the Inside
2024
Krapopolis
2023
White House Plumbers
2023
Waco: The Aftermath
2023
Agent Elvis
2023
Velma
2023
Velma
2023
Inside Job
2021
Inside Job
2021
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
2021
Q-Force
2021
The Great North
2021
Trolls: TrollsTopia
2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
mixed-ish
2019
Love, Death & Robots
2019
Fam
2019
Big Mouth
2017
Big Mouth
2017
Big Mouth
2017
Big Mouth
2017
Room 104
2017
The Good Fight
2017
Justice League Action
2016
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
To Tell the Truth
2016
Mercy Street
2016
Angie Tribeca
2016
F is for Family
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
We Bare Bears
2015
Mr. Robinson
2015
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
The Tom and Jerry Show
2014
Rick and Morty
2013
Chicago Fire
2012
Veep
2012
The Legend of Korra
2012
The Legend of Korra
2012
Hart of Dixie
2011
Unforgettable
2011
Suits
2011
Bob's Burgers
2011
Pound Puppies
2010
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010
The Good Guys
2010
DC Showcase Animated Shorts
2010
The Good Wife
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Archer
2009
The Penguins of Madagascar
2008
True Blood
2008
Chuck
2007
Phineas and Ferb
2007
30 Rock
2006
Shark
2006
Psych
2006
Supernatural
2005
Wanted 2005
2005
The Closer
2005
American Dad!
2005
Numb3rs
2005
Desperate Housewives
2004
The Venture Bros.
2004
Entourage
2004
Arrested Development
2003
Karen Sisco
2003
NCIS
2003
Hack
2002
Family Affair
2002
Monk
2002
Kim Possible
2002
Kim Possible
2002
Kim Possible
2002
Kim Possible
2002
Project Greenlight
2001
Justice League
2001
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
2000
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
The West Wing
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Family Law
1999
Crusade
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
Batman Beyond
1999
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
The Practice
1997
The Practice
1997
King of the Hill
1997
American Gothic
1995
The Outer Limits
1995
Touched by an Angel
1994
Frasier
1993
Son of the Morning Star
1991
Midnight Caller
1988
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
The Twilight Zone
1985
Moonlighting
1985
Fatal Vision
1984
Miami Vice
1984