Gary Cole

Acting · Born 1956-09-20 in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA

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

• Office Space as Bill Lumbergh
• Forever Strong as Coach Larry Gelwix
• In the Line of Fire as Bill Watts
• Batman: Under the Red Hood as Bobo / Commissioner Gordon / Shot / Guard (voice)
• The Bob's Burgers Movie as Sgt. Bosco (voice)
• Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe as Mattison (voice)
• A Simple Plan as Baxter
• To Live and Die in L.A. as Man Chased by Richard (uncredited)
• The Art of Racing in the Rain as Don Kitch
• DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family as Two-Face / Commissioner James Gordon / Reporter 4 (voice)

TV

• Batman Beyond as Zeta (voice)
• Chuck as Jack Burton
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law as Harvey Birdman (voice)
• Psych as Cameron Luntz
• Supernatural as Brad Redding
• Desperate Housewives as Wayne Davis
• Monk as Dexter Larson
• The Twilight Zone as Daniel Gaddis (segment "Her Pilgrim Soul")
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Xander Henry
• Frasier as Luke Parker