Gary Cole
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.
181 acting credits
Acting · 181
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Supernatural
2005
NCIS
2003
Family Guy
1999
Rick and Morty
2013
American Dad!
2005
Suits
2011
Chicago Fire
2012
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Desperate Housewives
2004
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Monk
2002
Psych
2006
The Good Wife
2009
Frasier
1993
The West Wing
1999
Bob's Burgers
2011
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
King of the Hill
1997
The Closer
2005
Phineas and Ferb
2007
30 Rock
2006
Miami Vice
1984
True Blood
2008
The Practice
1997
Arrested Development
2003
Entourage
2004
Numb3rs
2005
Archer
2009
We Bare Bears
2015
The Good Fight
2017
Chuck
2007
The Legend of Korra
2012
Unforgettable
2011
Kim Possible
2002
The Twilight Zone
1985
Touched by an Angel
1994
Veep
2012
The Tom and Jerry Show
2014
Love, Death & Robots
2019
The Penguins of Madagascar
2008
The Outer Limits
1995
Big Mouth
2017
Moonlighting
1985
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
Hart of Dixie
2011
Batman Beyond
1999
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
Pound Puppies
2010
Shark
2006
Family Law
1999
The Great North
2021
Krapopolis
2023
Angie Tribeca
2016
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
2021
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
The Venture Bros.
2004
To Tell the Truth
2016
Velma
2023
Justice League Action
2016
Trolls: TrollsTopia
2020
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
2000
Inside Job
2021
Hack
2002
Justice League
2001
Room 104
2017
Project Greenlight
2001
A Man on the Inside
2024
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
F is for Family
2015
The Good Guys
2010
American Gothic
1995
Hop
2011
Midnight Caller
1988
mixed-ish
2019
Agent Elvis
2023
Wanted 2005
2005
Crusade
1999
White House Plumbers
2023
Pineapple Express
2008
Office Space
1999
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006
Karen Sisco
2003
Mercy Street
2016
Fam
2019
Waco: The Aftermath
2023
The Ring Two
2005
Q-Force
2021
The Art of Racing in the Rain
2019
One Hour Photo
2002
In the Line of Fire
1993
The Gift
2000
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
Blockers
2018
Batman: Under the Red Hood
2010
Family Affair
2002
A Simple Plan
1998
The Great Debate
2009
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
2017
I Spy
2002
Extract
2009
Tammy
2014
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
2005
DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family
2020
Lucas
1986
Mr. Robinson
2015
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
2007
Kiss the Sky
1998
Son of the Morning Star
1991
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
2018
The Bob's Burgers Movie
2022
Breach
2007
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
2004
Cry_Wolf
2005
Cadet Kelly
2002
The Bronze
2016
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
2022
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2014
Fatal Vision
1984
I'll Be Home for Christmas
1998
The Joneses
2010
The Brady Bunch in the White House
2002
Christmas Eve
2015
Small Crimes
2017
Conspiracy
2008
Gang Related
1997
Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
2003
Forever Strong
2008
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
Company Town
—
An Officer and a Murderer
2012
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
2010
A Very Brady Sequel
1996
Date and Switch
2014
Under the Eiffel Tower
2019
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2010
NCISverse: The First 1,000
2024
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
Vamp U
2013
Ricochet
2011
Seven in Heaven
2018
Behind the Lines
—
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire
2019
Justice League: Secret Origins
2001
Hot Air
2016
For My Daughter's Honor
1996
Darkness Falls
2020
The Chicago 8
2011
The Switch
1993
The Old Man and the Sea
1990
American Pastime
2007
Mozart and the Whale
2005
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
1993
First Steps
1985
Santa Fe
1997
Cyclops, Baby
1997
My Wife Is Retarded
2007
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
Divine Access
2015
Lies He Told
1997
A Good Funeral
2009
A Matter of Principle
1984
Everyday Miracles
2015
American Adventure
2000
Pop Rocks
2004
DC Showcase: The Spectre
2010
Heart of Steel
1983
Fall from Grace
1994
Criminology 101
2003
The Last Rites of Joe May
2011
Vital Signs
1986
Good Behavior
2008
Married Young
2019
The Rising Place
2001
Those She Left Behind
1989
A Time to Heal
1994