M.C. Gainey
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mike Connor Gainey (born January 18, 1948) is an American film and television actor whose distinctive mustache, 6'2½" height, and threatening look have given him supporting roles as Southern/Southwestern types, thugs, and criminals. M.C. Gainley attended the University of Southern Mississippi prior to moving to California. He worked as an undertaker's apprentice before he decided to study acting. In the early 1970s he attended the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco along with Ken Hixon. In 1981, he made his big-screen debut in the Steve Martin musical Pennies from Heaven. Since the early 1980s he has been in over 50 movies and made for TV movies, including Breakdown, Two Idiots in Hollywood, Con Air, The Mighty Ducks, Are We There Yet, Terminator 3, Sideways, and 2005's The Dukes of Hazzard. He was one of the stars of the short-lived television series Against the Law. He has guest starred on over 40 television shows, including The Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, Designing Women, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Walker, Texas Ranger, CSI, Cheers, Days of our Lives, The X-Files, Desperate Housewives, Burn Notice, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and had a role as Tom Friendly on the series Lost, a character who appeared in 20 episodes, as many as some former main cast members. He also played the murderous drug dealer Bo Crowder in a recurring role in the 2010 season of the hit FX TV show Justifed. He attended the 2007 Emmys with Lost's show runners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Gainey played Kurtz/The Wizard in the controversial road-revenge film Apocalypse Oz, a film containing no original dialogue as it is all taken from Apocalypse Now or The Wizard of Oz. In 2007 he appeared in a trio of films including Mr. Woodcock, Wild Hogs, and the sci/horror film Unearthed; in 2010 he appeared in Love Ranch. In 2010, he voiced one of the characters of the animated musical film Tangled as Captain of the Palace Guard.
153 acting credits
Acting · 153
Criminal Minds
2005
The Mentalist
2008
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Bones
2005
Desperate Housewives
2004
Lost
2004
9-1-1
2018
The X-Files
1993
Bosch
2015
ER
1994
Cheers
1982
Riverdale
2017
Glee
2009
The A-Team
1983
Cold Case
2003
Knight Rider
1982
Burn Notice
2007
Night Court
1984
L.A. Law
1986
Justified
2010
Hunter
1984
Touched by an Angel
1994
T. J. Hooker
1982
Matlock
1986
Nash Bridges
1996
Happy Days
1974
Simon & Simon
1981
Hart to Hart
1979
Renegade
1992
The Pretender
1996
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
The Magicians
2015
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
The Fall Guy
1981
Designing Women
1986
Silk Stalkings
1991
Life
2007
Tangled
2010
The Conners
2018
Speechless
2016
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017
Django Unchained
2012
Girl Meets World
2014
Kingdom
2014
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
A Teacher
2020
Human Target
2010
Revolution
2012
Con Air
1997
The Magnificent Seven
1998
Hearts Afire
1992
The Finder
2012
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003
Street Hawk
1985
UC: Undercover
2001
Blue Thunder
1984
Maron
2013
Hardball
1989
Marker
1995
The Dukes of Hazzard
2005
The Home Court
1995
Women of the House
1995
Wild Hogs
2007
Breakdown
1997
The Pitts
2003
The Haunting
1999
Doctor Doctor
1989
Happy Town
2010
Police Story
1988
Tangled: Before Ever After
2017
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
The New Guy
2002
Sideways
2004
Stolen
2012
Beerfest
2006
Are We There Yet?
2005
Wizards and Warriors
1983
The Mighty Ducks
1992
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
Wonderland
2003
All About Steve
2009
Starman
1984
Against the Law
1990
Moonbase 8
2020
The Fan
1996
Highway
2002
The Cleaner
2021
Frances
1982
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007
An Innocent Man
1989
Hard Times
1975
Soul Man
1986
Love Ranch
2010
The Country Bears
2002
Time After Time
1979
Misery Loves Company
1995
Club Dread
2004
Diary of a Sex Addict
2001
Leap of Faith
1992
Fatal Beauty
1987
The Cooler
2003
Citizen Ruth
1996
Mr. Woodcock
2007
Run Ronnie Run
2002
Getting LOST
2024
Relative Strangers
2006
Pennies from Heaven
1981
El Diablo
1990
Emperor
2020
The Babymakers
2012
Horse Sense
1999
Meet the Deedles
1998
Ringmaster
1998
The TV Set
2007
Blind Justice
1994
Spellbinder
1988
Unearthed
2007
Haunted High
2012
Don't Look Back
1996
Greater
2016
The Rape of Richard Beck
1985
Bit
2019
Two Tickets to Paradise
2006
Happy, Texas
1999
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
1992
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
1988
One Tough Bastard
1996
Deadman Standing
2018
Secret of the Sundrop
2018
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
1992
Ratboy
1986
Bad Trip
1999
Tripping Forward
2009
Night Partners
1983
Leave
2011
Shifting Gears
2018
The Pardon
2013
Dead Man's Revenge
1994
Ulterior Motives
1993
The Week
2015
The Last Cowboy
2003
Death Benefit
1996
New Eden
1994
The Secret Agent Club
1996
Caddie Woodlawn
1989
Trim
2010
Man and Cat
2001
The Corridor Defended
2017
Boogeyman Pop
2018
Orchard Girl
2019
Ruby Road
—
King of the Ants
2003
Apocalypse Oz
2006