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.
Known For
Movies
- The Gift
2000
- Office Space
1999
- Pineapple Express
2008
- The Ring Two
2005
- Cry_Wolf
2005
- Breach
2007
- Kim Possible Movie: So ...
2005
- Forever Strong
2008
- Mozart and the Whale
2005
- DodgeBall: A True Under...
2004
- Talladega Nights: The B...
2006
- A Very Brady Sequel
1996
- One Hour Photo
2002
- Conspiracy
2008
- In the Line of Fire
1993
- Win a Date with Tad Ham...
2004
- Batman: Under the Red H...
2010
- The Joneses
2010
- Gang Related
1997
- Cadet Kelly
2002
- The Twilight Zone: Rod ...
1994
- Behind the Lines
- DC Showcase: The Spectre
2010
- The Brady Bunch in the ...
2002
- I'll Be Home for Christ...
1998
- Pop Rocks
2004
- American Pastime
2007
- Kiss the Sky
1998
- Kim Possible: A Sitch I...
2003
- Hop
2011
- Santa Fe
1997
- The Last Rites of Joe M...
2011
- Time Warp Vol. 3: Comed...
2020
- Ricochet
2011
- The Old Man and the Sea
1990
- An Officer and a Murder...
2012
- Date and Switch
2014
- A Good Funeral
2009
- For My Daughter's Honor
1996
- Everyday Miracles
2015
- The Rising Place
2001
- A Matter of Principle
1984
- Echoes in the Darkness
1987
- The Chicago 8
2011
- Vamp U
2013
- Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Sh...
2017
- Tammy
2014
- The Bob's Burgers Movie
2022
- Beavis and Butt-Head Do...
2022
- Cyclops, Baby
1997
- Time Warp Vol. 1: Midni...
2020
- The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
- Lies He Told
1997
- A Simple Plan
1998
- The Town that Dreaded S...
2014
- First Steps
1985
- The Bronze
2016
- Vital Signs
1986
- Christmas Eve
2015
- Justice League: Secret ...
2001
- Hot Air
2016
- Divine Access
2015
- Those She Left Behind
1989
- Weird: The Al Yankovic ...
2010
- Criminology 101
2003
- NCISverse: The First 1,...
2024
- Unbroken: Path to Redem...
2018
- I Spy
2002
- Small Crimes
2017
- Heart of Steel
1983
- Extract
2009
- The Switch
1993
- American Adventure
2000
- The Dukes of Hazzard: T...
2007
- Under the Eiffel Tower
2019
- Seven in Heaven
2018
- When Love Kills: The Se...
1993
- Blockers
2018
- To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
- Darkness Falls
2020
- A Time to Heal
1994
- The Art of Racing in th...
2019
- DC Showcase Original Sh...
2010
- My Wife Is Retarded
2007
- Marvel Rising: Playing ...
2019
- Fall from Grace
1994
- DC Showcase - Batman: D...
2020
- Married Young
2019
- Diggs Tailwagger: Galac...
2007
- Lucas
1986
- Veep
2019
TV Shows
- Batman Beyond
1999
- Chuck
2007
- American Gothic
1995
- Numb3rs
2005
- Shark
2006
- Family Guy
1999
- Harvey Birdman, Attorne...
2000
- Psych
2006
- Karen Sisco
2003
- Supernatural
2005
- Desperate Housewives
2004
- Monk
2002
- Miami Vice
1984
- Crusade
1999
- The Twilight Zone
1985
- King of the Hill
1997
- Entourage
2004
- Moonlighting
1985
- Law & Order: Special Vi...
1999
- Frasier
1993
- The Practice
1997
- Kim Possible
2002
- Arrested Development
2003
- We Bare Bears
2015
- Family Law
1999
- Midnight Caller
1988
- Rick and Morty
2013
- Wanted
2005
- Q-Force
2021
- Agent Elvis
2023
- The Outer Limits
1995
- The Great Debate
2009
- Company Town
- Justice League
2001
- Inside Job
2021
- Archer
2009
- Family Guy
1999
- Family Guy
1999
- Family Guy
1999
- White House Plumbers
2023
- 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
- The West Wing
1999
- Family Guy
1999
- Mercy Street
2016
- From the Earth to the M...
1998
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
- Waco: The Aftermath
2023
- Pound Puppies
2010
- Fam
2019
- The Tom and Jerry Show
2014
- The Good Fight
2017
- Penn Zero: Part-Time He...
2014
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Inc...
2010
- The Good Wife
2009
- 30 Rock
2006
- Angie Tribeca
2016
- Bob's Burgers
2011
- Fatal Vision
1984
- Harvey Birdman, Attorne...
2000
- NCIS: Hawaiʻi
2021
- The Penguins of Madagas...
2008
- The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
- Son of the Morning Star
1991
- The Practice
1997
- Phineas and Ferb
2007
- Family Affair
2002
- Suits
2011
- Unforgettable
2011
- Veep
2012
- Trolls: TrollsTopia
2020
- mixed-ish
2019
- Love, Death & Robots
2019
- The Great North
2021
- NCIS
2003
- NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
- True Blood
2008
- Hack
2002
- Echoes in the Darkness
1987
- Velma
2023
- Hart of Dixie
2011
- American Dad!
2005
- Velma
2023
- Mr. Robinson
2015
- Big Mouth
2017
- Big Mouth
2017
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Inc...
2010
- Touched by an Angel
1994
- Room 104
2017
- To Tell the Truth
2016
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Inc...
2010
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Inc...
2010
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Inc...
2010
- The Closer
2005
- Chicago Fire
2012
- Family Guy
1999
- Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
- Family Guy
1999
- Justice League Action
2016
- Big Mouth
2017
- Big Mouth
2017
- F is for Family
2015
- The Venture Bros.
2004
- Family Guy
1999
- The Legend of Korra
2012
- The Legend of Korra
2012
- The Good Guys
2010
- Project Greenlight
2001
- A Man on the Inside
2024
- The Late Show with Step...
2015
- Krapopolis
2023
- Inside Job
2021