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
Office Space
Bill Lumbergh
Cry_Wolf
Mr. Matthews
The Gift
David Duncan
Pineapple Express
Ted
The Ring Two
Martin Savide
Breach
Rich Garces
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Dr. Possible (voice)
Mozart and the Whale
Wallace
Forever Strong
Coach Larry Gelwix
One Hour Photo
Bill Owens
In the Line of Fire
Secret Service Presidential Detail Agent-In-Charge Bill Watts
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Cotton McKnight
A Very Brady Sequel
Mike Brady
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Reese Bobby
The Brady Bunch Movie
Mike Brady
Conspiracy
Rhodes
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Henry Futch
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Bobo / Commissioner Gordon / Shot / Guard (voice)
Cadet Kelly
"Sir" Joe Maxwell
The Joneses
Larry Symonds
Gang Related
Richard Simms
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
James (segment "The Theatre")
The Brady Bunch in the White House
Mike Brady
DC Showcase: The Spectre
Jim Corrigan / The Spectre (voice)
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Jake's Dad
American Pastime
Billy Burrell
Pop Rocks
Jerry "Dagger" Harden
Hop
Henry O'Hare
Kiss the Sky
Marty
Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
Dr. Possible (Dad) (voice)
Santa Fe
Paul Thomas
The Last Rites of Joe May
Lenny
Ricochet
Judge Cato Laird
The Old Man and the Sea
Tom Pruitt
Date and Switch
Dwayne
For My Daughter's Honor
Pete Nash
An Officer and a Murderer
Russell Williams
A Good Funeral
Stan Talmadge
The Rising Place
Avery Hodge
Echoes in the Darkness
Jack Holtz
The Chicago 8
Bill Kunstler
Vamp U
Arthur Levine
Tammy
Earl
Lies He Told
Dave
A Simple Plan
Baxter
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
Chief Deputy Tillman
The Bronze
Stan Greggory
Vital Signs
Dr. Hayward
Christmas Eve
Dr. Roberts
Hot Air
Aviator
Divine Access
Reverend Guy Roy Davis
Those She Left Behind
Scott Grimes
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Mr. Yankovic
Justice League: Secret Origins
J. Allen Carter (voice)
I Spy
Carlos
Heart of Steel
Lee
Extract
Bar Patron (uncredited)
The Switch
Larry McAfee
American Adventure
Chuck
Small Crimes
Lieutenant Pleasant
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
The Balladeer (voice)
Under the Eiffel Tower
Gerard
Seven in Heaven
Wallace
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
John Hearn
Blockers
Ron
Darkness Falls
Mark Witver
To Live and Die in L.A.
Man Chased (uncredited)
Harvey Birdman, Attorney General
Harvey Birdman (voice)
A Time to Heal
Jay Barton
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Don Kitch
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
Jim Corrigan / The Spectre (segment "The Spectre") (voice)
My Wife Is Retarded
Dr. Heichmann
Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire
Invisibilio (voice)
Fall from Grace
Maj. Tom O'Neill
Batman: Death in the Family
Two-Face / Commissioner James Gordon / Reporter 4 (voice)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
Self
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Self
Everyday Miracles
Clay Peakes
The Bob's Burgers Movie
Sgt. Bosco (voice)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Mattison (voice)
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Self
War Unfolding
Self
A Matter of Principle
Man with Christmas Tree
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
Rafe (voice)
Cyclops, Baby
Manks
First Steps
Manny
Criminology 101
Roy Franks
NCISverse: The First 1,000
Self
Shows
Chuck
Jack Burton
Family Guy
Bill Lumbergh / Priest (voice)
Miami Vice
Desperate Housewives
Wayne Davis
Crusade
Capt. Matthew Gideon
King of the Hill
Vance Gilbert (voice)
The Good Wife
Kurt McVeigh
The Practice
Defense Attorney Solomon Tager
Arrested Development
Richard Shaw
Midnight Caller
Jack 'Nighthawk' Killian
The Great Debate
Shark
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Harvey Birdman (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Black Knight (voice)
Batman Beyond
Zeta (voice)
Numb3rs
Karen Sisco
Psych
Cameron Lutz
Monk
Dexter Larson
The Twilight Zone
Entourage
Moonlighting
Alan McClafferty
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Xander Henry
Frasier
Luke Parker
Archer
Special Agent Hawley (voice)
Family Law
Wanted
The Outer Limits
Detective Ray Venable
Company Town
American Gothic
Sheriff Lucas Buck
Mercy Street
James Green, Sr.
Supernatural
Brad Redding
The Good Fight
Kurt McVeigh
Angie Tribeca
Professor Everett Lamereau
Fatal Vision
Jeffrey MacDonald
Son of the Morning Star
George Armstrong Custer
Family Affair
Bill Davis
Suits
Cameron Dennis
Veep
Kent Davison
Love, Death & Robots
The Inspector (voice)
black-ish
Harrison
mixed-ish
Harrison Johnson
American Dad!
Ted Robinson (voice)
Big Mouth
Andrew's Father (voice)
Big Mouth
Matthew's Father (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Mayor Fred Jones Sr. (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Motorcycle Cop (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Foreman (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Paramedic #2 (voice)
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist
Room 104
Chip Crawford
The Closer
Major Edward Dorcet
Chicago Fire
Chief Grissom
Family Guy
Principal Shepherd (voice)
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
Family Guy
Reporter (voice)
Justice League Action
Black Adam (voice)
Big Mouth
Big Mouth
Edward MacDell (voice)
Kim Possible
Dr. James Possible (voice)
We Bare Bears
CEO (voice)
Rick and Morty
Alien Doctor (voice)
Q-Force
Dirk Chunley (voice)
Justice League
J. Allen Carter (voice)
Family Guy
Warren Fredericks (voice)
Family Guy
Jerry Nelson / Various (voice)
Family Guy
Michael Eisner (voice)
Family Guy
Chairman (voice)
Family Guy
Principal Shepard (voice)
Family Guy
Mike Brady / Thug #1 (voice)
Family Guy
Cop / Coach (voice)
Family Guy
James 'Grizzly' Adams (voice)
Family Guy
Dr. Franklin (voice)
Family Guy
Security Guard (voice)
Family Guy
Agent Jessup (voice)
Family Guy
Mike Brady (voice)
Family Guy
NCIS Fan (voice)
Family Guy
Father O'Leary (voice)
Family Guy
Billy's Father (voice)
Family Guy
Principal Shepherd / Optometrist (voice)
The West Wing
Bob Russell
From the Earth to the Moon
Ed Mitchell
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Joe O'Donnell
Fam
Freddy
Pound Puppies
Slick (voice)
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Brock (voice)
Bob's Burgers
Sergeant Bosco (voice)
NCIS: Hawai'i
Alden Parker
Unforgettable
Clay Tendler
Trolls: TrollsTopia
Sky Toronto (voice)
NCIS: Los Angeles
Alden Parker
Hack
Johnny Scanlon
Velma
Lamont (voice)
Velma
Lamont / General Meeting (voice)
Agent Elvis
President Nixon (voice)
Inside Job
Brett's father (voice)
White House Plumbers
Mark Felt
Waco: The Aftermath
Gordon Novel
The Tom and Jerry Show
Narrator (voice)
30 Rock
Roger
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Judge Hiram Mightor (voice)
The Penguins of Madagascar
Commissioner (voice)
The $100,000 Pyramid
Self
The Practice
Atty. Brian Seabury
Phineas and Ferb
Principal Lang (voice)
NCIS
Alden Parker
True Blood
Earl Stackhouse
The Great North
Elwin Kreb (voice)
Hart of Dixie
Dr. Ethan Hart
Echoes in the Darkness
Jack Holtz
Mr. Robinson
Neville Rex