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