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