Gary Cole
Born September 20, 1956 · Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Hop
The Art of Racing in the Rain
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
The Ring Two
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Pineapple Express
In the Line of Fire
Office Space
Batman: Under the Red Hood
The Gift
A Simple Plan
Blockers
To Live and Die in L.A.
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
One Hour Photo
The Bob's Burgers Movie
I Spy
DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
The Brady Bunch Movie
Tammy
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Breach
Gang Related
Date and Switch
Conspiracy
The Joneses
Cry_Wolf
The Bronze
Extract
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
Cadet Kelly
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
Lucas
A Very Brady Sequel
Forever Strong
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
Mozart and the Whale
Small Crimes
The Old Man and the Sea
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
For My Daughter's Honor
Justice League: Secret Origins
Christmas Eve
An Officer and a Murderer
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Vamp U
Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire
The Brady Bunch in the White House
DC Showcase: The Spectre
Married Young
My Wife Is Retarded
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Darkness Falls
The Last Rites of Joe May
Seven in Heaven
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Ricochet
Under the Eiffel Tower
Kiss the Sky
Hot Air
Heart of Steel
American Pastime
NCISverse: The First 1,000
Behind the Lines
A Matter of Principle
Those She Left Behind
A Good Funeral
Fall from Grace
Echoes in the Darkness
The Chicago 8
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
A Time to Heal
The Switch
Lies He Told
Pop Rocks
Santa Fe
First Steps
Divine Access
Everyday Miracles
The Rising Place
Market Hours
TV Shows
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Supernatural
NCIS
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
American Dad!
Chicago Fire
Rick and Morty
Desperate Housewives
NCIS: Los Angeles
Bob's Burgers
Suits
Frasier
The West Wing
King of the Hill
The Good Wife
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Tom and Jerry Show
Psych
30 Rock
The Closer
Numb3rs
Archer
The Practice
We Bare Bears
Entourage
True Blood
Arrested Development
Unforgettable
Miami Vice
The Good Fight
Chuck
Touched by an Angel
Kim Possible
American Playhouse
The Penguins of Madagascar
Veep
Big Mouth
Love, Death & Robots
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
The Twilight Zone
The Great North
The Outer Limits
Hart of Dixie
Moonlighting
Batman Beyond
The Venture Bros.
Trolls: TrollsTopia
Shark
Pound Puppies
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
The $100,000 Pyramid
Angie Tribeca
Krapopolis
Justice League Action
Family Law
To Tell the Truth
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Justice League
Velma
Inside Job
F is for Family
A Man on the Inside
Room 104
Hack
From the Earth to the Moon
Project Greenlight
mixed-ish
The Good Guys
Midnight Caller
American Gothic
White House Plumbers
Crusade
Agent Elvis
Wanted
Mercy Street
Waco: The Aftermath
Karen Sisco
Q-Force
Fam
Family Affair
Mr. Robinson
Fatal Vision
Echoes in the Darkness
