Gary Cole

Acting · b. 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.

Full biography

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

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Suits

2011 · Series · Cameron Dennis

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Pineapple Express

2008 · Ted

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NCIS

2003 · Series · Alden Parker

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Chicago Fire

2012 · Series · Chief Grissom

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Bob's Burgers

2011 · Series · Sergeant Bosco (voice)

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The Good Wife

2009 · Series · Kurt McVeigh

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Entourage

2004 · Series · Andrew Klein

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Cadet Kelly

2002 · Sir

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The West Wing

1999 · Series · Bob Russell

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Kim Possible

2002 · Series · Dr. James Possible (voice) / Additional Voices (voice) / Dr. James Possible / Fashion Show Announcer (voice) / Dr. James Possible / Cab Driver (voice)