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Gary Cole(I)

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Gary Cole at an event for Jonesin perhe (2009)
Explores the events and the uneven scales of justice the surviving Branch Davidians faced.Also follows the horrific events fueled the emerging 'Patriot' movement, which led to the terrorism act in Oklahoma City.
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Waco: The Aftermath (2023)
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Gary Michael Cole is an American television, film and voice actor. Cole began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. On television, he has had starring roles in the TV series Midnight Caller, American Gothic, The West Wing, Crusade, The Good Wife, The Good Fight, Veep, Chicago Fire, and Mixed. In film, he has appeared in The Brady Bunch Movie, One Hour Photo, Office Space, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Breach, and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. He is also known for voicing the title character on the Adult Swim series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Principal Shepherd on Family Guy, and James Timothy Possible on Kim Possible. As of season 19, Cole joined NCIS, taking over from Mark Harmon, who left the show, as FBI Special Agent, and new head of Gibbs' team, Alden Parker.
BornSeptember 20, 1956
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BornSeptember 20, 1956
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 2 wins & 8 nominations total

    Photos203

    Gary Cole and Chris Cooper in Breach (2007)
    Gary Cole in Piru irti (1995)
    Gary Cole and Nick Searcy in Piru irti (1995)
    Jim Antonio, Gary Cole, and John Shearin in Piru irti (1995)
    Brenda Bakke and Gary Cole in Piru irti (1995)
    Gary Cole in Piru irti (1995)
    Lucas Black and Gary Cole in Piru irti (1995)
    Gary Cole in Piru irti (1995)
    Gary Cole and Paige Turco in Piru irti (1995)
    Lucas Black and Gary Cole in Piru irti (1995)
    Gary Cole in Piru irti (1995)
    Gary Cole in Piru irti (1995)

    Known for:

    John C. Reilly, Will Ferrell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, and Sacha Baron Cohen in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
    Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
    6.6
    • Reese Bobby
    • 2006
    Boltsit pelissä - Dodgeball (2004)
    Boltsit pelissä - Dodgeball
    6.7
    • Cotton McKnight
    • 2004
    Version A, 1 sheet
    Konttorirotat
    7.6
    • Bill Lumbergh
    • 1999
    One Hour Photo (2002)
    One Hour Photo
    6.8
    • Bill Owens
    • 2002

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)
      Family Guy
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Principal Shepherd
      • Mike Brady
      • Michael Eisner (voice) ...
      • 2000–2024
    • Wilmer Valderrama, Rocky Carroll, Gary Cole, Katrina Law, Sean Murray, Brian Dietzen, and Diona Reasonover in NCIS Rikostutkijat (2003)
      NCIS Rikostutkijat
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Alden Parker
      • 2021–2024
    • Andrew Rannells, Maya Rudolph, Jessi Klein, Jason Mantzoukas, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, and Ayo Edebiri in Big Mouth (2017)
      Big Mouth
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Edward MacDell (voice)
      • 2019–2023
    • NCIS Season 20 Unforgettable
      Video
      • 2023
    • Michael Shannon in Waco: The Aftermath (2023)
      Waco: The Aftermath
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Gordon Novel
      • 2023
    • Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux in White House Plumbers (2023)
      White House Plumbers
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Mark Felt
      • 2023
    • Matthew McConaughey, Don Cheadle, Johnny Knoxville, Tom Kenny, Niecy Nash, and Kaitlin Olson in Agent Elvis (2023)
      Agent Elvis
      6.8
      TV Series
      • President Nixon (voice)
      • 2023
    • Mindy Kaling in Velma (2023)
      Velma
      1.6
      TV Series
      • Lamont
      • General Meeting (voice)
      • 2023
    • NCIS Los Angeles (2009)
      NCIS Los Angeles
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Alden Parker
      • 2023
    • Jason Antoon, Vanessa Lachey, Noah Mills, Yasmine Al-Bustami, and Alex Tarrant in NCIS: Hawai'i (2021)
      NCIS: Hawai'i
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Alden Parker
      • 2022–2023
    • Lizzy Caplan in Inside Job (2021)
      Inside Job
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Brett's Dad
      • Male Cop
      • Sitcom Dad (voice)
      • 2021–2022
    • Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald in The Good Fight (2017)
      The Good Fight
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Kurt McVeigh
      • 2017–2022
    • Patrick Stewart, Curtis Armstrong, Dee Bradley Baker, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jeff Fischer, Scott Grimes, David Koechner, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Wendy Schaal, Daisuke Suzuki, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Mike Barker, Mike Henry, Rachael MacFarlane, and Matt McKenna in American Dad (2005)
      American Dad
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Ted Robinson (voice)
      • 2019–2022
    • Walmart's Black Friday Deals for Days: Case of the Mondays
      Short
      • Bill Lumbergh
      • 2022
    • Mike Judge in Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022)
      Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
      7.0
      • Mattison (voice)
      • 2022

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    • Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Chad Doreck, Ashley Eckstein, Blake Foster, Max Morrow, Autumn Reeser, and Sofia Vassilieva in The Brady Bunch in the White House (2002)
      The Brady Bunch in the White House
      3.5
      TV Movie
      • consultant
      • 2002

    Videos60

    Mystery Solvers Club State Finals
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    Mystery Solvers Club State Finals
    Mystery Solvers Club State Finals
    Clip 1:29
    Mystery Solvers Club State Finals
    Mystery Solvers Club State Finals
    Clip 2:23
    Mystery Solvers Club State Finals
    Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
    Clip 1:26
    Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
    Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
    Clip 1:39
    Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
    The Town That Dreaded Sundown
    Clip 2:20
    The Town That Dreaded Sundown
    Pineapple Express
    Clip 0:48
    Pineapple Express
    Pineapple Express
    Clip 0:55
    Pineapple Express
    Pineapple Express
    Clip 1:09
    Pineapple Express
    Pineapple Express
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    Pineapple Express
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    Pineapple Express
    Pineapple Express
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    • Height
      • 1.83 m
    • Born
      • September 20, 1956
      • Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
    • Spouses
        Michelle KnappJuly 7, 2021 - present
    • Children
      • Mary Cole
    • Parents
        Robert Cole
    • Other works
      TV commercial: World of Warcraft video game
    • Publicity listings
      • 3 Interviews
      • 4 Articles
      • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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    • Trivia
      Went to college with John Malkovich.
    • Quotes
      (On landing Elää ja kuolla L.A.:ssa (1985)) [William] Petersen is an old friend of mine from a long time ago. We started a theater company in Chicago, and he's the one that got me on that. I was out here in Los Angeles.
      Billy was renting a big house while he was doing the movie, and there were other Chicago actors out here migrating, mooching off of him while we were out in L.A. auditioning for stuff. And there were some roles in it, and he mentioned me to William Friedkin, so I just got this role as one of a bunch of bad guys that Billy hunted down. (While filming it) I never ran so much in a day in my life. It was somewhere out in a railyard outside of downtown near a bridge, like a train trestle. And it was running there, it was running across the bridge, and it was running through the industrial park, and finally Billy tackles me and roughs me up. But we ran all day long.
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      Usually plays cold, calculating authority figures

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