Gary Cole
Acting
Born 1956-09-20 · 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.
Known for
The Art of Racing in the Rain
2019 · Movie
Batman: Under the Red Hood
2010 · Movie
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
2017 · Movie
Office Space
1999 · Movie
Justice League: Secret Origins
2001 · Movie
A Simple Plan
1998 · Movie
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985 · Movie
DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family
2020 · Movie
Forever Strong
2008 · Movie
In the Line of Fire
1993 · Movie
The Bob's Burgers Movie
2022 · Movie
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
2022 · Movie
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
2005 · Movie
DC Showcase: The Spectre
2010 · Movie
Lucas
1986 · Movie
One Hour Photo
2002 · Movie
Pineapple Express
2008 · Movie
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
2003 · Movie
Breach
2007 · Movie
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
2018 · Movie
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
2010 · Movie
The Gift
2000 · Movie
The Switch
1993 · Movie
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994 · Movie
Echoes in the Darkness
1987 · Movie
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006 · Movie
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004 · Movie
A Time to Heal
1994 · Movie
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2010 · Movie
Gang Related
1997 · Movie
Cyclops, Baby
1997 · Movie
NCISverse: The First 1,000
2024 · Movie
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020 · Movie
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020 · Movie
Heart of Steel
1983 · Movie
American Pastime
2007 · Movie
Blockers
2018 · Movie
Lies He Told
1997 · Movie
First Steps
1985 · Movie
Those She Left Behind
1989 · Movie
The Old Man and the Sea
1990 · Movie
The Rising Place
2001 · Movie
Married Young
2019 · Movie
Behind the Lines
— · Movie
A Matter of Principle
1984 · Movie
The Robot Chicken [adult swim] 25th Anniversary Special
Releases Aug 30, 2026
Market Hours
2014 · Movie
Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire
2019 · Movie
The Joneses
2010 · Movie
Cadet Kelly
2002 · Movie
My Wife Is Retarded
2007 · Movie
Fall from Grace
1994 · Movie
The Chicago 8
2011 · Movie
Mozart and the Whale
2005 · Movie
Pop Rocks
2004 · Movie
A Good Funeral
2009 · Movie
Kiss the Sky
1998 · Movie
Hot Air
2016 · Movie
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
2007 · Movie
The Last Rites of Joe May
2011 · Movie