Gary Cole
Acting
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
2025Disney’s Hulu’s Family Guy’s Hallmark Channel’s Lifetime’s Familiar Holiday Movie
Principal Shepherd (voice)
2024NCISverse: The First 1,000
Self
2022The Bob's Burgers Movie
Sgt. Bosco (voice)
2022Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Mattison (voice)
2020Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Self
2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Self
2020Darkness Falls
Mark Witver
2020DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family
Two-Face / Commissioner James Gordon / Reporter 4 (voice)
2019Under the Eiffel Tower
Gerard
2019The Art of Racing in the Rain
Don Kitch
2019Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire
Invisibilio (voice)
2019Married Young
Aaron
2018Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Dr. George Bailey
2018Seven in Heaven
Wallace
2018Blockers
Ron
2017Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
Rafe (voice)
2017Small Crimes
Lieutenant Pleasant
2016The Bronze
Stan Greggory
2016Hot Air
Aviator
2015Everyday Miracles
Clay Peakes
2015Christmas Eve
Dr. Roberts
2015Divine Access
Reverend Guy Roy Davis
2014Date and Switch
Dwayne
2014Tammy
Earl