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.

Filmography

• A Man on the Inside — Brad Vinick
• Agent Elvis — President Nixon (voice)
• Krapopolis — Valley King (voice)
• Velma — Lamont (voice), Lamont / General Meeting (voice)
• Waco: The Aftermath — Gordon Novel
• White House Plumbers — Mark Felt
• 2022Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe — Mattison (voice)
• 2022The Bob's Burgers Movie — Sgt. Bosco (voice)
• Inside Job — Brett's father (voice), Sitcom Dad / Male Cop (voice)
• NCIS: Hawaiʻi — Alden Parker
• Q-Force — Dirk Chunley (voice)
• The Great North — Elwin Kreb (voice)
• 2020DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family — Two-Face / Commissioner James Gordon / Reporter 4 (voice)
• 2020Darkness Falls — Mark Witver
• Star Trek: Lower Decks — Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
• Trolls: TrollsTopia — Sky Toronto (voice)
• Fam — Freddy
• Love, Death & Robots — The Inspector (voice)
• 2019Married Young — Aaron
• 2019Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire — Invisibilio (voice)
• 2019The Art of Racing in the Rain — Don Kitch
• 2019Under the Eiffel Tower — Gerard
• mixed-ish — Harrison Johnson
• 2018Blockers — Ron
• 2018Seven in Heaven — Wallace
• 2018Unbroken: Path to Redemption — Dr. George Bailey
• Big Mouth — Matthew's Father (voice), Andrew's Father (voice), Edward MacDell (voice)
• Room 104 — Chip Crawford
• 2017Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown — Rafe (voice)
• 2017Small Crimes — Lieutenant Pleasant
• The Good Fight — Kurt McVeigh
• Angie Tribeca — Professor Everett Lamereau
• 2016Hot Air — Aviator
• Justice League Action — Black Adam (voice)
• Mercy Street — James Green, Sr.
• 2016The Bronze — Stan Greggory
• 2015Christmas Eve — Dr. Roberts
• 2015Divine Access — Reverend Guy Roy Davis
• 2015Everyday Miracles — Clay Peakes
• F is for Family — Roger Dunbarton (voice)
• Mr. Robinson — Neville Rex
• We Bare Bears — CEO (voice)
• 2014Date and Switch — Dwayne
• 2014Market Hours — Manager
• Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero — Brock (voice)
• 2014Tammy — Earl
• The Tom and Jerry Show — Narrator (voice)
• 2014The Town that Dreaded Sundown — Chief Deputy Tillman
• Rick and Morty — Alien Doctor (voice)
• 2013Vamp U — Arthur Levine
• 2012An Officer and a Murderer — Russell Williams
• Chicago Fire — Chief Grissom
• The Legend of Korra — Dai Li Sergeant / Rich Man (voice), Dai Li Sergeant (voice)
• Veep — Kent Davison
• Bob's Burgers — Sergeant Bosco (voice)
• Hart of Dixie — Dr. Ethan Hart
• 2011Hop — Henry O'Hare
• 2011Ricochet — Judge Cato Laird
• Suits — Cameron Dennis
• 2011The Chicago 8 — Bill Kunstler
• 2011The Last Rites of Joe May — Lenny
• Unforgettable — Clay Tendler
• 2010Batman: Under the Red Hood — Bobo / Commissioner Gordon / Shot / Guard (voice)
• 2010DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection — Jim Corrigan / The Spectre (segment "The Spectre") (voice)
• 2010DC Showcase: The Spectre — Jim Corrigan / The Spectre (voice)
• Pound Puppies — Slick (voice)
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated — Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Black Knight (voice), Mayor Fred Jones Sr. (voice), Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Foreman (voice), Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Motorcycle Cop (voice), Mayor Fred Jones Sr. / Paramedic #2 (voice)
• The Good Guys — Frank Savage
• 2010The Joneses — Larry Symonds
• 2010Weird: The Al Yankovic Story — Mr. Yankovic
• 2009A Good Funeral — Stan Talmadge
• Archer — Special Agent Hawley (voice)
• 2009Extract — Bar Patron (uncredited)
• NCIS: Los Angeles — Alden Parker
• The Good Wife — Kurt McVeigh
• The Great Debate
• 2008Conspiracy — Rhodes
• 2008Forever Strong — Coach Larry Gelwix
• 2008Good Behavior — Dean West
• 2008Pineapple Express — Ted
• The Penguins of Madagascar — Commissioner (voice)
• True Blood — Earl Stackhouse
• 2007American Pastime — Billy Burrell
• 2007Breach — Rich Garces
• Chuck — Jack Burton
• 2007My Wife Is Retarded — Dr. Heichmann
• Phineas and Ferb — Principal Lang (voice)
• 2007The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning — Balladeer
• 30 Rock — Roger
• Psych — Cameron Luntz
• Shark — Christian Chambers
• 2006Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby — Reese Bobby
• American Dad! — Ted Robinson (voice)
• 2005Cry_Wolf — Mr. Matthews
• 2005Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama — Dr. Possible (voice)
• 2005Mozart and the Whale — Wallace
• Numb3rs — Shepard Crater
• Supernatural — Brad Redding
• The Closer — Major Edward Dorcet
• 2005The Ring Two — Martin Savide
• Wanted — Conrad Rose
• Desperate Housewives — Wayne Davis
• 2004DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story — Cotton McKnight
• Entourage — Andrew Klein
• 2004Pop Rocks — Jerry "Dagger" Harden
• The Venture Bros. — Professor Von Helping (voice)
• 2004Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! — Henry Futch
• Arrested Development — Richard Shaw
• 2003Criminology 101 — Roy Franks
• Karen Sisco
• 2003Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time — Dr. Possible (Dad) (voice)
• NCIS — Alden Parker
• 2002Cadet Kelly — Sir
• Family Affair — Bill Davis
• Hack — Johnny Scanlon
• 2002I Spy — Carlos
• Kim Possible — Dr. James Possible (voice), Additional Voices (voice), Dr. James Possible / Fashion Show Announcer (voice), Dr. James Possible / Cab Driver (voice)
• Monk — Dexter Larson
• 2002One Hour Photo — Bill Owens
• 2002The Brady Bunch in the White House — Mike Brady
• Justice League — J. Allen Carter (voice)
• 2001Justice League: Secret Origins — J. Allen Carter (voice)
• 2001The Rising Place — Avery Hodge
• 2000American Adventure — Chuck
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Joe O'Donnell
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law — Harvey Birdman (voice), Judge Hiram Mightor (voice)
• 2000The Gift — David Duncan
• Batman Beyond — Zeta (voice)
• Crusade — Matthew Gideon
• Family Guy — Bill Lumbergh / Priest (voice), NCIS Fan (voice), Father O'Leary (voice), Billy's Father (voice), Principal Shepherd / Optometrist (voice), Jerry Nelson / Various (voice), Chairman (voice), Michael Eisner (voice), Principal Shepard (voice), Warren Fredericks (voice), Cop / Coach (voice), James 'Grizzly' Adams (voice), Dr. Franklin (voice), Mike Brady / Thug #1 (voice), Security Guard (voice), Mike Brady (voice), Principal Shepherd (voice), Reporter (voice), Principal Shepherd(voice)
• Family Law — Alan
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Xander Henry
• 1999Office Space — Bill Lumbergh
• The West Wing — Bob Russell
• 1998A Simple Plan — Baxter
• From the Earth to the Moon — Ed Mitchell
• 1998I'll Be Home for Christmas — Jake's Dad
• 1998Kiss the Sky — Marty
• 1997Cyclops, Baby — Manks
• 1997Gang Related — Richard Simms
• King of the Hill — Vance Gilbert (voice)
• 1997Lies He Told — Dave
• 1997Santa Fe — Paul Thomas
• The Practice — Defense Attorney Solomon Tager, Brian Seabury
• 1996A Very Brady Sequel — Mike Brady
• 1996For My Daughter's Honor — Pete Nash
• American Gothic — Sheriff Lucas Buck
• 1995The Brady Bunch Movie — Mike Brady
• The Outer Limits — Detective Ray Venable
• 1994A Time to Heal — Jay Barton
• 1994Fall from Grace — Maj. Tom O'Neill
• 1994The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics — James (segment "The Theatre")
• Touched by an Angel — Charlie Radcliff
• Frasier — Luke Parker
• 1993In the Line of Fire — Bill Watts
• 1993The Switch — Larry McAfee
• 1993When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn — John Hearn
• Son of the Morning Star — George Armstrong Custer
• 1990The Old Man and the Sea — Tom Pruitt
• 1989Those She Left Behind — Scott Grimes
• Midnight Caller — Jack 'Nighthawk' Killian
• 1987Echoes in the Darkness — Jack Holtz
• Echoes in the Darkness — Jack Holtz
• 1986Lucas — Assistant Coach
• 1986Vital Signs — Dr. Hayward
• 1985First Steps — Manny
• Moonlighting — Alan McClafferty
• The Twilight Zone — Daniel Gaddis (segment "Her Pilgrim Soul")
• 1985To Live and Die in L.A. — Man Chased by Richard (uncredited)
• 1984A Matter of Principle — Man with Christmas Tree
• Fatal Vision — Jeffrey MacDonald
• Miami Vice — Jackson Crane
• 1983Heart of Steel — Lee
• American Playhouse — Man with Xmas Tree
• Company Town — Martin Amberson

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2024Behind the Lines — Self
• 2024NCISverse: The First 1,000 — Self
• 2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness — Self
• 2020Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp — Self
• The $100,000 Pyramid — Self
• To Tell the Truth — Self - Panelist
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• Project Greenlight — Self