Gary Cole
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Gary M. Cole was born on September 20, 1956 Park Ridge, Illinois, USA. He is an American actor.
Cole began his professional career as a stage actor in Chicago. He also appeared in several off-Broadway productions in New York City.
He also starred as Captain Matthew Gideon on the short-lived Babylon 5 spin-off Crusade, and had notable guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Arrested Development. He also played as Joe Maxwell on DCOM Cadet Kelly and appeared as real-life astronaut Edgar Mitchell in HBO's recreation of Project Apollo, From the Earth to the Moon.
He starred as Lt. Conrad Rose on the TNT series Wanted and in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006). He is also starring in the upcoming Forever Strong (2007).
Filmography
- Conspiracy (2008)
- Say Hello to Stan Talmadge (2008)
- Forever Strong (2007)
- Pineapple Express (2008)
- "Kim Possible" (37 episodes, 2002-2007)
- "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law" (21 episodes, 2000-2007)
- "Supernatural" (1 episode, 2007)
- American Pastime (2007)
- "Shark" (1 episode, 2007)
- Breach (2007)
- My Wife Is Retarded (2007)
- "12 Miles of Bad Road" (2007)
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
- "The West Wing" (21 episodes, 2003-2006)
- "Arrested Development" (1 episode, 2006)
- Company Town (2006)
- That Guy (2006)
- "Wanted" (13 episodes, 2005)
- "Family Guy" (19 episodes, 2000-2005)
- "King of the Hill" (1 episode, 2005)
- Cry Wolf (2005)
- Mozart and the Whale (2005)
- Wanted (2005)
- Kim Possible: So the Drama (2005)
- The Ring Two (2005)
- Pop Rocks (2004)
- Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
- "The Practice" (3 episodes, 1999-2004)
- Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
- "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1 episode, 2004)
- Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time (2003)
- "Karen Sisco" (2 episodes, 2003)
- "Monk" (1 episode, 2003)
- "Family Affair" (13 episodes, 2002-2003)
- "Hack" (1 episode, 2003)
- Criminology 101 (2003)
- The Brady Bunch in the White House (2002)
- I Spy (2002)
- Cadet Kelly (2002)
- One Hour Photo (2002)
- "Justice League" (1 episode, 2001)
- The Rising Place (2001)
- Neurotic Tendencies (2001)
- The Gift (2000)
- "Frasier" (1 episode, 2000)
- "Touched by an Angel" (1 episode, 2000)
- "Batman Beyond" (1 episode, 2000)
- "Family Law" (1 episode, 2000)
- "What About Joan" (1 episode, 2000)
- American Adventure (2000)
- "Chicken Soup for the Soul" (1 episode, 1999)
- Kiss the Sky (1999)
- "Crusade" (13 episodes, 1999)
- Office Space (1999)
- I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
- A Simple Plan (1998)
- "From the Earth to the Moon" (1998)
- "The Outer Limits" (1 episode, 1998)
- "Dead Man's Gun" (1 episode, 1998)
- Gang Related (1997)
- Lies He Told (1997)
- Santa Fe (1997)
- Cyclops, Baby (1997)
- For My Daughter's Honor (1996)
- A Very Brady Sequel (1996)
- "American Gothic" (22 episodes, 1995-1996)
- The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
- Fall from Grace (1994)
- Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)
- A Time to Heal (1994)
- In the Line of Fire (1993)
- When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn (1993)
- The Switch (1993)
- "Midnight Caller" (61 episodes, 1988-1991)
- Son of the Morning Star (1991)
- The Old Man and the Sea (1990)
- Those She Left Behind (1989)
- Echoes in the Darkness (1987)
- "Moonlighting" (1 episode, 1987)
- "Miami Vice" (1 episode, 1986)
- Lucas (1986)
- Vital Signs (1986)
- "The Twilight Zone" (1 episode, 1985)
- To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
- First Steps (1985)
- A Matter of Principle (1984)
- Fatal Vision (1984)
- Heart of Steel (1983)
Awards
- Joseph Jefferson Award Best Actor "Bang" 1987












