Gary Michael Cole was born on September 20,1956 and is an American actor.
26 Facts About Gary Cole
2.
Gary Cole began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985.
3.
Gary Michael Cole was born on September 20,1956, in Park Ridge, Illinois, and raised in nearby Rolling Meadows.
4.
Gary Cole's father, Robert, was a municipal finance director, and his mother, Margaret or "Peggy", was a school administrative assistant.
5.
Gary Cole attended Illinois State University, where he studied theater as a classmate with fellow future actors Laurie Metcalf and John Malkovich.
6.
Gary Cole began his professional career in 1983 as a stage actor in Chicago, where he joined the ensemble of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985.
7.
Gary Cole has appeared in several off-Broadway productions in New York City.
8.
Gary Cole has done voice work on several animated series and had a recurring role on the drama The West Wing as Vice President Bob Russell.
9.
Gary Cole played 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.
10.
Between 1988 and 1991, Gary Cole became popular on TV for playing the part of Jack "Nighthawk" Killian in the series Midnight Caller.
11.
In 1999, Gary Cole starred in the film Office Space, in which he portrayed the micromanaging office supervisor Bill Lumbergh.
12.
Gary Cole played The Brady Bunch patriarch Mike Brady in the 1995 film The Brady Bunch Movie, the 1996 sequel A Very Brady Sequel, and the 2002 television film The Brady Bunch in the White House.
13.
Gary Cole starred as Lieutenant Conrad Rose on the TNT series Wanted, he is the voice of the title character on the Adult Swim series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, and starred as Sheriff Lucas Buck on the one season 1995 show, American Gothic.
14.
Gary Cole appeared in the films Talladega Nights, Forever Strong, and American Pastime.
15.
Gary Cole played Bill Owens, Sy Parrish's boss, in the film One Hour Photo.
16.
In 2008, Gary Cole appeared on Chuck as Sarah's con-artist father, a role which he reprised in 2011.
17.
Gary Cole appeared in the fifth season of HBO's Entourage playing Ari Gold's old pal Andrew Klein for a 3-episode story arc prior to joining the regular cast in the sixth season.
18.
Gary Cole played ballistics expert Kurt McVeigh on The Good Wife and on The Good Fight.
19.
Gary Cole had a guest-appearance on the fourth season of the HBO series True Blood, playing Sookie Stackhouse's grandfather.
20.
In 2011, Gary Cole joined Fox's comedy pilot Tagged, but the series was not picked up.
21.
In 2013, Gary Cole began a recurring role on Suits as Cameron Dennis, the former mentor of Harvey Specter, one of the show's main characters.
22.
Also in 2013, Gary Cole began a major recurring role as Kent Davison on the HBO comedy series Veep, joining the main cast at the start of the show's second season.
23.
Additionally, Gary Cole was nominated with his fellow cast members for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for seasons 2,3,4, and 5 before ultimately winning the award in 2017 for season 6.
24.
Gary Cole currently provides the voice of Sergeant Boscoe on Bob's Burgers and Principal Shepherd on Family Guy.
25.
Gary Cole appears in triplicate as 10 Minutes, 10 Days and 10 Years in the Future Spokesguy in Kabbage's 2019 commercial campaign.
26.
On July 7,2021, Gary Cole married interior designer Michelle Knapp.