Know Your “That Guy”: Gary Cole

Gary Cole

Born: September 20, 1956

Number of Roles: 115

Best Known for Playing: Bill Lumbergh, eccentric/crazy fathers

First Appearance: Lee in Heart of Steel (1983)

Most Recent Appearance: Kurt McVeigh on The Good Wife (2011)

Notable Roles

• Bill Lumbergh in Office Space
• Frank Savage on The Good Guys
• Commissioner Gordon in Batman: Under the Red Hood
• Jim Corrigan/The Spectre in DC Showcase
• Andrew Klein on Entourage
• Ted Jones in Pineapple Express
• Harvey Birdman on Harvey Birdman
• Reese Bobby in Talladaga Nights
• Vice President Bob Russell on The West Wing
• Cotton McKnight in Dodgeball
• Mike Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie

Fun Facts

• Has played both the President and Vice President in movies
• He and Jimmy Smits were beat for Miami Vice by Don Johnson and Phillip Michael Thomas
• Began his acting career as Snoopy in a high school production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown