Know Your “That Guy”: M.C. Gainey

M.C. Gainey

Born: January 18, 1948

Number of Roles: 134

Best Known for Playing: Country Fried Villains

First Appearance: Young Policeman in Pennies From Heaven (1981)

Most Recent Appearance: Pete on The Mentalist (Cackle-Bladder Blood) (2010)

Notable Roles:

• Tom “Mr. Friendly” on Lost
• Swamp Thing in Con Air
• Sheriff Griffin Conroy on Happy Town
• Bo Crowder on Justified
• Jacob Orr on Burn Notice
• Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane in The Dukes of Hazzard
• Earl in Breakdown
• Big Smith on Briscoe County Jr.
• Lewis in The Mighty Ducks
• Hank in Club Dread
• Major Flower in Meet the Deedles

Fun Facts:

• M.C. stands for Mike Connor
• Stands 6’2.5″ and usually has a mustache or beard
• Appeared in Apocalypse Oz, a movie whose dialogue was taken completely from both The Wizard of Oz and Apocalypse Now.