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4	->''[[Film/OfficeSpace "Yeaaaahh, if you could just go ahead and make sure you do that, that would be great."]]''
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6	Gary Michael Cole (born September 20, 1956 in Park Ridge, Illinois) is an American screen and voice actor.
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8	!!Works with pages on this wiki
9	* ''Series/MiamiVice'': [[OneShotCharacter Jackson Crane]]
10	* ''Series/FatalVision'': Dr. Jeffrey [=MacDonald=]
11	* ''Series/MidnightCaller'': Jack Killian
12	* ''Film/SonOfTheMorningStar'': George Armstrong Custer
13	* ''Film/InTheLineOfFire'': Bill Watts
14	* ''Series/AmericanGothic1995'': Sheriff Lucas Buck
15	* ''{{Film/The Brady Bunch Movie}}s'': Mike Brady
16	* ''Film/ASimplePlan'': Vernon Bokovsky / FBI Agent Neil Baxter
17	* ''Film/OfficeSpace'': [[MemeticMutation Bill Lumbergh]]
18	* ''Series/{{Crusade}}'': Captain Matthew Gideon
19	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': Zeta (voice; [[TheOtherDarrin replaced by]] Creator/DiedrichBader for ''WesternAnimation/TheZetaProject'')
20	* ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'': Harvey Birdman, Mighty Mightor (voice)
21	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Principal Shepherd, [[RoleReprise Bill Lumbergh]] (voice)
22	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': [[OneShotCharacter J. Allen]] [[ArcVillain Carter]] (voice)
23	* ''Film/OneHourPhoto'': Bill Owens
24	* ''Series/TheWestWing'': Vice President Robert "Bob" Russell
25	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': Dr. James Timothy "Jim" Possible (voice)
26	* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Xander Henry
27	* ''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory'': "Cotton" [=McKnight=]
28	* ''Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby'': Reese Bobby
29	* ''Film/PineappleExpress'': Ted Jones
30	* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': Jack Burtom
31	* ''Series/{{Entourage}}'': Andrew Klein
32	* ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseTheSpectre'': ComicBook/TheSpectre (voice)
33	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'': Commissioner Jim Gordon (voice)
34	** ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseBatmanDeathInTheFamily'': Commissioner Jim Gordon, Two-Face
35	* ''Series/Numb3rs'': Shepard Crater
36	* ''Series/TheGoodWife'': Kurt [=McVeigh=]
37	** ''Series/TheGoodFight''
38	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'': Mayor Frederick "Fred" Jones, Sr. (voice)
39	* ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010'': Slick (voice)
40	* ''Film/{{Hop}}'': Henry O'Hare
41	* ''Series/{{Suits}}'': Cameron Dennis
42	* ''Series/{{Veep}}'': Kent Davison
43	* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': Sergeant Bosco (voice)
44	** ''WesternAnimation/TheBobsBurgersMovie''
45	* ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014'': "Cat and Mouse Detective" segment narrator (voice)
46	* ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'': Brock Zero (voice)
47	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooShaggysShowdown'': [[OneShotCharacter Rafe]] (voice)
48	* ''WesternAnimation/StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters'': Mark Armstrong (voice)
49	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'': ComicBook/BlackAdam (voice)
50	* ''Film/{{Blockers}}'': Ron
51	* ''Series/{{Fam}}'': Freddy
52	* ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'': The Inspector ("The Dump") (voice)
53	* ''Series/MixedIsh'': Harrison Jackson
54	* ''Series/ChicagoFire'': Carl Grissom
55	* ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'': Roger Dunbarton (voice)
56	* ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn'': Sky Toronto (voice)
57	* ''WesternAnimation/ArchibaldsNextBigThing'': Officer Jones (voice)
58	* ''WesternAnimation/MarvelRisingPlayingWithFire'': Invisibilio (voice)
59	* ''WesternAnimation/QForce'': Director Chunley (voice)
60	* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': Special Agent Alden Parker (2021-present)
61	** Also played the same character in ''Series/NCISHawaii'' and ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' quite a few times
62	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}'': Lamont Rogers (voice)
63	* ''WesternAnimation/AgentElvis'': UsefulNotes/RichardNixon (voice)
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65	!!Hello, TV Tropes. Whaaat's happening?:
66	* TheComicallySerious: Whenever he plays TheStoic in a comedy. Best exemplified with [[Film/OfficeSpace Lumbergh]] and [[Series/{{Veep}} Kent]].
67	** According to behind-the-scenes, he was so stoic in his role as Lumbergh that Mike Judge wasn't sure if he knew that it was a comedy movie (and they let him be), especially since his previous roles were [[LeslieNielsenSyndrome drama roles]]. It wasn't until Judge [[ThrowItIn decided to]] have [[CrossesTheLineTwice Cole hold a coffee mug during Peter's nightmare about Lumbergh having sex with his girlfriend]] that Cole broke character and laughed.
68	* CreatorBacklash: Seems to be averted for the most part, but according to a writer on ''Series/{{Crusade}}'' ([[HostilityOnTheSet who didn’t seem to get along with him]]), he refused to return for their attempted revival on Sci-Fi. Given the show's frustrating TroubledProduction, one could reasonably assume it was a factor in this.
69	* HiddenDepths: His animation roles are usually characters that don't appear to be what they initially seem, in [[ManipulativeBastard one way]] or [[BunnyEarsLawyer another]].
70	* HostilityOnTheSet: According to ''Series/{{Crusade}}'' show writer Janet Greek, Cole told the crew that he wouldn't return for their attempted series revival on Sci-Fi, and she thinks that he was one of the show's problems and should have been fired (although it would seem she was having a bad day when she said this, as she takes it back in a later interview). Given the show's TroubledProduction due to heavy ExecutiveMeddling, there might be some reason for this. However, JMS doesn't seem to think ill of him and Cole was willing to do an interview for the show's artbook.
71	* InkSuitActor: [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated Mayor Jones]] greatly resembles him.
72	* LeslieNielsenSyndrome: He mainly did drama roles until ''Film/OfficeSpace'' (and before that, ''Film/TheBradyBunchMovie'', kind of) brought him into the comedy genre that he now does alongside his drama roles.
73	* SilverFox: In his sixties with grey hair but his characters make it work, particularly Kent.
74	* TheStoic: His live-action roles are usually being a quiet DeadpanSnarker and a bit of a manipulative bastard that is sometimes shown to be NotSoAboveItAll.
75	* ThoseTwoActors: With Tim Matheson, thanks to ''[[Film/TheBradyBunchMovie A Very Brady Sequel]]'', where Matheson played a con-man that claimed to be the presumably dead Roy Martin, Carol's late first husband, while Cole played Carol's current husband, Mike Brady. They typically play characters who are enemies or rivals to each other. [[https://imdb.com/news/ni25958694 According to Matheson]], they're friends in real life and Matheson has brought Cole on to at least one show with him (that being ''Series/HartOfDixie'').
76	** In ''Series/TheWestWing'', Matheson plays President Bartlet's first Veep, V.P. Hoynes. After a sex scandal, he's replaced by Cole's character, V.P. Russell. The two share scenes in "La Palabra" and "Requiem".
77	** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' has Cole play Fred Jones Sr. while Matheson plays Brad Chiles, though the two never share any scenes. In a bit of a reversal of their roles in ''A Very Brady Sequel'', [[spoiler:Fred Sr. kidnapped Fred Jr. from Brad, who is Fred Jr.'s real father.]]
78	** In ''Series/TheGoodFight'', Cole plays Diane's boyfriend. Later, Diane gets rather close to Matheson's character. At one point, [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall they even ask if they know each other.]]
79	* {{Typecasting}}:
80	** He's either involved in politics, a [[BunnyEarsLawyer moron]], a teacher, the dad of the protagonist, hiding a DarkSecret, and/or has some dysfunctional personality problems that are either PlayedForLaughs (usually ComedicSociopathy) or PlayedForDrama (ex. ParentalNeglect).
81	** [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] a bit in his early career. His first high-profile role was playing convicted murderer Jeffrey [=MacDonald=] in the miniseries adaptation of the classic TrueCrime book ''Fatal Vision'', then he turned around and made his name as the kind, heroic Jack Killian in ''Series/MidnightCaller'', but most of his later serious roles were as villains or very ruthless good guys.

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