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'Gary M. Cole' (born September 20, 1956) is an American actor, known for numerous roles, including the television series ''Fatal Vision'', ''The West Wing'', ''Midnight Caller'', ''Arrested Development'', ''American Gothic'', ''Wanted'' and ''Crusade'', and the films ''Office Space'', ''In the Line of Fire'', ''Kiss the Sky'', '', ''The Brady Bunch Movie'', ''A Very Brady Sequel'', ''One Hour Photo'', '', and ''Breach''. He has also appeared in TV movies such as ''Those She Left Behind''. He also had a small cameo appearance in ''To Live and Die in L.A.'', and appeared as George Armstrong Custer in the TV movie ''Son of the Morning Star''.

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Biography

Early life

Career

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Cole was born in Park Ridge, Illinois to a school administrator father and a director of finance mother.^[1] He attended Rolling Meadows High School, where his first dramatic appearance was as Snoopy in a high school production of ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''. Cole then attended Illinois State University, majoring in theater alongside actors Laurie Metcalf and John Malkovich.

Career

Cole began his professional career as a stage actor in Chicago. He also appeared in several off-Broadway productions in New York City. In addition to his film and television credits listed above, Cole has done voice work on several animated series (''Family Guy'', ''Kim Possible'', ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law'') and had a recurring role on the drama ''The West Wing'' as Vice President Bob Russell. He also starred as Captain Matthew Gideon on the short-lived ''Babylon 5'' spin-off ''Crusade'', and had notable guest appearances on '' and ''Arrested Development''. He also played as Joe Maxwell on DCOM (Disney Channel Original Movie) ''Cadet Kelly'' and appeared as real-life astronaut Edgar Mitchell in HBO's recreation of Project Apollo,'' From the Earth to the Moon''.
Cole is remembered for the cult favorite film ''Office Space'' where he plays the annoying boss Lumbergh. "I knew the movie was actually some kind of success because people were coming up doing some lines from the movie."^[2]
He starred as Lt. Conrad Rose on the TNT series ''Wanted'' and is the voice of the title character on the Adult Swim series ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law''. Most recently, Cole was featured in ''. He is also starring in the upcoming ''Forever Strong''. Cole has also recently appeared in the film ''American Pastime'' in which he plays a minor league baseball player, who is assigned as a guard at the Topaz Internment Camp during World War II.

References

1. http://www.filmreference.com/film/82/Gary-Cole.html
2. "Fast-Track Father" Adam Bryant

External links

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★ The Gary Cole Archives