M.C. Gainey
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mike Connor Gainey (born January 18, 1948) is an American film and television actor whose distinctive mustache, 6'2½" height, and threatening look have given him supporting roles as Southern/Southwestern types, thugs, and criminals. M.C. Gainley attended the University of Southern Mississippi prior to moving to California. He worked as an undertaker's apprentice before he decided to study acting. In the early 1970s he attended the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco along with Ken Hixon. In 1981, he made his big-screen debut in the Steve Martin musical Pennies from Heaven. Since the early 1980s he has been in over 50 movies and made for TV movies, including Breakdown, Two Idiots in Hollywood, Con Air, The Mighty Ducks, Are We There Yet, Terminator 3, Sideways, and 2005's The Dukes of Hazzard. He was one of the stars of the short-lived television series Against the Law. He has guest starred on over 40 television shows, including The Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, Designing Women, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Walker, Texas Ranger, CSI, Cheers, Days of our Lives, The X-Files, Desperate Housewives, Burn Notice, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and had a role as Tom Friendly on the series Lost, a character who appeared in 20 episodes, as many as some former main cast members. He also played the murderous drug dealer Bo Crowder in a recurring role in the 2010 season of the hit FX TV show Justifed. He attended the 2007 Emmys with Lost's show runners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Gainey played Kurtz/The Wizard in the controversial road-revenge film Apocalypse Oz, a film containing no original dialogue as it is all taken from Apocalypse Now or The Wizard of Oz. In 2007 he appeared in a trio of films including Mr. Woodcock, Wild Hogs, and the sci/horror film Unearthed; in 2010 he appeared in Love Ranch. In 2010, he voiced one of the characters of the animated musical film Tangled as Captain of the Palace Guard.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Getting LOST as Self
- 2021 · The Cleaner as Doug
- 2020 · A Teacher as Wyatt Wilson
- 2020 · Moonbase 8 as T-Boy
- 2020 · Emperor as Randolph Stevens
- 2019 · Bit as Enoch
- 2019 · Orchard Girl as Wheelchair Man
- 2018 · The Conners as Group Leader
- 2018 · Boogeyman Pop as Ed
- 2018 · Deadman Standing as Hugh Anderson
- 2018 · Shifting Gears as D. H. - Dirty Harry Hawkins
- 2018 · 9-1-1 as Charlie
- 2017 · Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Captain of the Guard (voice)
- 2017 · Tangled: Before Ever After as Captain of the Guard (voice)
- 2017 · Riverdale as Poppa Poutine
- 2017 · The Corridor Defended as Bartender
- 2016 · Speechless as Dom
- 2016 · Greater as Coach Ford
- 2015 · The Magicians as Stanley
- 2015 · The Week as Doc
- 2015 · Bosch as Ryan Rodgers
- 2014 · Kingdom as Rick
- 2014 · Girl Meets World as Pappy Joe
- 2013 · The Pardon as Gibbs Duhon
- 2012 · Django Unchained as Big John Brittle
- 2012 · Revolution as Frank Blanchard
- 2012 · Stolen as Hoyt
- 2012 · Haunted High as Danforth
- 2012 · The Babymakers as Officer Malloy
- 2012 · The Finder as Pete Steck
- 2011 · Leave as Gus
- 2010 · Tangled as Captain of the Guard (voice)
- 2010 · Love Ranch as Warren Stamp
- 2010 · Happy Town as Sheriff Griffin Conroy
- 2010 · Justified as Bo Crowder
- 2010 · Trim as Ron
- 2009 · All About Steve as Norm the Truck Driver
- 2009 · Glee as Santa Claus
- 2009 · Tripping Forward as Jim Rose
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Pete Barsocky
- 2008 · Unearthed as Rob Horn
- 2007 · Life as William Ford
- 2007 · Mr. Woodcock as Hal - Barber #1
- 2007 · The Death and Life of Bobby Z as Boom Boom
- 2007 · Burn Notice as Jacob Orr
- 2007 · The TV Set as Hutch
- 2007 · Wild Hogs as Murdock
- 2006 · Beerfest as Priest
- 2006 · Relative Strangers as Spicer
- 2006 · Two Tickets to Paradise as Barbosa
- 2006 · Apocalypse Oz as Kurtz
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Moretti
- 2005 · Bones as Braxton Smalls
- 2005 · The Dukes of Hazzard as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
- 2005 · Are We There Yet? as Al
- 2004 · Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie as Bartender
- 2004 · Sideways as Cammi's Husband
- 2004 · Desperate Housewives as Claude
- 2004 · Lost as Tom Friendly
- 2004 · Club Dread as Hank
- 2003 · King of the Ants as Coach Rack
- 2003 · The Cooler as Highway Officer
- 2003 · Wonderland as Billy Ward
- 2003 · Cold Case as Coach Walters (2008)
- 2003 · Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as Roadhouse Bouncer
- 2003 · The Pitts as Curtis
- 2003 · The Last Cowboy as Amos Russell
- 2002 · The Country Bears as Roadie
- 2002 · The New Guy as Clem
- 2002 · Highway as Steven
- 2002 · Run Ronnie Run as Hark Trellis
- 2001 · Diary of a Sex Addict as Theatre manager
- 2001 · Man and Cat as Dog
- 2001 · UC: Undercover as
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Frank Maddox
- 1999 · Happy, Texas as Bob Maslow
- 1999 · Horse Sense as Twister
- 1999 · Bad Trip as Sheriff Haggard
- 1999 · The Haunting as Large Man
- 1998 · Ringmaster as Trucker
- 1998 · Meet the Deedles as Major Flower
- 1998 · The Magnificent Seven as
- 1997 · Con Air as "Swamp Thing"
- 1997 · Breakdown as Earl
- 1996 · Citizen Ruth as Harlan
- 1996 · The Pretender as Sharpton
- 1996 · The Secret Agent Club as Jock Dad
- 1996 · The Fan as Man Behind Man
- 1996 · One Man's Justice as Hank
- 1996 · Don't Look Back as Red
- 1996 · Nash Bridges as
- 1996 · Death Benefit as D.K. Graham
- 1995 · Misery Loves Company as
- 1995 · Marker as
- 1995 · Women of the House as
- 1994 · New Eden as Thor
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Smoky
- 1994 · ER as Darrion Walters
- 1994 · Blind Justice as Bull
- 1994 · Dead Man's Revenge as
- 1993 · Geronimo: An American Legend as Unafraid Miner
- 1993 · The X-Files as Bo Taylor
- 1993 · The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Big Smith
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Tingley
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Craig
- 1992 · Leap of Faith as Tiny
- 1992 · The Mighty Ducks as Lewis
- 1992 · Renegade as Mick Russell
- 1992 · Hearts Afire as M.C.
- 1992 · Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life as One-Armed Jack Sample
- 1991 · Silk Stalkings as
- 1990 · Against the Law as
- 1990 · The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Luther
- 1990 · El Diablo as Bebe
- 1989 · An Innocent Man as Malcolm
- 1989 · Hardball as
- 1989 · Doctor Doctor as
- 1989 · Caddie Woodlawn as Hankinson
- 1988 · Spellbinder as Brock
- 1988 · Frank Nitti: The Enforcer as
- 1987 · Fatal Beauty as Barndollar
- 1986 · Soul Man as Jail Cell Bigot
- 1986 · Designing Women as T. Tommy Reed
- 1986 · Designing Women as Junior Jones
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Jack Markell
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 1985 · The Rape of Richard Beck as Sonny
- 1985 · Street Hawk as Frankie Monroe
- 1984 · Starman as Cop #2
- 1984 · Hunter as Magruder
- 1984 · Night Court as Eddie the Machete
- 1983 · Night Partners as Rapist
- 1983 · Wizards and Warriors as
- 1983 · The A-Team as C.W. Watkins
- 1982 · Frances as Reporter / Publicist / Photographer
- 1982 · Cheers as Irving
- 1982 · Knight Rider as Jason Keller
- 1982 · Knight Rider as Jerry Nash
- 1982 · T. J. Hooker as Earl Banks
- 1981 · Pennies from Heaven as Young Policeman
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · The Fall Guy as
- 1979 · Time After Time as London Bobby
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1975 · Hard Times as Party Guest at Mansion (uncredited)
- 1974 · Happy Days as