Gary Michael Cole is an American television, film and voice actor. Cole began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. On television, he has had starring roles in the TV series Midnight Caller, American Gothic, The West Wing, Crusade, The Good Wife, The Good Fight, Veep, Chicago Fire, and Mixed. In film, he has appeared in The Brady Bunch Movie, One Hour Photo, Office Space, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Breach, and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. He is also known for voicing the title character on the Adult Swim series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Principal Shepherd on Family Guy, and James Timothy Possible on Kim Possible. As of season 19, Cole joined NCIS, taking over from Mark Harmon, who left the show, as FBI Special Agent, and new head of Gibbs' team, Alden Parker.

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Gary Cole at an event for The Joneses (2009)

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Shelley Long and Gary Cole in The Brady Bunch in the White House (2002)

Wilmer Valderrama, Gary Cole, Katrina Law, and Sean Murray in NCIS (2003)

Wilmer Valderrama, Gary Cole, Katrina Law, Sean Murray, and Brian Dietzen in NCIS (2003)

Gary Cole and Chris Cooper in Breach (2007)

Gary Cole and Nick Searcy in American Gothic (1995)

Jim Antonio, Gary Cole, and John Shearin in American Gothic (1995)

John C. Reilly, Will Ferrell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, and Sacha Baron Cohen in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

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