M.C. Gainey
ActingAlso Known As
Mike Gainey , Mike Connor Gainey , M. C. Gainey, MC Gainey, М. К. Гейни
Biography
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.
Movies
(88 total)
Django Unchained
as Big John Brittle
Tangled
as Captain of the Guard (voice)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
as Roadhouse Bouncer
Con Air
as "Swamp Thing"
Wild Hogs
as Murdock
Sideways
as Cammi's Husband
The Haunting
as Large Man
The Dukes of Hazzard
as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
Stolen
as Hoyt
Breakdown
as Earl
All About Steve
as Norm the Truck Driver
Starman
as Cop #2
The Mighty Ducks
as Lewis
The Fan
as Man Behind Man
The New Guy
as Clem
Beerfest
as Priest
Mr. Woodcock
as Hal - Barber #1
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
as Boom Boom
Tangled: Before Ever After
as Captain of the Guard (voice)
TV Shows
(67 total)
Riverdale
as Poppa Poutine
Lost
as Tom Friendly
The Mentalist
as Pete Barsocky
Criminal Minds
as Moretti
The X-Files
as Bo Taylor
Bones
as Braxton Smalls
9-1-1
as Charlie
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Luther
Desperate Housewives
as Claude
The Magicians
as Stanley
Knight Rider
as Jason Keller
Knight Rider
as Jerry Nash
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Frank Maddox
The A-Team
as C.W. Watkins
Glee
as Santa Claus
ER
as Darrion Walters
Justified
as Bo Crowder
Girl Meets World
as Pappy Joe
Bosch
as Ryan Rodgers
Cheers
as Irving