Name
M.C. Gainey
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1948-01-18 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Biography
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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.
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- 1994 Dead Man's Revenge
- 1997 Breakdown as Earl
- 1997 Con Air as "Swamp Thing"
- 2021 The Cleaner as Doug
- 2007 The Death and Life of Bobby Z as Boom Boom
- 2003 Wonderland as Billy Ward
- 2005 The Dukes of Hazzard as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane
- 1999 The Haunting as Large Man
- 2005 Are We There Yet? as Al
- 1999 Horse Sense as Twister
- 2009 All About Steve as Norm the Truck Driver
- 1996 Death Benefit as D.K. Graham
- 2006 Beerfest as Priest
- 2004 Sideways as Cammi's Husband
- 1996 Citizen Ruth as Harlan
- 1998 Meet the Deedles as Major Flower
- 2007 Unearthed as Rob Horn
- 1994 Blind Justice as Bull
- 1981 Pennies from Heaven as Young Policeman
- 2010 Love Ranch as Warren Stamp
- 2007 The TV Set as Hutch
- 2002 The Country Bears as Roadie
- 2012 Django Unchained as Big John Brittle
- 1985 The Rape of Richard Beck as Sonny
- 1988 Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
- 2012 The Babymakers as Officer Malloy
- 1982 Frances as Reporter / Publicist / Photographer
- 2012 Stolen as Hoyt
- 2012 Haunted High as Alger Danforth
- 2009 Tripping Forward as Jim Rose
- 2011 Leave as Gus
- 2013 The Pardon as Gibbs Duhon
- 2006 Apocalypse Oz as Kurtz
- 1986 Soul Man as Jail Cell Bigot
- 1998 Ringmaster as Trucker
- 2010 Tangled as Captain of the Guard (voice)
- 1992 Leap of Faith as Tiny
- 1999 Bad Trip as Sheriff Haggard
- 2007 Wild Hogs as Murdock
- 1992 Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life as One-Armed Jack Sample
- 2003 The Last Cowboy as Amos Russell
- 1996 Don't Look Back as Red
- 2002 Run Ronnie Run as Hark Trellis
- 1996 The Secret Agent Club as Jock Dad
- 2001 Man and Cat as Dog
- 1975 Hard Times as Party Guest at Mansion (uncredited)
- 2024 Getting LOST as Self
- 2006 Two Tickets to Paradise as Barbosa
- 2003 The Cooler as Highway Officer
- 1989 An Innocent Man as Malcolm
- 2003 King of the Ants as Coach Rack
- 1979 Time After Time as London Bobby
- 2016 Greater as Coach Ford
- 2002 The New Guy as Clem
- 2010 Trim as Ron
- 2017 Tangled: Before Ever After as Captain of the Guard (voice)
- 1990 El Diablo as Bebe
- 1993 Geronimo: An American Legend as Unafraid Miner
- 1988 Spellbinder as Brock
- 1989 Caddie Woodlawn as Hankinson
- 1996 The Fan as Man Behind Man
- 2017 The Corridor Defended as Bartender
- 2018 Boogeyman Pop as Ed
- 2018 Shifting Gears as D. H. - Dirty Harry Hawkins
- 2018 Deadman Standing as Hugh Anderson
- 1987 Fatal Beauty as Barndollar
- 2004 Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie as Bartender
- 1984 Starman as Cop #2
- 2006 Relative Strangers as Spicer
- 2019 Bit as Enoch
- 2001 Diary of a Sex Addict as Theatre manager
- 1983 Night Partners as Rapist
- 2020 Emperor as Randolph Stevens
- 2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as Roadhouse Bouncer
- 2004 Club Dread as Hank
- 2002 Highway as Steven
- 1994 New Eden as Thor
- 1996 One Tough Bastard as Hank
- 2007 Mr. Woodcock as Hal - Barber #1
- 2019 Orchard Girl as Wheelchair Man
- 2015 The Week as Doc
- 1992 The Mighty Ducks as Lewis
- 1999 Happy, Texas as Bob Maslow
- 1993 Ulterior Motives as Max
- 1986 Ratboy as Police Officer
- 2018 Secret of the Sundrop as Captain of the Guard
- 1992 Raven: Return of the Black Dragons as Fat Boy Ochoa
- Soon Ruby Road
- 2025 Last Train to Fortune as Snake
- 1999 Last Rites as Quinn
- 1996 Nash Bridges ( 1 episode ) as Neil Gallow
- 1982 Cheers ( 1 episode ) as Irving
- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as Frank Maddox
- 1982 T. J. Hooker ( 1 episode ) as Earl Banks
- 1993 The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. ( 2 episodes ) as Big Smith
- 2004 Desperate Housewives ( 1 episode ) as Claude
- 1986 Designing Women ( 2 episodes ) as T. Tommy Reed
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 1 episode ) as Jack Markell
- 1983 The A-Team ( 1 episode ) as C.W. Watkins
- 1994 Touched by an Angel ( 1 episode ) as Smoky
- 1990 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ( 1 episode ) as Luther
- 1986 Matlock ( 2 episodes ) as Marty Jensen
- 1996 The Pretender ( 1 episode ) as Sharpton
- 1981 Simon & Simon ( 2 episodes )
- 2005 Bones ( 1 episode ) as Braxton Smalls
- 1982 Knight Rider ( 1 episode ) as Jason Keller
- 2003 Cold Case ( 1 episode ) as Coach Walters (2008)
- 1985 Street Hawk ( 1 episode ) as Frankie Monroe
- 1993 Walker, Texas Ranger ( 1 episode ) as Tingley
- 2007 Life ( 1 episode ) as William Ford
- 1974 Happy Days ( 1 episode )
- 2007 Burn Notice ( 1 episode ) as Jacob Orr
- 1989 Doctor Doctor ( 1 episode )
- 2005 Criminal Minds ( 1 episode ) as Moretti
- 2001 UC: Undercover ( 1 episode )
- 1991 Silk Stalkings ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Hart to Hart ( 1 episode )
- 1993 The X-Files ( 1 episode ) as Bo Taylor
- 2004 Lost ( 20 episodes ) as Tom Friendly
- 1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Magruder
- 1981 The Fall Guy ( 1 episode )
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Darrion Walters
- 1983 Wizards and Warriors ( 1 episode )
- 1990 Against the Law ( 17 episodes )
- 1989 Hardball ( 2 episodes )
- 1998 The Magnificent Seven ( 1 episode ) as Earl
- 2010 Happy Town ( 8 episodes ) as Sheriff Griffin Conroy
- 1995 Misery Loves Company ( 1 episode )
- 2009 Glee ( 1 episode ) as Santa Claus
- 2017 Riverdale ( 1 episode ) as Poppa Poutine
- 2012 Revolution ( 2 episodes ) as Frank Blanchard
- 2014 Girl Meets World ( 2 episodes ) as Pappy Joe
- 2014 Kingdom ( 6 episodes ) as Rick
- 2008 The Mentalist ( 3 episodes ) as Pete Barsocky
- 1992 Hearts Afire ( 1 episode ) as M.C.
- 2015 Bosch ( 4 episodes ) as Ryan Rodgers
- 2012 The Finder ( 1 episode ) as Pete Steck
- 2016 Speechless ( 1 episode ) as Dom
- 2015 The Magicians ( 2 episodes ) as Stanley
- 2010 Justified ( 5 episodes ) as Bo Crowder
- 1982 Knight Rider ( 1 episode ) as Jerry Nash
- 2018 9-1-1 ( 1 episode ) as Charlie
- 2003 The Pitts ( 1 episode ) as Curtis
- 2018 The Conners ( 1 episode ) as Group Leader
- 1995 Women of the House ( 1 episode )
- 1993 Walker, Texas Ranger ( 1 episode ) as Craig
- 1986 Designing Women ( 1 episode ) as Junior Jones
- 1984 Night Court ( 1 episode ) as Eddie the Machete
- 2017 Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure ( 5 episodes ) as Captain of the Guard (voice)
- 1995 Marker ( 1 episode )
- 2020 A Teacher ( 3 episodes ) as Wyatt Wilson
- 2020 Moonbase 8 ( 1 episode ) as T-Boy
- 1992 Renegade ( 1 episode ) as Mick Russell
- 1984 Blue Thunder ( 1 episode ) as Saver
- 2010 Human Target ( 1 episode ) as Donnelly
- 2017 Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure ( 1 episode ) as Captain of the Guards (voice)
- 1995 The Home Court ( 1 episode ) as Bobby Keaton
- 1988 Police Story ( 1 episode ) as Rafferty
- 2013 Maron ( 2 episodes ) as Gus
