# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-cole
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:59:29.103Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-cole"
name: "Gary Cole"
slug: "gary-cole"
description: "Gary Michael Cole is an American actor. Cole began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. His breakout role on screen was playing Jack 'Nighthawk' Killian in the NBC drama series Midnight Caller (1988–1991). Further prominent television roles includes American Gothic (1995–1996), The West Wing (2003–2006), The Good Wife (2010–2016), Veep (2013–2019), and NCIS (2021–present). Cole starred in the films The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) and Office Space (1999); and voiced characters in the animated series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Family Guy (2000–present), Kim Possible (2002–2007), Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–2013), and Bob's Burgers (2012–present)."
tagline: "American actor (born 1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gary_Cole_at_the_2nd_Annual_Carney_Awards_(2016).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1956-09-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.78
  momentum:             0.9792899791475089
  historical:           26.18505333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170550/"
    handle:    "nm0170550"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.garycole.net/"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جارى كول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "قری کول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cole"
    title: "Gary Cole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cole"
    title: "Gary Cole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gary Cole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "گری کول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "גארי קול"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gary Cole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ゲイリー・コール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "게리 콜"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gary Cole"
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    title: "Gary Cole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Коул, Гэри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315864"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21163"
    title: "Gary Cole"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump