Biography
Gary Grubbs (born Jon Gary Grubbs, November 14, 1949, in Amory, Mississippi) is an American character actor who moved to Prentiss as an infant and grew up there. He attended the University of Southern Mississippi, where he majored in business and met his future wife Glenda (Miss Mississippi 1972). In 1977 the couple relocated to Los Angeles initially for a writing career, but Grubbs transitioned to acting after landing his first role in For the Love of Benji (1977), followed by Dead Man's Curve: The Jan and Dean Story (1978). Over his nearly five-decade career he has accumulated over 180 credits, frequently portraying attorneys, sheriffs, military officers, and other authority figures, and he now splits his time between Mississippi and Los Angeles. His most notable film credits include attorney Al Oser in JFK (1991, directed by Oliver Stone), Jim Bob in Honkytonk Man (1982, directed by Clint Eastwood), a role in Silkwood (1983, directed by Mike Nichols), Phil Beasley in Gone Fishin' (1997), Timothy McReady in Double Take (2001), Billy Ray in Ray (2004), Coach Ralph Miller in Glory Road (2006), a Police Lieutenant in Déjà Vu (2006), Chief of Police in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009, with Jeffrey Wright), Sheriff in In the Electric Mist (2009, with Matthew McConaughey), Bob Gibbs in Django Unchained (2012, directed by Quentin Tarantino, uncredited), a role in Battleship (2012), Dr. Kemp Clark in Parkland (2013, with James Franco), DEA Agent Lou Cantrell in Sabotage (2014, with Gerard Butler), Dennis in Left Behind (2014), FBI Agent Owens in Concussion (2015, with Will Smith), Prosecutor in Free State of Jones (2016, with Mads Mikkelsen), Senator Everett Dirksen in LBJ (2016), and Joe Carter in God Bless the Broken Road (2018). On television he is best known as Captain Steven Wiecek in For Love and Honor (1983–1984), Harlin Polk in Will & Grace (1998–1999), and Mr. Dummont in Common Law (2012), with additional credits in ER, NCIS (2003), Angel (2001–2004, 4 episodes), The O.C. (2003), Treme (2010), Glee (2009), Criminal Minds (2012), Scream Queens (2015), and Prison Break (2006).
Filmography (138)
Starbright
2026
Stolen in Plain Sight
2020
Out of Blue
2019
God Bless the Broken Road
2018
LBJ
2017
Convergence
2017
Demons
2017
Christmas in Mississippi
2017
Let There Be Light
2017
Free State of Jones
2016
A Sunday Horse
2016
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016
Project Almanac
2015
Concussion
2015
Doc in the Box
2015
Left Behind
2014
Sabotage
2014
No One Lives
2013
Shadow People
2013
Parkland
2013
Devil's Knot
2013
Battleship
2012
Hell and Mr Fudge
2012
Django Unchained
2012
Common Law
2012
Carjacked
2011
Mardi Gras: Spring Break
2011
Hound Dogs
2011
Dirty Girl
2010
Good Intentions
2010
Treme
2010
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009
Alabama Moon
2009
In the Electric Mist
2009
Maneater
2009
Glee
2009
Deal
2008
Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous
2008
My Mom's New Boyfriend
2008
The Mentalist
2008
Wizards of Waverly Place
2007
Not Like Everyone Else
2006
For One Night
2006
Déjà Vu
2006
All the King's Men
2006
Bones
2005
Criminal Minds
2005
The Dead Will Tell
2004
Ray
2004
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
2004
Runaway Jury
2003
The O.C.
2003
NCIS
2003
CSI: Miami
2002
Double Take
2001
Spring Break Lawyer
2001
One on One
2001
The Agency
2001
Python
2000
The Astronaut's Wife
1999
Angel
1999
The X-Files
1998
Will & Grace
1998
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder
1997
Gone Fishin'
1997
Forgotten Sins
1996
Profiler
1996
Second Noah
1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
Boston Common
1996
The Stranger Beside Me
1995
The Watcher
1995
JAG
1995
Caroline in the City
1995
Midnight Run Around
1994
ER
1994
Touched by an Angel
1994
Telling Secrets
1993
The Ernest Green Story
1993
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
1993
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
Dave's World
1993
The X-Files
1993
Honor Thy Mother
1992
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
1992
JFK
1991
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
Hull High
1990
Tennessee Nights
1989
Major Dad
1989
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder
1988
And God Created Woman
1988
The New Adventures of Davy Crockett
1988
Foxfire
1987
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
1987
Nadine
1987
Carly's Web
1987
Poker Alice
1987
Married... with Children
1987
L.A. Law
1986
Matlock
1986
Growing Pains
1985
The Golden Girls
1985
Half Nelson
1985
North and South
1985
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984
The Burning Bed
1984
Hunter
1984
Fatal Vision
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Silkwood
1983
For Love and Honor
1983
The A-Team
1983
For Love and Honor
1983
Honkytonk Man
1982
The Border
1982
1990: The Bronx Warriors
1982
T. J. Hooker
1982
Family Ties
1982
Hill Street Blues
1981
Gideon's Trumpet
1980
The Return of Frank Cannon
1980
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Condominium
1980
Willa
1979
Knots Landing
1979
Deadman's Curve
1978
For the Love of Benji
1977
CHiPs
1977
Charlie's Angels
1976
Happy Days
1974
M*A*S*H
1972
The Waltons
1972
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Davy Crockett: A Letter to Polly
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