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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.
Filmography (153)
Getting LOST
2024
The Cleaner
2021
Emperor
2020
A Teacher
2020
Moonbase 8
2020
Bit
2019
Orchard Girl
2019
Boogeyman Pop
2018
Shifting Gears
2018
Deadman Standing
2018
Secret of the Sundrop
2018
9-1-1
2018
The Conners
2018
Tangled: Before Ever After
2017
The Corridor Defended
2017
Riverdale
2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017
Greater
2016
Speechless
2016
The Week
2015
Bosch
2015
The Magicians
2015
Girl Meets World
2014
Kingdom
2014
The Pardon
2013
Maron
2013
Django Unchained
2012
The Babymakers
2012
Stolen
2012
Haunted High
2012
Revolution
2012
The Finder
2012
Leave
2011
Love Ranch
2010
Tangled
2010
Trim
2010
Happy Town
2010
Justified
2010
Human Target
2010
All About Steve
2009
Tripping Forward
2009
Glee
2009
The Mentalist
2008
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007
Unearthed
2007
The TV Set
2007
Wild Hogs
2007
Mr. Woodcock
2007
Life
2007
Burn Notice
2007
Beerfest
2006
Apocalypse Oz
2006
Two Tickets to Paradise
2006
Relative Strangers
2006
The Dukes of Hazzard
2005
Are We There Yet?
2005
Bones
2005
Criminal Minds
2005
Sideways
2004
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
Club Dread
2004
Desperate Housewives
2004
Lost
2004
Wonderland
2003
The Last Cowboy
2003
The Cooler
2003
King of the Ants
2003
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003
Cold Case
2003
The Pitts
2003
The Country Bears
2002
Run Ronnie Run
2002
The New Guy
2002
Highway
2002
Man and Cat
2001
Diary of a Sex Addict
2001
UC: Undercover
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
The Haunting
1999
Horse Sense
1999
Bad Trip
1999
Happy, Texas
1999
Meet the Deedles
1998
Ringmaster
1998
The Magnificent Seven
1998
Breakdown
1997
Con Air
1997
Death Benefit
1996
Citizen Ruth
1996
Don't Look Back
1996
The Secret Agent Club
1996
The Fan
1996
One Tough Bastard
1996
Nash Bridges
1996
The Pretender
1996
Misery Loves Company
1995
Women of the House
1995
Marker
1995
The Home Court
1995
Dead Man's Revenge
1994
Blind Justice
1994
New Eden
1994
Touched by an Angel
1994
ER
1994
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
Ulterior Motives
1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
The X-Files
1993
Leap of Faith
1992
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
1992
The Mighty Ducks
1992
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
1992
Hearts Afire
1992
Renegade
1992
Silk Stalkings
1991
El Diablo
1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
Against the Law
1990
An Innocent Man
1989
Caddie Woodlawn
1989
Doctor Doctor
1989
Hardball
1989
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
1988
Spellbinder
1988
Police Story
1988
Fatal Beauty
1987
Soul Man
1986
Ratboy
1986
Designing Women
1986
L.A. Law
1986
Matlock
1986
The Rape of Richard Beck
1985
Street Hawk
1985
Starman
1984
Hunter
1984
Night Court
1984
Blue Thunder
1984
Night Partners
1983
The A-Team
1983
Wizards and Warriors
1983
Frances
1982
Cheers
1982
T. J. Hooker
1982
Knight Rider
1982
Pennies from Heaven
1981
Simon & Simon
1981
The Fall Guy
1981
Time After Time
1979
Hart to Hart
1979
Hard Times
1975
Happy Days
1974
Ruby Road
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