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Gary Cole

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Gary Michael Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American actor. He began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. His breakout role was playing Jack 'Nighthawk' Killian in the NBC series Midnight Caller (1988–1991). Further prominent television roles include Sheriff Lucas Buck in American Gothic (1995–1996), Vice President Bob Russell in The West Wing (2003–2006), Kurt McVeigh in both The Good Wife (2010–2016) and The Good Fight (2017–2022), Kent Davison in Veep (2013–2019), and Special Agent Alden Parker in NCIS (2021–present). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gary Cole is the 3,543rd most popular actor (down from 3,474th in 2019), the 5,841st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,205th in 2019) and the 1,669th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gary Cole ranks 3,543 out of 13,578. Before him are Doug McClure, Liane Haid, Charlene Tilton, Jason Flemyng, Harold Sakata, and Ian Ziering. After him are Alan Tudyk, Charles Martin Smith, Daniel Duval, Thomas Jane, Dorothea Jordan, and Tony Amendola.

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Among people born in 1956, Gary Cole ranks 234. Before him are Peter Šťastný, Nathan Lane, Martin Jol, Mark Rolston, Meral Akşener, and Elizabeth Strout. After him are Franz Tost, Dominique Blanc, Shigemitsu Sudo, Bodo Ramelow, Emmanuel Kundé, and Bernd Förster.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gary Cole ranks 5,841 out of 20,380. Before him are Alfred Blalock (1899), Ted Post (1918), Harold Sakata (1920), Cyrus McCormick (1809), Ian Ziering (1964), and Taj Mahal (1942). After him are Alan Tudyk (1971), Charles Martin Smith (1953), Andrea True (1943), Thomas Jane (1969), Mark Rober (1980), and Charles W. Gilmore (1874).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gary Cole ranks 1,669. Before him are Odette Annable (1985), Catherine Hicks (1951), Doug McClure (1935), Charlene Tilton (1958), Harold Sakata (1920), and Ian Ziering (1964). After him are Alan Tudyk (1971), Charles Martin Smith (1953), Thomas Jane (1969), Tony Amendola (1951), Billy Crudup (1968), and John Garfield (1913).

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