M.C. Gainey
M.C. Gainey
Biography
​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
152
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-01-18 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Acting

2024

Getting LOST as Self

2021

The Cleaner as Doug

2020

A Teacher as Wyatt Wilson

2020

Moonbase 8 as T-Boy

2020

Emperor as Randolph Stevens

2019

Bit as Enoch

2019

Orchard Girl as Wheelchair Man

2018

9-1-1 as Charlie

2018

The Conners as Group Leader

2018

Deadman Standing as Hugh Anderson

2018

Shifting Gears as D. H. - Dirty Harry Hawkins

2018

Boogeyman Pop as Ed

2017

Riverdale as Poppa Poutine

2017

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Captain of the Guard (voice)

2017

Tangled: Before Ever After as Captain of the Guard (voice)

2017

The Corridor Defended as Bartender

2016

Speechless as Dom

2016

Greater as Coach Ford

2015

Bosch as Ryan Rodgers

2015

The Magicians as Stanley

2015

The Week as Doc

2014

Girl Meets World as Pappy Joe

2014

Kingdom as Rick

2013

The Pardon as Gibbs Duhon

2012

Revolution as Frank Blanchard

2012

The Finder as Pete Steck

2012

Django Unchained as Big John Brittle

2012

Stolen as Hoyt

2012

The Babymakers as Officer Malloy

2012

Haunted High as Alger Danforth

2011

Leave as Gus

2010

Justified as Bo Crowder

2010

Tangled as Captain of the Guard (voice)

2010

Happy Town as Sheriff Griffin Conroy

2010

Love Ranch as Warren Stamp

2010

Trim as Ron

2009

Glee as Santa Claus

2009

All About Steve as Norm the Truck Driver

2009

Tripping Forward as Jim Rose

2008

The Mentalist as Pete Barsocky

2007

Burn Notice as Jacob Orr

2007

Life as William Ford

2007

Wild Hogs as Murdock

2007

Mr. Woodcock as Hal - Barber #1

2007

The TV Set as Hutch

2007

Unearthed as Rob Horn

2006

Beerfest as Priest

2006

Relative Strangers as Spicer

2006

Two Tickets to Paradise as Barbosa

2006

Apocalypse Oz as Kurtz

2005

Criminal Minds as Moretti

2005

Bones as Braxton Smalls

2005

The Dukes of Hazzard as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane

2004

Lost as Tom Friendly

2004

Desperate Housewives as Claude

2004

Sideways as Cammi's Husband

2004

Club Dread as Hank

2003

Cold Case as Coach Walters (2008)

2003

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as Roadhouse Bouncer

2003

The Pitts as Curtis

2003

Wonderland as Billy Ward

2003

The Cooler as Highway Officer

2003

The Last Cowboy as Amos Russell

2003

King of the Ants as Coach Rack

2002

The New Guy as Clem

2002

Run Ronnie Run as Hark Trellis

2002

The Country Bears as Roadie

2002

Highway as Steven

2001

UC: Undercover as Not available

2001

Diary of a Sex Addict as Theatre manager

2001

Man and Cat as Dog

2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Frank Maddox

1999

The Haunting as Large Man

1999

Horse Sense as Twister

1999

Happy, Texas as Bob Maslow

1999

Bad Trip as Sheriff Haggard

1998

Meet the Deedles as Major Flower

1998

Ringmaster as Trucker

1997

Con Air as "Swamp Thing"

1997

Breakdown as Earl

1996

The Pretender as Sharpton

1996

Nash Bridges as Not available

1996

The Fan as Man Behind Man

1996

Citizen Ruth as Harlan

1996

One Man's Justice as Hank

1996

The Secret Agent Club as Jock Dad

1996

Don't Look Back as Red

1996

Death Benefit as D.K. Graham

1995

Misery Loves Company as Not available

1995

Marker as Not available

1995

Women of the House as Not available

1994

ER as Darrion Walters

1994

Touched by an Angel as Smoky

1994

Blind Justice as Bull

1994

Dead Man's Revenge as Not available

1994

New Eden as Thor

1993

The X-Files as Bo Taylor

1993

Walker, Texas Ranger as Tingley

1993

Walker, Texas Ranger as Craig

1993

Geronimo: An American Legend as Unafraid Miner

1993

Ulterior Motives as Max

1992

Renegade as Mick Russell

1992

Hearts Afire as M.C.

1992

The Mighty Ducks as Lewis

1992

Leap of Faith as Tiny

1992

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life as One-Armed Jack Sample

1991

Silk Stalkings as Not available

1990

Against the Law as Not available

1990

El Diablo as Bebe

1989

Doctor Doctor as Not available

1989

Hardball as Not available

1989

An Innocent Man as Malcolm

1989

Caddie Woodlawn as Hankinson

1988

Frank Nitti: The Enforcer as Not available

1988

Spellbinder as Brock

1987

Fatal Beauty as Barndollar

1986

Designing Women as T. Tommy Reed

1986

Designing Women as Junior Jones

1986

L.A. Law as Jack Markell

1986

Matlock as Not available

1986

Soul Man as Jail Cell Bigot

1986

Ratboy as Police Officer

1985

Street Hawk as Frankie Monroe

1984

Night Court as Eddie the Machete

1984

Hunter as Magruder

1984

Blue Thunder as Saver

1984

Starman as Cop #2

1983

The A-Team as C.W. Watkins

1983

Wizards and Warriors as Not available

1982

Cheers as Irving

1982

Knight Rider as Jason Keller

1982

Knight Rider as Jerry Nash

1982

T. J. Hooker as Earl Banks

1982

Frances as Reporter / Publicist / Photographer

1981

The Fall Guy as Not available

1981

Simon & Simon as Not available

1981

Pennies from Heaven as Young Policeman

1979

Hart to Hart as Not available

1979

Time After Time as London Bobby

NaN

Secret of the Sundrop as Captain of the Guard

1983

Night Partners as Rapist

1975

Hard Times as Party Guest at Mansion (uncredited)

1974

Happy Days as Not available