
M.C. Gainey
Acting
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.
Born: January 18, 1948 · Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Filmography (129)

Getting LOST
2024

The Cleaner
2021

A Teacher
2020

Moonbase 8
2020

Emperor
2020

Bit
2019

The Conners
2018

Deadman Standing
2018

Shifting Gears
2018

9-1-1
2018

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017

Tangled: Before Ever After
2017

Riverdale
2017

Speechless
2016

Greater
2016

The Magicians
2015

Bosch
2015

Kingdom
2014

Girl Meets World
2014

The Pardon
2013

Django Unchained
2012

Revolution
2012

Stolen
2012

Haunted High
2012

The Babymakers
2012

The Finder
2012

Leave
2011

Tangled
2010

Love Ranch
2010

Happy Town
2010

Justified
2010

Human Target
2010

All About Steve
2009

Glee
2009

Tripping Forward
2009

The Mentalist
2008

Life
2007

Mr. Woodcock
2007

The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007

Burn Notice
2007

Unearthed
2007

The TV Set
2007

Wild Hogs
2007

Beerfest
2006

Relative Strangers
2006

Two Tickets to Paradise
2006

Criminal Minds
2005

Bones
2005

The Dukes of Hazzard
2005

Are We There Yet?
2005

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004

Sideways
2004

Desperate Housewives
2004

Lost
2004

Club Dread
2004

The Cooler
2003

Wonderland
2003

Cold Case
2003

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003

The Last Cowboy
2003

The Country Bears
2002

The New Guy
2002

Highway
2002

Run Ronnie Run
2002

Diary of a Sex Addict
2001

UC: Undercover
2001

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

Happy, Texas
1999

Horse Sense
1999

Bad Trip
1999

The Haunting
1999

Ringmaster
1998

Meet the Deedles
1998

The Magnificent Seven
1998

Con Air
1997

Breakdown
1997

Citizen Ruth
1996

The Pretender
1996

The Secret Agent Club
1996

The Fan
1996

One Tough Bastard
1996

Don't Look Back
1996

Nash Bridges
1996

The Home Court
1995

Women of the House
1995

New Eden
1994

Touched by an Angel
1994

ER
1994

Blind Justice
1994

Dead Man's Revenge
1994

Geronimo: An American Legend
1993

The X-Files
1993

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993

Leap of Faith
1992

The Mighty Ducks
1992

Renegade
1992

Hearts Afire
1992

Silk Stalkings
1991

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990

El Diablo
1990

An Innocent Man
1989

Hardball
1989

Spellbinder
1988

Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
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

Blue Thunder
1984

Night Court
1984

The A-Team
1983

Frances
1982

Cheers
1982

Knight Rider
1982

T. J. Hooker
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
