There Is a Staggering 37.4 Percent Chance That This Actor Was in Your Favorite Movie or Television Show

By Dustin Rowles | Lists | June 27, 2013 |

By Dustin Rowles | Lists | June 27, 2013 |

There are a multitude of great character actors, but I don’t think any of those great character actors — with the exception of maybe J.K. Simmons or Stephen Root — have been in as many great television shows and movies as Gary Cole, who I doubt has ever turned down a job in his life. To his credit, however, Gary Cole never fails to impress, and the man can play damn near any role you can ask of him: Comedic, dramatic, or animated. He is just flat-out phenomenal, but in such an understated way that, with the exception of his scene-stealing in Office Space, you never really think, “Oh yeah! Gary Cole was in that.”

The reality is, however, that chances are: Gary Cole was in that.

Here are just a fraction of the roles that Gary Cole has taken over the years, nearly each of which triggered my same response, “Oh, yeah! I totally remember him in that.”

A Simple Plan

The Practice

Supernatural

Entourage

Pineapple Express

True Blood

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Bob’s Burgers

The West Wing

Moonlighting

Frasier

Miami Vice

King of the Hill

Arrested Development

Midnight Caller

Talladega Nights

Babylon 5

Suits

Brady Bunch: The Movie

Veep

American Gothic

The Good Wife

Dodgeball

30 Rock

Office Space

Psych

,b>An Officer and a Murderer

Hart of Dixie