M.C. Gainey
Acting
- Born:
- 1948-01-18
- Place of birth:
- Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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
Filmography
Last Train to Fortune
Getting LOST
The Cleaner
A Teacher
Moonbase 8
Emperor
Bit
Orchard Girl
The Conners
Boogeyman Pop
Deadman Standing
Shifting Gears
9-1-1
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Tangled: Before Ever After
Riverdale
The Corridor Defended
Speechless
Greater
The Magicians
The Week
Bosch
Kingdom
Girl Meets World
Maron
The Pardon
Django Unchained
Revolution
Stolen
Haunted High
The Babymakers
The Finder
Leave
Tangled
Love Ranch
Happy Town
Justified
Human Target
Trim
All About Steve
Glee
Tripping Forward
The Mentalist
Life
Mr. Woodcock
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Burn Notice
Unearthed
The TV Set
Wild Hogs
Beerfest
Relative Strangers
Two Tickets to Paradise
Apocalypse Oz
Criminal Minds
Bones
The Dukes of Hazzard
Are We There Yet?
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Sideways
Desperate Housewives
Lost
Club Dread
King of the Ants
The Cooler
Wonderland
Cold Case
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
The Pitts
The Last Cowboy
The Country Bears
The New Guy
Highway
Run Ronnie Run
Diary of a Sex Addict
Man and Cat
UC: Undercover
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Happy, Texas
Horse Sense
Bad Trip
The Haunting
Last Rites
Ringmaster
Meet the Deedles
The Magnificent Seven
Con Air
Breakdown
Citizen Ruth
The Pretender
The Secret Agent Club
The Fan
One Tough Bastard
Don't Look Back
Nash Bridges
Death Benefit
Misery Loves Company
The Home Court
Marker
Women of the House
New Eden
Touched by an Angel
ER
Blind Justice
Dead Man's Revenge
Geronimo: An American Legend
The X-Files
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Walker, Texas Ranger
Ulterior Motives
Leap of Faith
The Mighty Ducks
Renegade
Hearts Afire
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
Silk Stalkings
Against the Law
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
El Diablo
An Innocent Man
Hardball
Doctor Doctor
Caddie Woodlawn
Police Story
Spellbinder
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
Fatal Beauty
Soul Man
Ratboy
Designing Women
L.A. Law
Matlock
The Rape of Richard Beck
Street Hawk
Starman
Hunter
Blue Thunder
Night Court
Night Partners
Wizards and Warriors
The A-Team
Frances
Cheers
Knight Rider
T. J. Hooker
Pennies from Heaven
Simon & Simon
The Fall Guy
Time After Time
Hart to Hart
Hard Times
Happy Days
Ruby Road