Gary ColeFilmography

Forever Strong

Actors: Sean Faris, Gary Cole, Sean Astin, Neal McDonough, Penn Badgley, Arielle Kebbel

Synopsis: A talented but troubled high-school rugby star gets a second shot at redemption after being sentenced to serve time in a Salt Lake City boys' home and landing a coveted spot on the famed Highland High School rugby team in this inspirational sports drama from director Ryan Little (Saints and Soldiers Read More

Pineapple Express

Actors: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Gary Cole, Rosie Perez, Danny R. McBride

Synopsis: Critically acclaimed director David Gordon Green takes a break from the brooding drama that defined such early efforts as George Washington and Undertow for this action-flavored buddy comedy concerning two pot-smoking friends (Seth Rogen and James Franco) who unwittingly become involved with a Read More

Conspiracy

Actors: Val Kilmer, Jennifer Esposito, Gary Cole

Synopsis: A wounded United States Marine discovers a corporate conspiracy designed to run illegal aliens out of an Arizona border town by any means necessary in this tense revenge thriller starring Val Kilmer, Jennifer Esposito, and Gary Cole. MacPherson (Kilmer) was one of the best soldiers in the United Read More

Breach

Actors: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Dennis Haysbert, Gary Cole, Caroline Dhavernas

Synopsis: Shattered Glass director Billy Ray directs Chris Cooper and Ryan Philippe in this fact-based drama concerning the FBI traitor who carried out what many historians refer to as the most notable national security breach in U.S. history. A key member of the FBI's elite Soviet Analytical Unit, Robert Read More

Goodnight Vagina

Actors: Cheryl Hines, Gary Cole, Magda Szubanski

Synopsis: A woman decides to have some very specific work done in this short comedy satirizing America's obsession with plastic surgery. Meg March (Cheryl Hines) is an egocentric woman in her forties who, while getting her regular bikini wax, discovers that one of her waxer's other customers will soon be Read More

American Pastime

Actors: Gary Cole, Leonardo Nam, Aaron Yoo, Masatoshi Nakamura, Judy Ongg

Synopsis: Gary Cole, Aaron Yoo, John Gries, and Judy Ongg star in an inspirational small town drama exploring the lingering effects of World War II on Japanese-American citizens struggling to overcome lingering hostilities and be accepted in country they now call home. The Nomuras are a typical American Read More

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Actors: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gary Cole, Michael Clarke Duncan

Synopsis: When America's number one NASCAR speed-demon is issued a direct challenge from a gay, French Formula One racer with a hunger for the top spot and a mean talent for tight-cornering, the race is on to become the number one man in all of NASCAR in a full throttle comedy starring Will Ferrell and Read More

Mozart and the Whale

Actors: Josh Hartnett, Radha Mitchell, Gary Cole, Sheila Kelley, Erica Leerhsen

Synopsis: The emotional dysfunctions of two people suffering from an autistic disorder known as Asperger's syndrome threaten to derail the pair's emerging romance in director Petter Næss' affectionate tale of love among the mentally afflicted. For friendly taxi-driver Donald (Josh Hartnett), patterns and Read More

Cry_Wolf

Actors: Lindy Booth, Julian Morris, Jared Padalecki, Kristy Wu, Sandra McCoy, Paul James, Jon Bon Jovi

Synopsis: A big lie told in fun has deadly consequences in this horror story. A group of students at an exclusive private school decide to have some fun by creating an urban legend and seeing how far it will spread. When a woman is murdered not far from the school's campus, the students create an elaborate Read More

The Ring Two

Actors: Naomi Watts, Simon Baker, David Dorfman, Elizabeth Perkins, Gary Cole

Synopsis: A terrifying legacy haunts a single mother in this sequel to the frightening box-office hit The Ring. Hoping to leave their terrifying experiences in Seattle behind them, Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) and her son, Aidan (David Dorfman), move to the small town of Astoria, OR, where Rachel takes a job Read More

Family Guy: The Father, The Son, and The Holy Fonz

Synopsis: Once again, the Griffin household is invaded by Peter's crabby father Francis, an old-line Catholic who hates anyone who doesn't adhere to his own peculiar set of religious values. In his efforts to re-convert the family, Francis causes little Stewie to become a "bubble boy." As a result Read More

Family Guy: Petarded

Synopsis: Peter thinks he's suddenly become brilliant after winning a game of "Trivial Pursuit", little realizing that Lois had merely let him win. To let Peter down easy, Brian the dog arranges for his master to get an IQ test. As a result, Peter is classified as "retarded"--and he intends to take full Read More

Wanted [TV Series]

Actors: Gary Cole, Ryan Hurst, Rashida Jones, Benjamin Benitez, Josey Scott

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Actors: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Justin Long, Stephen Root

Synopsis: Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story revolves around amiable underachiever Peter LaFleur (Vince Vaughn), whose rundown gym, Average Joe's, is populated by a less-than-average clientele including a self-styled pirate, an ultra-obscure sports aficionado, and a pining Read More

Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!

Actors: Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace, Josh Duhamel, Nathan Lane, Sean Hayes

Synopsis: Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde) directs the romantic comedy Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! from a screenplay by TV scriptwriter Victor Levin. Famous Hollywood actor Tad Hamilton (soap opera star Josh Duhamel making his film debut) is trying to promote his new movie. His manager (Sean Hayes) and his Read More

Pop Rocks

Synopsis: Gary Cole stars in this delightfully improbable TV movie as Jerry Harden, a conservative husband, father, and bank loan officer. Harden's well-ordered existence is turned upside down when a scruffy-looking guitarist named Izzy (David Jensen) shows up at the bank, hoping to get a loan in order to Read More

Karen Sisco [TV Series]

Actors: Carla Gugino, Robert Forster, Bill Duke, Patrick Dempsey, Benito Martinez

Synopsis: The ABC cop series Karen Sisco was based on characters created by novelist Elmore Leonard, as visualized in Steven Soderbergh's 1998 theatrical feature Out of Sight. In the role originated on film by Jennifer Lopez, Carla Gugino starred as Karen Sisco, one of the toughest (and certainly the Read More

Monk: Mr. Monk Meets the Playboy

Synopsis: Monk (Tony Shalhoub) is called in to investigate the supposedly accidental" death of of Elliot D'Souza (Mark Tymchyshyn), chief financial officer for the notorious girlie magazine "Sapphire". Elliot's secretary Miss Luden (Fay Masterson) is convinced that he was murdered by Sapphire's publisher Read More

The Rising Place

Actors: Laurel Holloman, Elise Neal, Mark Webber, Liam Aiken, Bill Campbell

Synopsis: A woman learns a valuable lesson about her family as she and her aunt look back at her troubled past in this independent drama. As Virginia Wilder (Frances Fisher) visits her elderly Aunt Millie (Alice Drummond) for the Christmas holidays, she discovers a number of letters she received during the Read More

I Spy

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen, Malcolm McDowell, Gary Cole

Synopsis: Yet another classic television series from the 1960s gets a big-screen update in this action-comedy inspired by the Bill Cosby/Robert Culp vehicle I Spy. Alex Scott (Owen Wilson) is a federal intelligence agent who has been assigned to find a particularly expensive and valuable weapon which has Read More

One Hour Photo

Actors: Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Gary Cole, Dylan Smith

Synopsis: Funnyman Robin Williams steps out of character in this tense, low-key thriller that marked the feature-film directorial debut of music video veteran Mark Romanek. Semour "Sy" Parrish (Williams) runs the photo processing department at a large discount store; Sy is dedicated to his job, and takes Read More

Family Affair [TV Series]

Actors: Tim Curry, Gary Cole, Caitlin Wachs, Sasha Pieterse, Luke Benward

Synopsis: Virtually every aspect of the WB network sitcom Family Affair was the same as the original series which aired on CBS from 1966 to 1971. Once again, swinging-bachelor architect Bill Davis and his very proper British butler Mr. French found their lavish penthouse apartment besieged by cute children Read More

Family Guy: Stuck Together, Torn Apart

Synopsis: At CostMart, Lois (voice of Alex Borstein) runs into Ross Fishman (voice of Chris Cox), an old flame. They're both married now, but Ross suggests they get together for coffee. Stewie (voice of Seth MacFarlane) sets out to eat some industrial adhesive, and when Brian (MacFarlane) tries to stop him Read More

Kim Possible [Animated TV Series]

Actors: Christy Romano

Synopsis: This weekly animated series revolved around a feisty high school girl named Kim Possible. The daughter of research scientists, Kim did her best to lead a normal teenaged life, going to class, attending proms, and the like. Unfortunately, the world was full pesky master criminals and megalomaniacal Read More

The Brady Bunch in the White House

Actors: Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Tannis Burnett, Chad Doreck, Autumn Reeser

Synopsis: Gary Cole and Shelley Long are back as Mike and Carol Brady, America's favorite squares, with a whole new crop of youngsters cast as the six Brady kids. As a reward for returning a $67,000,000 lottery ticket to its rightful owner, Mike is invited to meet the President at the White House. Through a Read More

Cadet Kelly

Actors: Hilary Duff, Christy Romano, Gary Cole

Synopsis: Two of the Disney Channel's brightest young sitcom stars, Hilary Duff (Lizzie Maguire) and Christy Romano (Even Stevens), team up for laughs and tears in the made-for-cable Cadet Kelly. The life of cool, artistically inclined 14-year-old Kelly Collins (Duff) is turned upside down when she is Read More

Justice League: Secret Origins, Part 2

Actors: Gary Cole, Jason Marsden, Susan Sullivan, Kevin Michael Richardson

Synopsis: In part two of Justice League's three-part debut episode, the earth continues to be imperiled by huge, bug-like extraterrestrials who are impervious to conventional weaponry. Superheroes Batman and Superman respond to this attack by assembling the Justice League, comprised of their fellow Read More

Justice League: Secret Origins, Part 3

Actors: Gary Cole, Jason Marsden, Susan Sullivan, Kevin Michael Richardson

Synopsis: In the conclusion of Justice League's three-part debut episode, two of the League members have become casualties in the battle against the Imperium, those huge, shape-shifting, bug-like creatures who have launched an invasion of the earth. Rushing to the rescue of their fallen comrades, the Read More

Family Guy: Emission Impossible

Synopsis: Lois (voice of Alex Borstein) learns that her sister Carol (voice of Carol Kane) is having a baby and that her husband has left her. Lois and Peter (voice of Seth MacFarlane) go to visit Carol, asking Quagmire (MacFarlane) to baby-sit. When Carol anxiously tells Peter that she's gone into labor Read More

Family Guy: Screwed the Pooch

Synopsis: In the cold open, Peter (voice of Seth MacFarlane) visits the Quahog Zoo, and fulfills his lifelong dream of getting into a kangaroo's pouch. Peter is upset about having to visit Lois' (voice of Alex Borstein) parents, because Mr. Pewterschmidt (MacFarlane) doesn't like him. Peter tries to study Read More

Family Guy: Brian Does Hollywood

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, the Griffins' talking, martini-drinking dog Brian has determined that his master Peter is the cause of his addictive personality, and thus he has left Quahog to seek his fortune elsewhere. Brian ends up in Hollywood, where through certain connections he finds Read More

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Season 01

Actors: Pamelyn Ferdin, Gary Cole, Stephen Colbert, Peter MacNicol, Neil Ross

Justice League: Secret Origins, Part 1

Actors: Gary Cole, Jason Marsden, Susan Sullivan, Kevin Michael Richardson

Synopsis: The greatest heroes in comic book history join forces in this animated made-for-TV adventure. After the United States sends an expedition to Mars, one of the astronauts, J. Allen Carter (voice of Gary Cole), runs for president, and after taking office makes good on a promise to eliminate nuclear Read More

The Gift

Actors: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank

Synopsis: Supernatural horror meets character drama in this Sam Raimi-directed thriller. Set in Georgia, the film concerns a widowed mother named Annie (Cate Blanchett) who is blessed with the ability to have psychic visions. When Annie is asked to use her powers to investigate the murder of a rich society Read More

Touched by an Angel: Pandora's Box

Synopsis: Although her parents Charlie (Gary Cole) and Kate (Gary Cole) are out of touch with modern technology, 13-year-old Sarah Radcliff (Evan Rachel Wood) is an experienced internet surfer. But Sarah is still a child, with a child's innate curiosity. When her parents take away her computer privileges Read More

Frasier: The New Friend

Synopsis: Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) takes a liking to Roz' new boyfriend Luke Parker (Gary Cole). Their friendship is such that when Roz (Peri Gilpin) breaks up with Luke, she soon patches things up with him for Frasier's sake. This leads to a dilemma when Roz is afraid to tell Frasier that she and Luke are Read More

Office Space

Actors: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman, Ajay Naidu

Synopsis: Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) is a computer programmer working for Initech in Houston. Every day, he and his friends Samir (Ajay Naidu) and Michael Bolton (David Herman as not THAT Michael Bolton), suffer endless indignities and humiliations in their soulless workspace from their soulless boss Read More

Crusade [TV Series]

Actors: Gary Cole, Daniel Dae Kim, David Allen Brooks, Marjean Holden, Carrie Dobro

A Simple Plan

Actors: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Brent Briscoe, Bridget Fonda, Jack Walsh

Synopsis: Based on Scott B. Smith's bone-chilling 1993 novel, A Simple Plan is a bit of a departure for horror film director Sam Raimi. Instead of flying eyeballs and dancing corpses, A Simple Plan is a taught crime thriller in the vein of Joel Coen's Academy Award-winning Fargo. Set during the white Read More

I'll Be Home for Christmas

Actors: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jessica Biel, Adam LaVorgna, Gary Cole, Eve Gordon

Synopsis: Teen heartthrob and Home Improvement star Jonathon Taylor-Thomas stars in this Disney Christmas film that is a teenaged variation on the Planes Trains and Automobiles theme. Jake has missed Christmas in New York with his family these past few years, so as an incentive, his father promises him a Read More

Kiss the Sky

Actors: Gary Cole, William L. Petersen, Terence Stamp, Sheryl Lee

Synopsis: Jeff (William L. Petersen) and Marty (Gary Cole) are two businessmen who are sent to the Philippines for a project. The two men share a growing disenchantment with their professional lives and the responsibilities of adulthood, so they impulsively go on a drug and alcohol-fueled bender in search Read More

Gang Related

Actors: James Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Lela Rochon, Dennis Quaid, James Earl Jones

Synopsis: A pair of corrupt police officers discover the hard way that crime really doesn't pay in this action drama. Divinci (James Belushi) and Rodriguez (Tupac Shakur) are two New York undercover cops with serious money problems: Rodriguez owes a huge gambling debt, while Divinci wants to retire to Read More

Lies He Told

Actors: Gary Cole, Karen Sillas, Ron Lea, Nigel Bennett, Linda Sorenson

Synopsis: The made-for-TV Lies He Told is based on one of those true stories that most producers would reject outright as ludicrous and impossible were it offered as fiction. Feeling confined by his marriage to wife Cindy (Teddi Siddall) and his family and military responsibilities, USAF Sgt. Major Davis Read More

Santa Fe

Actors: Gary Cole, Lolita Davidovich, Tina Majorino, Sheila Kelley, Jere Burns

Synopsis: During a confrontation with a Wyoming cult, Santa Fe cop Paul Thomas (Gary Cole) saved his wife, daughter, and others but also caught a SWAT sniper's bullet, leading to eight months of rehab. Finally released from the hospital, Thomas finds his wife Leah (Sheila Kelly) involved with a local Read More

A Very Brady Sequel

Actors: Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Tim Matheson, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Christine Taylor

Synopsis: Like its lively predecessor, The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), this mild comic send-up takes its characters and situations from the popular family sitcom of the 1970s, The Brady Bunch. Set in the '90s, it is filled with in-joke references to American pop culture. However, one need not be familiar with Read More

Indecent Seduction

Actors: Mac Davis, Alyson Hannigan, Nicholle Tom, Gary Cole, Mary Kay Place

Synopsis: Based on a true story, the made-for-TV For My Daughter's Honor concerns a torrid sexual relationship between 14-year-old Oklahoma high schooler Amy Dustin (Nicholle Tom) and the school's popular football coach Pete Nash (Gary Cole), who so far as the rest of the community is concerned is an Read More

American Gothic [TV Series]

Actors: Gary Cole, Paige Turco, Jake Weber, Brenda Bakke, Sarah Paulson, Lucas Black, Nick Searcy

Synopsis: One of the earliest forays into TV production by former teen idol Shaun Cassidy, the weekly, hour-long supernatural drama series American Gothic debuted September 22, 1995 on CBS. Things weren't quite right in the outwardly peaceful and respectable town of Trinity in Fulton County, South Carolina. Read More

The Brady Bunch Movie

Actors: Christine Taylor, Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Michael McKean, Jean Smart, Henriette Mantel

Synopsis: The Brady Bunch Movie pays tribute to the 1970s TV show while poking gentle fun at it. The Brady family, led by father Mike (Gary Cole), still live in their suburban, split-level home and are still throwbacks to the era that spawned them. Eternally perky wife Carol (Shelley Long) is the perfect Read More

In the Line of Fire

Actors: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole

Synopsis: Clint Eastwood delivers one of his finest performances, as a secret service agent haunted by his past in Wolfgang Petersen's taut thriller In the Line of Fire. Eastwood plays Frank Horrigan, a secret service agent who keeps thinking back to November 22, 1963, when, as an agent hand-picked by President Kennedy Read More

The Switch

Actors: Gary Cole, Craig T. Nelson, Beverly D'Angelo, Hinton Battle

Synopsis: Based on a true story, this is the saga of the survivor of an automobile crash who is left wheelchair bound and bitter. Ignoring friends and family, it becomes his sole quest to end his life with dignity. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

Making of "Son of the Morning Star"

Synopsis: Learn about the work which went into the creation of the miniseries . ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Son of the Morning Star

Actors: Gary Cole, Rosanna Arquette, Dean Stockwell

Synopsis: This second half of the sweeping TV adaptation of Evan S. O'Connell's novel (see entry 129099 for details on Part One) stars Gary Cole as George Armstrong Custer, leader of the 7th Cavalry of the Great Plains in the early 1870s. Custer's efforts to maintain peace with the surrounding Native Read More

The Old Man and the Sea

Actors: Anthony Quinn

Synopsis: This adaptation of Hemingway's classic story adds a few characters but keeps the basic plotline of an old fisherman's greatest battle intact. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Those She Left Behind

Actors: Gary Cole, Joanna Kerns, Mary Page Keller, Colleen Dewhurst, George Coe

Synopsis: The ordeal of young husband Scott Grimes (Gary Cole) begins when his wife Sue (Mary Page Keller) unexpectedly dies in childbirth. Unprepared to be a single parent, Scott seeks out help from his mother-in-law (Colleen Dewhurst) and from professional caregivers. Still, he is overwhelmed by the Read More

Echoes in the Darkness

Synopsis: Based on a best-selling book by Joseph Wambaugh, this is the story of the investigation of the murder of a Philadelphia school teacher and the search for her missing children, which eventually leads the police to two rather eccentric colleagues involved in the dead woman's life. ~ Tana Hobart, All Read More

Moonlighting: Maddie's Turn to Cry

Synopsis: This third episode of a four-part story arc begins as fans of Moonlighting are interviewed in the street, offering their responses to, and opinons of, the previous two episodes. The story so far: Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) has fallen in love with her yuppie friend Sam (Mark Harmon), and David (Bruce Read More

Lucas

Actors: Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Winona Ryder

Synopsis: Corey Haim plays 13-year-old Lucas, a bespectacled, bookish type who attracts school bullies like a magnet. Lucas befriends 16-year-old Kerri Green; she wants to be "just friends," he'd like a more meaningful relationship. The boy introduces the girl to a world of intellectual pursuits of which Read More

Vital Signs

Actors: Gary Cole

Synopsis: Vital Signs stars Ed Asner and Gary Cole as father and son, both prominent surgeons. Asner's skills have diminished as his alcoholism increases. Cole returns to his home town to straighten his dad out. What no one knows is that Cole himself is a substance abuser, addicted to morphine. After Read More

First Steps

Actors: Judd Hirsch, Amy Steel, Kim Darby

Synopsis: First Steps was inspired by a widely-seen, enthusiastically received 1982 piece on 60 Minutes. Amy Steel plays Nan Davis, a young woman totally paralyzed in an auto accident. Judd Hirsch costars as Dr. Jerold Petrovsky, a bioengineer who attaches computerized electrodes to Nan to enable her to Read More

Fatal Vision

Actors: Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Gary Cole, Barry Newman, Andy Griffith

Synopsis: Convicted murderer Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald had hoped that, by telling his side of the story to investigative journalist Joe McGinniss, the authorities would be persuaded of MacDonald's innocence. Instead, McGinniss ended up unswerving in his belief of MacDonald's guilt, and the result was the Read More

Heart of Steel

Actors: Peter Strauss

Synopsis: Written for television by Gary Devore, Heart of Steel concentrates on a societal dilemma that has only gotten worse since 1983. Second-generation steelworker Peter Strauss loses the job he's held all his life when the mill closes down. Unable to find work, Strauss takes to drink, then vents his Read More