M.C. Gainey

M.C. Gainey

Biography

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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.

Personal info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-01-18

Place of birth

Jackson, Mississippi, USA

Images

Cast

Breakdown

Breakdown

1997

6.89

Con Air

Con Air

1997

6.75

The Cleaner

The Cleaner

2021

5.70

Wonderland

Wonderland

2003

6.10

The Haunting

The Haunting

1999

5.47

Horse Sense

Horse Sense

1999

6.90

Beerfest

Beerfest

2006

5.86

Sideways

Sideways

2004

7.10

Citizen Ruth

Citizen Ruth

1996

6.60

Unearthed

Unearthed

2007

4.00

Love Ranch

Love Ranch

2010

5.40

The TV Set

The TV Set

2007

6.00

Frances

Frances

1982

6.88

Stolen

Stolen

2012

5.47

Haunted High

Haunted High

2012

4.27

Leave

Leave

2011

6.10

The Pardon

The Pardon

2013

4.64

Soul Man

Soul Man

1986

5.32

Ringmaster

Ringmaster

1998

4.18

Tangled

Tangled

2010

7.61

Bad Trip

Bad Trip

1999

3.70

Wild Hogs

Wild Hogs

2007

5.97

Man and Cat

Man and Cat

2001

7.00

Hard Times

Hard Times

1975

6.80

Getting LOST

Getting LOST

2024

6.90

The Cooler

The Cooler

2003

6.71

Greater

Greater

2016

7.10

The New Guy

The New Guy

2002

5.90

Trim

Trim

2010

1.00

El Diablo

El Diablo

1990

5.60

Spellbinder

Spellbinder

1988

5.93

The Fan

The Fan

1996

5.99

Fatal Beauty

Fatal Beauty

1987

5.50

Starman

Starman

1984

6.92

Bit

Bit

2019

5.17

Emperor

Emperor

2020

7.60

Club Dread

Club Dread

2004

5.21

Highway

Highway

2002

5.50

New Eden

New Eden

1994

3.90

Mr. Woodcock

Mr. Woodcock

2007

5.05

Orchard Girl

Orchard Girl

2019

2.00

The Week

The Week

2015

5.50

Happy, Texas

Happy, Texas

1999

5.70

Ratboy

Ratboy

1986

3.40