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M.C. Gainey
Highest Rated: 97% Sideways (2004)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Jan 18, 1948
Birthplace: Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Since the early 1980s, Mike Connor Gainey, better known by his initials M.C., has appeared in countless television shows and movies. With his hulking frame and menacing facial features, the actor has more often than not been typecast as a criminal, hillbilly, or both. Following his 1981 debut in "Pennies from Heaven," Gainey appeared in small roles in a number of popular shows throughout the rest of the decade, including the nostalgic sitcom "Happy Days," the rollicking "The Dukes of Hazzard," and the '80s action staple "The A-Team." The actor got a shot at playing a lead role with the 1990 legal series "Against the Law" as rough-and-tumble investigator J.T. "Miggsy" Meigs, but the program only ran for one season. For the rest of the decade, Gainey continued to appear in long-running procedurals like "Matlock" and the action show "Walker, Texas Ranger" while also branching out into films, playing memorable parts as miscreants in "Con Air" and "Breakdown." Gainey continued to be a versatile, busy character actor throughout the 2000s, appearing as sinister Tom Friendly on the enigmatic desert-island drama "Lost."
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Born 2 Hustle | Trubadore (Character) | - | 2023 |
| 92% | 44% | Bit | Enoch (Character) | - | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Deadman Standing | Hugh Anderson (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 97% | Shifting Gears | D.H. aka Dirty Harry Hawkins (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Boogeyman Pop | Ed (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Tangled Before Ever After | Captain of the Guard (Voice) | - | 2017 |
| 69% | 86% | Greater | Coach Ford (Character) | $2.0M | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Week | Doc (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | The Pardon | Gibbs Duhon (Character) | $8.8K | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | Haunted High | Danforth (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 87% | 92% | Django Unchained | Big John (Character) | $162.8M | 2012 |
| 17% | 34% | Stolen | Hoyt (Character) | $289.8K | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | Leave | Gus (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trim | Ron (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 89% | 87% | Tangled | Captain of the Guard (Voice) | $200.8M | 2010 |
| 12% | 28% | Love Ranch | Warren Stamp (Character) | $134.9K | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Tripping Forward | Jim Rose (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 6% | 30% | All About Steve | Norm the Truck Driver (Character) | $33.9M | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 9% | Unearthed | Rob Horn (Character) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Bobby Z | Boom Boom (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 14% | 61% | Wild Hogs | Murdock (Character) | $168.2M | 2007 |
| 64% | 58% | The TV Set | Hutch (Character) | $265.6K | 2006 |
| 14% | 46% | The Dukes of Hazzard | Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane (Character) | $80.3M | 2005 |
| 11% | 45% | Are We There Yet? | Al Buck (Character) | $82.3M | 2005 |
| 0% | No Score Yet | At Last | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 97% | 79% | Sideways | Cammi's Husband (Character) | $71.5M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | The Last Cowboy | Amos Russell (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 77% | 69% | The Cooler | Highway Officer (Character) | $8.2M | 2003 |
| 34% | 65% | Wonderland | Bill Ward (Character) | $1.1M | 2003 |
| 29% | 34% | The Country Bears | Roadie (Character) | $17.0M | 2002 |
| 7% | 54% | The New Guy | Clem (Character) | $29.0M | 2002 |
| 71% | 72% | Run Ronnie Run! | Hark Trellis (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | Diary of a Sex Addict | Theatre Manager (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 81% | 56% | Happy, Texas | Robert "Bob" Allen Maslow (Character) | $1.9M | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Horse Sense | Twister (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bad Trip | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 17% | 28% | The Haunting | Large Man (Character) | $91.2M | 1999 |
| 21% | 18% | Ringmaster | Trucker (Character) | $9.2M | 1998 |
| 83% | 68% | Breakdown | Earl (Character) | $50.2M | 1997 |
| 58% | 75% | Con Air | Swamp Thing (Character) | $101.1M | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | The Secret Agent Club | Jock Dad (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 81% | 74% | Citizen Ruth | Harlan (Character) | $278.5K | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death Benefit | D.K. Graham (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | One Man's Justice | Hank (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 39% | Blind Justice | Bull (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New Eden | Thor (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 23% | 65% | The Mighty Ducks | Lewis (Character) | $50.7M | 1992 |
| 64% | 46% | Leap of Faith | Tiny (Character) | $21.7M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | El Diablo | Bebe (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two Idiots in Hollywood | Sgt. Albert (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Nitti: The Enforcer | Unknown (Character) | - | 1988 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58% | 67% | Moonbase 8 | T-Boy (Guest Star) | 2020 |
| 62% | 85% | The Passage | Bob (Guest Star) | 2019 |
| 93% | 49% | The Conners | Group Leader (Guest Star) | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | 9-1-1 | Charlie (Guest Star) | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Speechless | Dom (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 80% | 82% | Outcast | Bob (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 58% | 77% | American Gothic | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| 75% | 82% | Maron | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| 73% | 80% | Lopez | Broughton Goodson (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Girl Meets World | Pappy Joe (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | The Mentalist | Pete Barsocky (Guest Star) | 2010 2013 2015 |
| 67% | 66% | Revolution | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 70% | 72% | Glee | Santa (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| 57% | 80% | The Finder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 88% | 88% | Enlightened | Rick (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 75% | 89% | Human Target | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 46% | 71% | Happy Town | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 97% | 94% | Justified | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Darrion Walters (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 88% | 95% | Burn Notice | Jacob Orr (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 90% | 83% | Bones | Braxton Smalls (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 86% | 90% | Lost | Tom Friendly (Guest Star) | 2005-2008 |
| 72% | 88% | Desperate Housewives | Claude (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Frank Maddox (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| 74% | 85% | The X-Files | Bo Taylor (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pensacola: Wings of Gold | Unknown (Character) | 1999 |
| 33% | No Score Yet | The Magnificent Seven | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| 92% | No Score Yet | Buddy Faro | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| 13% | No Score Yet | Misery Loves Company | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge | Gaylon (Character) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Commish | Si Prince (Guest Star) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Designing Women | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988-1989 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Magruder (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Knight Rider | Jonathan Dutton (Guest Star) | 1982 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Street Hawk | Frankie Monroe (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | The A-Team | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon | Dexter (Guest Star) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dukes of Hazzard | Peters (Guest Star) | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happy Days | Elmo (Guest Star) | 1982 |