
Acting
Also Known As: Mike Gainey , Mike Connor Gainey , M. C. Gainey
Birth Date
January 18, 1948
(78 years old)
Place of Birth
Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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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.


Pete Barsocky
2008 • 3 episodes

Moretti
2005 • 1 episode

Braxton Smalls
2005 • 1 episode

Frank Maddox
2000 • 1 episode

Claude
2004 • 1 episode

Tom Friendly
2004 • 20 episodes

Charlie
2018 • 1 episode

Bo Taylor
1993 • 1 episode

Darrion Walters
1994 • 1 episode

Eddie the Machete
1984 • 1 episode

Jason Keller
1982 • 1 episode

Poppa Poutine
2017 • 1 episode

Ryan Rodgers
2015 • 4 episodes

C.W. Watkins
1983 • 1 episode

Irving
1982 • 1 episode

Santa Claus
2009 • 1 episode

Jack Markell
1986 • 1 episode

Coach Walters (2008)
2003 • 1 episode

1981 • 2 episodes

Jacob Orr
2007 • 1 episode