Gary Cole Height, Weight, Age, Girlfriend, Biography, Family, Facts

May 2024 · 3 minute read
Gary Cole Quick Info
Height6 ft
Weight74 kg
Date of BirthSeptember 20, 1956
Zodiac SignVirgo
Eye ColorBlue

Gary Cole is an American television, film, and voice actor whose professional acting career started on stage at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. He has been cast in shows and movies like Midnight Caller, Son of the Morning Star, Chicago Fire, The Practice, American Gothic, The Good Wife, Mixed-ish, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Desperate Housewives, Entourage, Office Space, Veep, 12 Miles of Bad Road, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, The Brady Bunch Movie, An Officer and a Murderer, Suits, The West Wing, The Art of Racing in the Rain, The Good Fight, Crusade, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, One Hour Photo, Pineapple Express, The Last Rites of Joe May, and Seven in Heaven.

Born Name

Gary Michael Cole

Nick Name

Gary

Sun Sign

Virgo

Born Place

Park Ridge, Illinois, United States

Residence

Los Angeles, California, United States

Nationality

American

Education

Gary Cole studied at Rolling Meadows High School, where he made his acting debut as Snoopy in a high school production of Clark Gesner’s Peanuts musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

Later, he got enrolled at Illinois State University and studied theater. His classmates included fellow future actors Laurie Metcalf and John Malkovich.

Occupation

Actor, Voiceover Artist

Family

Manager

Gary Cole has been represented by –

Net Worth

In 2021, his net worth was $4 Million according to CelebrityNetWorth.com.

Build

Slim

Height

6 ft or 183 cm

Weight

74 kg or 163 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Gary Cole has dated –

  • Teddi Siddall (1992–2017) – On March 8, 1992, he got married to actress and writer Theodora “Teddi” Siddall. Their daughter Mary has also pursued a career in acting. Mary was diagnosed with autism when she was 28 months old. On June 19, 2017, Teddi Siddall filed for divorce. She died in 2018.
  • Race / Ethnicity

    White

    Gary Cole is of English, German, and French-Canadian descent.

    Hair Color

    Salt and Pepper

    Eye Color

    Blue

    Sexual Orientation

    Straight

    Distinctive Features

    Has often played cold, calculating authority figures

    Brand Endorsements

    He has been a part of TV commercials for –

    Gary Cole Facts

  • He grew up in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.
  • Gary Cole played Kent Davison, the Senior Strategist to the President, in the HBO political satire comedy series titled Veep from 2013 to 2019. For this role, he got nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for “Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series”.
  • In August 2016, he provided vocals to the character of a CEO in an episode titled Fashion Bears of the animated slice of life television series, We Bare Bears.
  • Alongside Tika Sumpter, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, and others, he co-starred as Harrison Jackson III, Bow’s paternal grandfather and Paul’s father, in the single-camera sitcom called Mixed-ish from 2019 to 2021.
  • Gary Cole has been friends with William Petersen.
  • He has also done voiceover work for video games like Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law and Hitman.
  • Featured Image by David Shankbone / Wikimedia / CC BY 3.0

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