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Gary Grubbs (born Jon Gary Grubbs, November 14, 1949, in Amory, Mississippi) is an American character actor who moved to Prentiss as an infant and grew up there. He attended the University of Southern Mississippi, where he majored in business and met his future wife Glenda (Miss Mississippi 1972). In 1977 the couple relocated to Los Angeles initially for a writing career, but Grubbs transitioned to acting after landing his first role in For the Love of Benji (1977), followed by Dead Man's Curve: The Jan and Dean Story (1978). Over his nearly five-decade career he has accumulated over 180 credits, frequently portraying attorneys, sheriffs, military officers, and other authority figures, and he now splits his time between Mississippi and Los Angeles. His most notable film credits include attorney Al Oser in JFK (1991, directed by Oliver Stone), Jim Bob in Honkytonk Man (1982, directed by Clint Eastwood), a role in Silkwood (1983, directed by Mike Nichols), Phil Beasley in Gone Fishin' (1997), Timothy McReady in Double Take (2001), Billy Ray in Ray (2004), Coach Ralph Miller in Glory Road (2006), a Police Lieutenant in Déjà Vu (2006), Chief of Police in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009, with Jeffrey Wright), Sheriff in In the Electric Mist (2009, with Matthew McConaughey), Bob Gibbs in Django Unchained (2012, directed by Quentin Tarantino, uncredited), a role in Battleship (2012), Dr. Kemp Clark in Parkland (2013, with James Franco), DEA Agent Lou Cantrell in Sabotage (2014, with Gerard Butler), Dennis in Left Behind (2014), FBI Agent Owens in Concussion (2015, with Will Smith), Prosecutor in Free State of Jones (2016, with Mads Mikkelsen), Senator Everett Dirksen in LBJ (2016), and Joe Carter in God Bless the Broken Road (2018). On television he is best known as Captain Steven Wiecek in For Love and Honor (1983–1984), Harlin Polk in Will & Grace (1998–1999), and Mr. Dummont in Common Law (2012), with additional credits in ER, NCIS (2003), Angel (2001–2004, 4 episodes), The O.C. (2003), Treme (2010), Glee (2009), Criminal Minds (2012), Scream Queens (2015), and Prison Break (2006).
as Ken
as Sheriff Dunn
as Mr. Torby
as Joe Carter
as Carter Greenside
as Everett Dirksen
as Dr. Fornier
as Father Joseph Moran
as Peter Grayson
as Judge Bazemore
as Prosecuting Attorney
as Coach Walden
as FBI Agent
as Dr. Lou
as Dr. Whipple
as Dennis
as Lou Cantrell (DEA Interrogator #2)
as Dr. Kemp Clark
as Dale Griffis
as CDC Director
as Harris
as Bob Gibbs (uncredited)
as Carl Ketcherside
as Air Force Chief of Staff
as Deputy
as Mr Duluth
as Reverend Davis
as Principal Mulray
as Zachary
as Judge Mackin
as Chief of Police
as Sheriff
as Captain Greer
as Police Chief Malone
as Mr. Stillman
as Police Lieutenant #2
as Sheriff
as John Mack Butler
as Mr. Thornton
as Billy Ray
as Detective Ed Landry
as Dobbs
as Senator Claxton
as Timothy Jarret McReady
as Sheriff Griffin Wade
as NASA Director
as Fire Captain Cooles
as Phil Beasly
as Carl Baker
as Reverend Ralph Newton
as Chief Engineer
as Lester
as C.W. Hardgrave
as Det. Ron Taylor
as Coach Loomis
as Ron Meehan
as Al Oser
as Larry 'Catfish' Speakes
as George Russell
as Rupert Willis, Robin's Parole Officer
as Prince
as Cecil
as Marshal
as Martin Nash
as District Attorney
as Nigel Edmunds
as Randy Fox
as Capt. Wiecek
as Jim Bob
as Armored Van Cop (uncredited)
as Honk
as Mechanic
as Deputy Hamilton
as Junior
as Lead Singer - Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
as Hank
as George Russell
