Gary Michael Cole net worth is
$5 Million
Gary Michael Cole Wiki Biography
Gary Michael Cole, born September 20, 1956, in Park Ridge, Illinois USA, is an Emmy-nominated actor and voice artist. He is best known for his roles in movies such as “In the Line of Fire” (1993), “Office Space” (1999), “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” (2006), and “Pineapple Express” (2008). Cole’s acting career began in 1983.
If you’ve ever wondered about Gary Cole’s net worth as of late 2017, it has been estimated that Cole’s net worth is as high as $5 million, through his successful acting career. In addition to being a popular actor in movies, Cole has also appeared in numerous TV series which have contributed to his wealth.
Gary Cole Net Worth $5 Million
Gary Cole is the son of a school administrative assistant father and a director of finance mother. He grew up in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, where he attended Rolling Meadows High School. He made his acting debut as Snoopy in the school’s production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”. After his graduation, Cole studied theatre at Illinois State University, alongside fellow future actors John Malkovich and Laurie Metcalf.
His professional career began in 1983 in the Golden Globe-nominated TV movie “Heart of Steel”. In the next couple of years, Cole appeared in several series and TV movies such as “Fatal Vision”, “American Playhouse”, “The Twilight Zone”, and “Vital Signs”. Cole continued to solidify his net worth through roles in various productions including David Seltzer’s “Lucas”, “Miami Vice”, and “Echoes in the Darkness”.
Cole then starred in 61 episodes of “Midnight Caller” (1988-1991), and in “The Old Man and the Sea” (1990), and in the Oscar-nominated “In the Line of Fire” (1993). In the mid-‘90s, Cole had roles in “The Brady Bunch Movie”, “American Gothic”, “A Very Brady Sequel”, and “For My Daughter’s Honor” in 1996. He continued in the late 90s with Sam Raimi’s Oscar-nominated thriller “A Simple Plan”, “Kiss the Sky”, “Office Space”, and the series “Crusade”.
In the early 2000s, Cole had parts in a Sam Raimi film “The Gift”, “One Hour Photo”, “Cadet Kelly”, and “I Spy”. From 2003 to 2006, Cole played Vice-President Bob Russell in episodes of “The West Wing”, and appeared in “The Ring Two”, “Mozart and the Whale”, and “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” in 2006. Cole also worked in “Breach”, appeared in the series “Desperate Housewives”, “Pineapple Express”, “Forever Strong” and “The Joneses” in 2008.
Most recently, Cole has been appearing in such series as “The Good Wife” (2010-2016), “Suits” (2011-2016), “Veep” (2012- ), and “Mercy Street” (2016- ), ensuring that his net worth is still growing.
Regarding his personal life, Gary Cole has been married to actress Teddi Siddall since 1992, and they have a daughter named Mary who is following her parents’ footsteps as an actress. However, as of late 2017, they have announced their intention to divorce.
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| Full Name | Gary Cole |
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Date Of Birth | September 20, 1956 |
| Place Of Birth | Park Ridge, Illinois, United States |
| Height | 1.8 m |
| Profession | Actor |
| Education | Rolling Meadows High School, Illinois State University |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Teddi Siddall (m. 1992-) |
| Children | Mary Cole |
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| Awards | Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival – Best Actor (2015) |
| Music Groups | Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Brogues, Fresh Air, Who Do You Love, Pride of Man |
| Nominations | Primetime Emmy Awards (2014), BTVA Television Voice Acting Award (2016), Canadian Screen Award (2014), Screen Actors Guild Awards, |
| Movies | “In the Line of Fire” (1993), “Office Space” (1999), “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” (2006), “Pineapple Express” (2008) |
| TV Shows | “Midnight Caller” (1988-1991), “The Twilight Zone” (1985), “Moonlighting” (1987), “American Gothic” (1995-1996), “Crusade” (1999), “Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law” (2000-2007), “Kim Possible” (2002-2007), “The West Wing”, “Hitman” (2016) |
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| 1 | Usually plays cold, calculating authority figures |
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| 1 | (On landing The West Wing (1999) My manager had a connection to the show, which I think was helpful. She represents Stockard Channing. So, she was familiar with everybody over there, and that was pretty traditional. I had read for [producer] John Wells on a show called Third Watch (1999). I read for probably a couple other pilots, too. Didn’t get any of them, but a couple of those auditions went fairly well. And I went in to read before the beginning of the fifth season, which was a scene that turned out to be with Martin Sheen. It was actually the first scene I shot, and it went well. It was fairly traditional. But I think the fact my manager had been plugged into the show for a few years because of Stockard probably helped. |
| 2 | (On the cult status of Office Space (1999)) It was like a lot of movies. You do the movie and then you walk away. It lasted maybe five weeks in theaters, if that. The first time I got a sense of it was probably a year later. I was doing a play in Chicago in the summer of 2000, because here [in L.A.], you don’t spend a lot of time on the street. You’re always driving. But in Chicago, I lived next door to the theatre, so I was always walking up and down this big boulevard in Chicago, Halsted Street, and going to restaurants and just down the street a lot. And people started coming up to me, doing Lumbergh’s dialogue. And this is a year and a half later, and I was really surprised, because I thought the movie was a flop. I didn’t know that it had gained an audience on video. And it happened consistently. I started going to restaurants and people would be like, “Hey Lumbergh!” I went to the ballpark at Wrigley Field, people were shouting out Lumbergh’s name. I thought, “My God, somebody’s actually watching this thing”. So that’s the first time, but then you kind of realize that in this day and age, a movie doesn’t have to be successful in the theater, necessarily. I mean, it helps, but it doesn’t have to die a death in the theater and never be seen again. You get a second chance if word of mouth helps you out, and that was the case of Office Space (1999). |
| 3 | (On A Simple Plan (1998)) I got that role because of Sam Raimi, who had produced American Gothic (1995), and I just got a phone call, and that was nice. We didn’t really meet on A Simple Plan (1998), but there was a role they needed someone for, and he figured I wouldn’t screw it up too badly. Sam was great that way. I did two films for Sam. And even though I only had a small role in the movie, I think it’s maybe one of the best films I’ve been in from top to bottom, in terms of everything working-the story, the way it looked, the kind of impact it had. It wasn’t a huge financial success, but I don’t really think it was a flop, either, because it didn’t really cost that much to make. I think it’s a good film. Even though it’s a small role, it’s pretty pivotal, because it’s one of those things where we don’t know who this guy is, but either way, it’s trouble. Because if he’s really the law, he’s trouble for these guys. And if he’s not, if he’s the guy coming back to get revenge, then he’s even more trouble, which is what he turned out to be. |
| 4 | (On landing The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)) I had done virtually no comedy at all until then. All the television I had done was either disease-of-the-week movies or Fatal Vision (1984) or a television series called Midnight Caller (1988). But Betty Thomas, who had actually directed an episode of Midnight Caller (1988), she was the director. I had worked with her, I had also met her years ago in New York. She was a friend of Jim Belushi’s, and I was doing “True West” with Jim Belushi, so I met her and knew her, liked her a lot. Thought she was very funny, very salty, and I went into the read thinking really that it just didn’t make sense that I would get this part. But I thought since it was Betty, I’d go in and say hi, do my thing, have fun, walk away. And so I went in, and it seemed to go okay. I went in and did my best Robert Reed impersonation, and it seemed to go fine. And a lot of time went by, more than six or seven weeks, it seemed. So I didn’t think any more about it. It was like most auditions. You walk in, and 90 percent of them are dead. And then I got a call back and went in, and [Betty] said, “I just want to see if this was as good as I thought it was”. So I did it again, and no one was laughing. She was just looking at me like an animal in the zoo. And then the third time I went in, they had already cast Shelley Long, so they wanted to see me with “Shelley Long”, and they put usRelated posts: |
