Acting
Gary Grubbs
EN, IT cinema · 83 credits
Born
14 November 1949 (age 76)
Birthplace
Amory, Mississippi, USA
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).
Known for
Filmography
Starbright
as Ken
Stolen in Plain Sight
as Sheriff Dunn
Out of Blue
as Mr. Torby
God Bless the Broken Road
as Joe Carter
LBJ
as Everett Dirksen
Convergence
as Peter Grayson
Demons
as Father Joseph Moran
Christmas in Mississippi
as Carter Greenside
Let There Be Light
as Dr. Fornier
Free State of Jones
as Prosecuting Attorney
A Sunday Horse
as Coach Walden
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
as Judge Bazemore
Project Almanac
as Dr. Lou
Concussion
as FBI Agent
Doc in the Box
as Dr. Whipple
Left Behind
as Dennis
Sabotage
as Lou Cantrell (DEA Interrogator #2)
No One Lives
as Harris
Shadow People
as CDC Director
Parkland
as Dr. Kemp Clark
Devil's Knot
as Dale Griffis
Battleship
as Air Force Chief of Staff
Hell and Mr Fudge
as Carl Ketcherside
Django Unchained
as Bob Gibbs (uncredited)
Carjacked
as Deputy
Mardi Gras: Spring Break
as Mr Duluth
Hound Dogs
as Reverend Davis
Dirty Girl
as Principal Mulray
Good Intentions
as Zachary
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
as Chief of Police
Alabama Moon
as Judge Mackin
In the Electric Mist
as Sheriff
Deal
as Mr. Stillman
Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous
as Captain Greer
My Mom's New Boyfriend
as Police Chief Malone
Not Like Everyone Else
as John Mack Butler
For One Night
as Mr. Thornton
Déjà Vu
as Police Lieutenant #2
All the King's Men
as Sheriff
The Dead Will Tell
as Detective Ed Landry
Ray
as Billy Ray
Runaway Jury
as Dobbs
Double Take
as Timothy Jarret McReady
Spring Break Lawyer
as Senator Claxton
Python
as Sheriff Griffin Wade
The Astronaut's Wife
as NASA Director
The X-Files
as Fire Captain Cooles
Gone Fishin'
as Phil Beasly
Forgotten Sins
as Reverend Ralph Newton
The Stranger Beside Me
as Chief Engineer
Midnight Run Around
as Lester
Telling Secrets
as Det. Ron Taylor
The Ernest Green Story
as Coach Loomis
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
as C.W. Hardgrave
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
as Detective Helton
JFK
as Al Oser
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
as Larry 'Catfish' Speakes
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder
1988
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder
as George Russell
And God Created Woman
as Rupert Willis, Robin's Parole Officer
Foxfire
as Prince
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
as Martin Nash
Nadine
as Cecil
Poker Alice
as Marshal
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
as Nigel Edmunds
The Burning Bed
as District Attorney
Silkwood
as Randy Fox
For Love and Honor
as Capt. Wiecek
Honkytonk Man
as Jim Bob
The Border
as Honk
1990: The Bronx Warriors
as Armored Van Cop (uncredited)
Gideon's Trumpet
as Deputy Hamilton
The Return of Frank Cannon
as Mechanic
Willa
as Junior
Deadman's Curve
as Lead Singer - Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
