Gary Grubbs
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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).
Known for
Credits
Django Unchained (2012)
as Bob Gibbs (uncredited)
Battleship (2012)
as Air Force Chief of Staff
Déjà Vu (2006)
as Police Lieutenant #2
Left Behind (2014)
as Dennis
The X-Files (1998)
as Fire Captain Cooles
Starbright (2026)
as Ken
JFK (1991)
as Al Oser
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
as Chief of Police
Sabotage (2014)
as Lou Cantrell (DEA Interrogator #2)
Free State of Jones (2016)
as Prosecuting Attorney
Dirty Girl (2010)
as Principal Mulray
Project Almanac (2015)
as Dr. Lou
All the King's Men (2006)
as Sheriff
Devil's Knot (2013)
as Dale Griffis
Concussion (2015)
as FBI Agent
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)
as Judge Bazemore
Ray (2004)
as Billy Ray
LBJ (2017)
as Everett Dirksen
Runaway Jury (2003)
as Dobbs
Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous (2008)
as Captain Greer
The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
as NASA Director
Silkwood (1983)
as Randy Fox
My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008)
as Police Chief Malone
Mardi Gras: Spring Break (2011)
as Mr Duluth
In the Electric Mist (2009)
as Sheriff
And God Created Woman (1988)
as Rupert Willis, Robin's Parole Officer
Parkland (2013)
as Dr. Kemp Clark
No One Lives (2013)
as Harris
Honkytonk Man (1982)
as Jim Bob
Midnight Run Around (1994)
as Lester
Poker Alice (1987)
as Marshal
1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)
as Armored Van Cop (uncredited)
God Bless the Broken Road (2018)
as Joe Carter
Double Take (2001)
as Timothy Jarret McReady
Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
as Deputy Hamilton
Gone Fishin' (1997)
as Phil Beasly
Python (2000)
as Sheriff Griffin Wade
Carjacked (2011)
as Deputy
Let There Be Light (2017)
as Dr. Fornier
The Border (1982)
as Honk
The Burning Bed (1984)
as District Attorney
Spring Break Lawyer (2001)
as Senator Claxton
Out of Blue (2019)
as Mr. Torby
A Sunday Horse (2016)
as Coach Walden
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder (1997)
as Carl Baker
Deal (2008)
as Mr. Stillman
Stolen in Plain Sight (2020)
as Sheriff Dunn
Alabama Moon (2009)
as Judge Mackin
Nadine (1987)
as Cecil
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)
as Detective Helton
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
Actor
Christmas in Mississippi (2017)
as Carter Greenside
For the Love of Benji (1977)
as Hank
The Dead Will Tell (2004)
as Detective Ed Landry
Demons (2017)
as Father Joseph Moran
Honor Thy Mother (1992)
Actor
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (1992)
as Ron Meehan
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel (2004)
as Jimmy
Not Like Everyone Else (2006)
as John Mack Butler
Shadow People (2013)
as CDC Director
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984)
as Nigel Edmunds
The Stranger Beside Me (1995)
as Chief Engineer
Deadman's Curve (1978)
as Lead Singer - Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
Hell and Mr Fudge (2012)
as Carl Ketcherside
Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991)
as Larry 'Catfish' Speakes
For Love and Honor (1983)
as Capt. Wiecek
Convergence (2017)
as Peter Grayson
Telling Secrets (1993)
as Det. Ron Taylor
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story (1987)
as Martin Nash
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene (1993)
as C.W. Hardgrave
Doc in the Box (2015)
as Dr. Whipple
Foxfire (1987)
as Prince
The Return of Frank Cannon (1980)
as Mechanic
The Ernest Green Story (1993)
as Coach Loomis
Forgotten Sins (1996)
as Reverend Ralph Newton
For One Night (2006)
as Mr. Thornton
Hound Dogs (2011)
as Reverend Davis
Tennessee Nights (1989)
Actor
Willa (1979)
as Junior
Good Intentions (2010)
as Zachary
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder (1988)
as George Russell
Davy Crockett: A Letter to Polly (—)
as George Russell
Carly's Web (1987)
Actor