Acting
Gary Grubbs
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).
Filmography
Starbright
Film · 2026
Stolen in Plain Sight
Film · 2020
Out of Blue
Film · 2019
God Bless the Broken Road
Film · 2018
LBJ
Film · 2017
Convergence
Film · 2017
Demons
Film · 2017
Christmas in Mississippi
Film · 2017
Let There Be Light
Film · 2017
Free State of Jones
Film · 2016
A Sunday Horse
Film · 2016
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Film · 2016
Project Almanac
Film · 2015
Concussion
Film · 2015
Doc in the Box
Film · 2015
Left Behind
Film · 2014
Sabotage
Film · 2014
No One Lives
Film · 2013
Shadow People
Film · 2013
Parkland
Film · 2013
Devil's Knot
Film · 2013
Battleship
Film · 2012
Hell and Mr Fudge
Film · 2012
Django Unchained
Film · 2012
Common Law
Series · 2012
Carjacked
Film · 2011
Mardi Gras: Spring Break
Film · 2011
Hound Dogs
Film · 2011
Dirty Girl
Film · 2010
Good Intentions
Film · 2010
Treme
Series · 2010
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Film · 2009
Alabama Moon
Film · 2009
In the Electric Mist
Film · 2009
Maneater
Series · 2009
Glee
Series · 2009
Deal
Film · 2008
Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous
Film · 2008
My Mom's New Boyfriend
Film · 2008
The Mentalist
Series · 2008
Wizards of Waverly Place
Series · 2007
Not Like Everyone Else
Film · 2006
For One Night
Film · 2006
Déjà Vu
Film · 2006
All the King's Men
Film · 2006
Bones
Series · 2005
Criminal Minds
Series · 2005
The Dead Will Tell
Film · 2004
Ray
Film · 2004
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
Film · 2004
Runaway Jury
Film · 2003
The O.C.
Series · 2003
NCIS
Series · 2003
CSI: Miami
Series · 2002
Double Take
Film · 2001
Spring Break Lawyer
Film · 2001
One on One
Series · 2001
The Agency
Series · 2001
Python
Film · 2000
The Astronaut's Wife
Film · 1999
Angel
Series · 1999
The X-Files
Film · 1998
Will & Grace
Series · 1998
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder
Film · 1997
Gone Fishin'
Film · 1997
Forgotten Sins
Film · 1996
Profiler
Series · 1996
Second Noah
Series · 1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Series · 1996
Boston Common
Series · 1996
The Stranger Beside Me
Film · 1995
JAG
Series · 1995
Caroline in the City
Series · 1995
Midnight Run Around
Film · 1994
ER
Series · 1994
Touched by an Angel
Series · 1994
Telling Secrets
Film · 1993
The Ernest Green Story
Film · 1993
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
Film · 1993
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Film · 1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Series · 1993
Dave's World
Series · 1993
The X-Files
Series · 1993
Honor Thy Mother
Film · 1992
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
Film · 1992
JFK
Film · 1991
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Film · 1991
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Film · 1990
Beverly Hills, 90210
Series · 1990
Hull High
Series · 1990
Tennessee Nights
Film · 1989
Major Dad
Series · 1989
And God Created Woman
Film · 1988
The New Adventures of Davy Crockett
Series · 1988
Foxfire
Film · 1987
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
Film · 1987
Nadine
Film · 1987
Poker Alice
Film · 1987
Married... with Children
Series · 1987
Married... with Children
Series · 1987
L.A. Law
Series · 1986
Matlock
Series · 1986
Growing Pains
Series · 1985
The Golden Girls
Series · 1985
Half Nelson
Series · 1985
North and South
Series · 1985
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Film · 1984
The Burning Bed
Film · 1984
Hunter
Series · 1984
Fatal Vision
Series · 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Silkwood
Film · 1983
For Love and Honor
Film · 1983
The A-Team
Series · 1983
Honkytonk Man
Film · 1982
The Border
Film · 1982
1990: The Bronx Warriors
Film · 1982
T. J. Hooker
Series · 1982
Family Ties
Series · 1982
Hill Street Blues
Series · 1981
Gideon's Trumpet
Film · 1980
The Return of Frank Cannon
Film · 1980
Magnum, P.I.
Series · 1980
Condominium
Series · 1980
Willa
Film · 1979
Knots Landing
Series · 1979
Deadman's Curve
Film · 1978
For the Love of Benji
Film · 1977
CHiPs
Series · 1977
CHiPs
Series · 1977
Charlie's Angels
Series · 1976
Happy Days
Series · 1974
M*A*S*H
Series · 1972
The Waltons
Series · 1972