Gary Grubbs
Acting
- Born:
- 1949-11-14
- Place of birth:
- Amory, Mississippi, USA
Biography
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
Stolen in Plain Sight
Out of Blue
God Bless the Broken Road
Christmas in Mississippi
LBJ
Let There Be Light
Demons
Convergence
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Free State of Jones
A Sunday Horse
Concussion
Project Almanac
Doc in the Box
Left Behind
Sabotage
Parkland
Devil's Knot
Shadow People
No One Lives
Django Unchained
Hell and Mr Fudge
Common Law
Battleship
Carjacked
Mardi Gras: Spring Break
Hound Dogs
Dirty Girl
Treme
Good Intentions
Alabama Moon
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Maneater
Glee
In the Electric Mist
Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous
The Mentalist
My Mom's New Boyfriend
Deal
Wizards of Waverly Place
Déjà Vu
All the King's Men
Not Like Everyone Else
For One Night
Criminal Minds
Bones
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
Ray
The Dead Will Tell
Runaway Jury
NCIS
The O.C.
CSI: Miami
The Agency
One on One
Spring Break Lawyer
Double Take
Python
Angel
The Astronaut's Wife
Will & Grace
The X-Files
Gone Fishin'
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Profiler
Boston Common
Forgotten Sins
Second Noah
JAG
Caroline in the City
The Stranger Beside Me
The Watcher
Touched by an Angel
ER
Midnight Run Around
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
Dave's World
The X-Files
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Telling Secrets
The Ernest Green Story
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
Honor Thy Mother
JFK
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Beverly Hills, 90210
Hull High
Major Dad
Tennessee Nights
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder
The New Adventures of Davy Crockett
And God Created Woman
Foxfire
Nadine
Carly's Web
Poker Alice
Married... with Children
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
L.A. Law
Matlock
North and South
Growing Pains
The Golden Girls
Half Nelson
Fatal Vision
The Burning Bed
Murder, She Wrote
Hunter
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Silkwood
For Love and Honor
For Love and Honor
The A-Team
Honkytonk Man
Family Ties
1990: The Bronx Warriors
T. J. Hooker
The Border
Hill Street Blues
Magnum, P.I.
The Return of Frank Cannon
Gideon's Trumpet
Condominium
Knots Landing
Willa
Deadman's Curve
CHiPs
For the Love of Benji
Charlie's Angels
Happy Days
M*A*S*H
The Waltons
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Davy Crockett: A Letter to Polly