Gary Grubbs
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 14, 1949
- 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).
Filmography
- Davy Crockett: A Letter to Polly
Davy Crockett: A Letter to Polly TBA
as George Russell
Starbright 2026
as Ken
Stolen in Plain Sight 2020
as Sheriff Dunn
Out of Blue 2019
as Mr. Torby
God Bless the Broken Road 2018
as Joe Carter
Christmas in Mississippi 2017
as Carter Greenside
LBJ 2017
as Everett Dirksen
Let There Be Light 2017
as Dr. Fornier
Demons 2017
as Father Joseph Moran
Convergence 2017
as Peter Grayson
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage 2016
as Judge Bazemore
Free State of Jones 2016
as Prosecuting Attorney
A Sunday Horse 2016
as Coach Walden
Concussion 2015
as FBI Agent
Project Almanac 2015
as Dr. Lou
Doc in the Box 2015
as Dr. Whipple
Left Behind 2014
as Dennis
Sabotage 2014
as Lou Cantrell (DEA Interrogator #2)
Parkland 2013
as Dr. Kemp Clark
Devil's Knot 2013
as Dale Griffis
Shadow People 2013
as CDC Director
No One Lives 2013
as Harris
Django Unchained 2012
as Bob Gibbs (uncredited)
Hell and Mr Fudge 2012
as Carl Ketcherside
Battleship 2012
as Air Force Chief of Staff
Carjacked 2011
as Deputy
Mardi Gras: Spring Break 2011
as Mr Duluth
Hound Dogs 2011
as Reverend Davis
Dirty Girl 2010
as Principal Mulray
Good Intentions 2010
as Zachary
Alabama Moon 2009
as Judge Mackin
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans 2009
as Chief of Police
In the Electric Mist 2009
as Sheriff
Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous 2008
as Captain Greer
My Mom's New Boyfriend 2008
as Police Chief Malone
Deal 2008
as Mr. Stillman
Déjà Vu 2006
as Police Lieutenant #2
All the King's Men 2006
as Sheriff
Not Like Everyone Else 2006
as John Mack Butler
For One Night 2006
as Mr. Thornton
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel 2004
as Jimmy
Ray 2004
as Billy Ray
The Dead Will Tell 2004
as Detective Ed Landry
Runaway Jury 2003
as Dobbs
Spring Break Lawyer 2001
as Senator Claxton
Double Take 2001
as Timothy Jarret McReady
Python 2000
as Sheriff Griffin Wade
The Astronaut's Wife 1999
as NASA Director
The X-Files 1998
as Fire Captain Cooles
Gone Fishin' 1997
as Phil Beasly
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder 1997
as Carl Baker
Forgotten Sins 1996
as Reverend Ralph Newton
The Stranger Beside Me 1995
as Chief Engineer
Midnight Run Around 1994
as Lester
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene 1993
as C.W. Hardgrave
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom 1993
as Detective Helton
The Ernest Green Story 1993
as Coach Loomis
Telling Secrets 1993
as Det. Ron Taylor
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story 1992
as Ron Meehan
Honor Thy Mother 1992
Actor
JFK 1991
as Al Oser
Without Warning: The James Brady Story 1991
as Larry 'Catfish' Speakes
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson 1990
Actor
Tennessee Nights 1989
Actor
- Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder 1988
as George Russell
And God Created Woman 1988
as Rupert Willis, Robin's Parole Officer
Foxfire 1987
as Prince
Nadine 1987
as Cecil
- Carly's Web
Carly's Web 1987
Actor
Poker Alice 1987
as Marshal
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story 1987
as Martin Nash
The Burning Bed 1984
as District Attorney
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter 1984
as Nigel Edmunds
Silkwood 1983
as Randy Fox
For Love and Honor 1983
as Capt. Wiecek
Honkytonk Man 1982
as Jim Bob
1990: The Bronx Warriors 1982
as Armored Van Cop (uncredited)
The Border 1982
as Honk
The Return of Frank Cannon 1980
as Mechanic
Gideon's Trumpet 1980
as Deputy Hamilton
Willa 1979
as Junior
Deadman's Curve 1978
as Lead Singer - Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
For the Love of Benji 1977
as Hank
Credits from TMDB.