Michael Connor "Mike" Gainey (born January 18, 1948), better known as M. C. Gainey, is an American film and television actor whose distinctive mustache, 6'2½" height, and threatening look have landed him with supporting roles as Southern/Southwestern types, thugs, and criminals.
Gainey attended the University of Southern Mississippi prior to moving to California. He worked as an undertaker's apprentice before he decided to study acting.
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Michael Connor "Mike" Gainey (born January 18, 1948), better known as M. C. Gainey, is an American film and television actor whose distinctive mustache, 6'2½" height, and threatening look have landed him with supporting roles as Southern/Southwestern types, thugs, and criminals.
Gainey attended the University of Southern Mississippi prior to moving to California. He worked as an undertaker's apprentice before he decided to study acting.
In the early 1970s, he attended the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco along with Ken Hixon.
In 1981, he made his big-screen debut in the Steve Martin musical Pennies from Heaven. Since the early 1980s he has been in over 50 movies and made for TV movies, including Breakdown, Two Idiots in Hollywood, Con Air, The Mighty Ducks, Are We There Yet, Terminator 3, Sideways, and 2005's The Dukes of Hazzard.
Gainey was one of the stars of the short-lived television series Against the Law. He has guest starred on over 40 television shows, including...
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