Jun 15, 1948

Jackson, Mississippi, USA

Mike Connor Gainey (born June 15, 1948) is an American film and television character actor whose distinctive mustache, 6'2½" frame, and threatening visage often land him supporting roles as Southern/Southwestern types, thugs, and criminals.<br/><br/>

Since the early 1980s he has been in over 50 movies and made for TV movies, including "Breakdown", "Two Idiots in Hollywood", "Con Air", "Terminator 3", "Sideways", and 2005's "The Dukes of Hazzard". He was one of the stars of the short lived telev... ... (read more...) ision series "Against the Law".<br/><br/>

He has guest starred on over 40 television shows, including "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Knight Rider", "Designing Women", "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.", "Walker, Texas Ranger", "Days of our Lives", "Desperate Housewives", and had a recurring role as Tom on the series "Lost" for sixteen episodes. Gainey admitted in an ABC podcast that he did not know that his character's beard on Lost was fake until midway through season two.<br/><br/>

Recently, Gainey played Kurtz/The Wizard in the controversial road-revenge film "Apocalypse Oz", a film containing zero original dialogue as it is all taken from "Apocalypse Now" or "The Wizard of Oz". Slated for 2007 are featured performances in a trio of films including "Mr. Woodcock", "Wild Hogs", and the sci/horror film "Unearthed". His classmates included Ken Hixon.<br/><br/>

He attended the 2007 Emmys with "Lost's" show runners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse.<br/><br/>