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* He also had a minor role as a trucker in ''Are We There Yet?'' |
* He also had a minor role as a trucker in ''Are We There Yet?'' |
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* Played the role of 'Roadie' in ''The Country Bears'' |
* Played the role of 'Roadie' in ''The Country Bears'' |
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* Married his wife, Kim, on May 2, 2002. |
* Married his wife, Kim, on May 2, 2002. |
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* Is 6 feet, 2 and a half inches tall, which makes him half an inch taller than [[Matthew Fox]]. |
* Is 6 feet, 2 and a half inches tall, which makes him half an inch taller than [[Matthew Fox]]. |
Revision as of 04:01, 21 May 2007
Mike Connor (M.C.) Gainey plays the role of Tom (Mr. Friendly).
Background
- This threatening-looking, usually-moustachioed actor frequently plays hillbilly-type criminals up to no good.
- Quoted as saying, "With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've gotta face that was meant for a mug shot and that's what I've been doing for the past thirty years. If I play a cop, it's always a racist cop, or a trigger-happy cop or a crooked cop - but by and large I play cowboys, bikers, and convicts."
- Played Rosco P. Coltrane in Dukes of Hazzard (2005).
- Has a minor role on X-Files playing Bo Tayler, a man on an oil rig infected with the black oil virus.
- Played the character "Swamp Thing" in Con Air.
- Played Hank in the 2004 movie Club Dread and the (corrupt) Priest in the 2006 movie Beerfest. Both were written by Broken Lizard.
- Has a memorable cameo in Sideways where he appears fully naked.
- He also had a minor role as a trucker in Are We There Yet?
- Played the role of 'Roadie' in The Country Bears
- He played Luther, an ex-convict, in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episode, "Robbing the Banks."
- Married his wife, Kim, on May 2, 2002.
- Is 6 feet, 2 and a half inches tall, which makes him half an inch taller than Matthew Fox.
- On Official Lost Podcast/April 16, 2007 he states that "M.C." stands for "Mike Connor", the first Mississippi governor of Irish descent