
Gary Grubbs
Actor · Born November 14, 1949 (76) · 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).
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 14, 1949 (76)
- Amory, Mississippi, USA
- Actor
- 106 on MovieCove · 139 credits in all
What are Gary Grubbs' films like?
Across their 33 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 30
A split, not a type: Light 12 · Serious 9 · Dark 12
Grounded 24 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 1
Gentle 8 · Charged 14 · Intense 11
Steady 13 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 3
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 7
Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 18 · Relentless 2
A split, not a type: Casual 15 · Engaged 17 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 11 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 10
Resolved 27 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
Usually the Threshold guardian: 3 of 8 analyzed roles.
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- Shadowas Prince in Foxfire (1987)
- Threshold guardianas Ron Meehan in A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (1992)
- Threshold guardianas Mr. Loomis in The Ernest Green Story (1993)
- Tricksteras Reverend Ralph Newton in Forgotten Sins (1996)
- Shadowas Mr. Stillman in Deal (2008)
- Threshold guardianas Captain Gerrard in Ricochet (2011)
- Tricksteras Dr. Fornier in Let There Be Light (2017)
- Mentoras Father Joseph Moran in Demons (2017)
Moods and endings
- Happy16
- Bittersweet10
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous6
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Gary Grubbs' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 80 of their 106 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (35).
- Django Unchained (2012) · actor · free
- Married... with Children (1987) · actor · free
- Angel (1999) · actor · free
- Deja Vu (2006) · actor · free
- Free State of Jones (2016) · actor · free
- The A-Team (1983) · actor · free
- Gideon's Trumpet (1980) · actor · free
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) · actor · free
- Alabama Moon (2009) · actor · free
- Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder (1997) · actor · free
- A Sunday Horse (2016) · actor · free
- Dirty Girl (2010) · actor · free
- All their movies on Tubi
- The X-Files (1993) · actor · free
- Married... with Children (1987) · actor · free
- Criminal Minds (2005) · actor · free
- Deja Vu (2006) · actor · free
- NCIS (2003) · actor · free
- Happy Days (1974) · actor · free
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) · actor · free
- Family Ties (1982) · actor · free
- Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder (1997) · actor · free
- LBJ (2016) · actor · free
- Matlock (1986) · actor · free
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) · actor · free
- +12 more
- Bones (2005) · actor
- Married... with Children (1987) · actor
- Criminal Minds (2005) · actor
- The X Files (1998) · actor
- The Waltons (1972) · actor
- Gideon's Trumpet (1980) · actor
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) · actor
- Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder (1997) · actor
- A Sunday Horse (2016) · actor
- Matlock (1986) · actor
- Hell and Mr. Fudge (2012) · actor
- God Bless the Broken Road (2018) · actor
- +10 more
- Gideon's Trumpet (1980) · actor · free
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) · actor · free
- Family Ties (1982) · actor · free
- LBJ (2016) · actor · free
- Parkland (2013) · actor · free
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) · actor · free
- Poker Alice (1987) · actor · free
- Knots Landing (1979) · actor · free
- Hunter (1984) · actor · free
- Devil's Knot (2013) · actor · free
- Let There Be Light (2017) · actor · free
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) · actor · free
- +7 more
- The X-Files (1993) · actor
- The Mentalist (2008) · actor
- M*A*S*H (1972) · actor
- The Golden Girls (1985) · actor
- Bones (2005) · actor
- ER (1994) · actor
- Married... with Children (1987) · actor
- Criminal Minds (2005) · actor
- Angel (1999) · actor
- NCIS (2003) · actor
- The O.C. (2003) · actor
- Will & Grace (1998) · actor
- +5 more
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- Shout! TV, show their 6 titles on Shout! TV
- MovieSphere+, show their 3 titles on MovieSphere+
- ViX, show their 3 titles on ViX
- Lionsgate+, show their 2 titles on Lionsgate+
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Subscription and free streaming for Gary Grubbs' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
139 credits, 106 with a MovieCove page.

Starbright(2026)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Stolen in Plain Sight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

Out of Blue(2018)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Christmas in Mississippi(2017)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
LBJ(2016)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Let There Be Light(2017)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Demons(2017)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Convergence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Free State of Jones(2016)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
A Sunday Horse(2016)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Concussion(2015)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Project Almanac(2015)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Doc in the Box (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Left Behind(2014)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Sabotage(2014)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Parkland(2013)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Devil's Knot(2013)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Shadow People(2013)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
No One Lives(2012)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Django Unchained(2012)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Hell and Mr. Fudge(2012)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Common Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Battleship(2012)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Carjacked(2011)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Mardi Gras: Spring Break(2011)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Hound Dogs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

Ricochet(2011)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Dirty Girl(2010)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Treme(2010)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Good Intentions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Alabama Moon(2009)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Maneater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Glee(2009)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
In the Electric Mist(2009)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
The Mentalist(2008)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
My Mom's New Boyfriend(2008)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Deal(2008)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Wizards of Waverly Place(2007)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Deja Vu(2006)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
All the King's Men(2006)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Not Like Everyone Else(2006)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
For One Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Criminal Minds(2005)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Bones(2005)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Ray(2004)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Dead Will Tell(2004)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Runaway Jury(2003)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
NCIS(2003)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
The O.C.(2003)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
CSI: Miami(2002)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
The Agency (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

One on One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Spring Break Lawyer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Double Take(2001)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Python(2000)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Angel(1999)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
The Astronaut's Wife(1999)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Will & Grace(1998)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
The X Files(1998)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Gone Fishin'(1997)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Profiler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Boston Common (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Forgotten Sins(1996)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Second Noah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

JAG(1995)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Caroline in the City(1995)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
The Stranger Beside Me(1995)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all filmsThe Watcher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Touched by an Angel(1994)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
ER(1994)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Midnight Runaround(1994)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Dave's World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

The X-Files(1993)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Telling Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

The Ernest Green Story(1993)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Honor Thy Mother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

JFK(1991)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Beverly Hills, 90210(1990)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Hull High (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Major Dad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Tennessee Nights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

The New Adventures of Davy Crockett (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

And God Created Woman(1988)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Foxfire(1987)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Nadine(1987)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all filmsCarly's Web (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Poker Alice(1987)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Married... with Children(1987)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

L.A. Law(1986)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Matlock(1986)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Growing Pains(1985)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
The Golden Girls(1985)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Half Nelson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

Fatal Vision (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

The Burning Bed(1984)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Hunter(1984)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Silkwood(1983)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
For Love and Honor(1983)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)For Love and Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

The A-Team(1983)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Honkytonk Man(1982)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Family Ties(1982)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
1990: The Bronx Warriors(1982)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
T.J. Hooker(1982)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
The Border(1982)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Hill Street Blues(1981)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Gideon's Trumpet(1980)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Condominium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

Knots Landing(1979)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Willa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Deadman's Curve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

CHiPs(1977)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
For the Love of Benji(1977)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Charlie's Angels(1976)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Happy Days(1974)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
M*A*S*H(1972)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
The Waltons(1972)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Davy Crockett: A Letter to Polly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 138 titles, 137 of them dated from 1951 to 2026; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office
Project Almanac (2015)

Highest rated
The Burning Bed (1984)

Most popular right now
Left Behind (2014)
Film career
Peak 2016 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1977Screen debut· For the Love of Benji
- 2015Career best· Project Almanac
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Gary Grubbs' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 68; across their 33 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 31st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up27
- 50th to 74th31
- 25th to 49th26
- Below 25th22
Shape of the crowd
42 of their 106 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved11
- Divisive4
- Cult Classic3
- Crowd Pleaser42
- Broadly Agreed7
- Mixed39
Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 30 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Gary Grubbs' work okay for kids?
Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Gary Grubbs work with?
People who share at least 2 of Gary Grubbs' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Arata shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Vic ArmstrongShared titles: A Sunday Horse (2016), Left Behind (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Vic Armstrong

Writers
- George GalloShared titles: Double Take (2001), Midnight Runaround (1994)See all 2 shared titles with George Gallo

Actors
- Jordin SparksShared titles: God Bless the Broken Road (2018), Left Behind (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Jordin Sparks

- Daniel RoebuckShared titles: Let There Be Light (2017), Double Take (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Roebuck

- David JensenShared titles: Free State of Jones (2016), Carjacked (2011)See all 2 shared titles with David Jensen

- Bret HarrisonShared titles: Mardi Gras: Spring Break (2011), Deal (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Bret Harrison

Cinematographers
- Theo van de SandeShared titles: Carjacked (2011), Double Take (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Theo van de Sande

- Thomas M. HartingShared titles: Ricochet (2011), Deal (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Thomas M. Harting
- Thomas BurstynShared titles: A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (1992), Foxfire (1987)See all 2 shared titles with Thomas Burstyn

Producers
- Michael ArataShared titles: Carjacked (2011), Ricochet (2011), Deal (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Arata

- Ronnie D. ClemmerShared titles: A Sunday Horse (2016), River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Ronnie D. Clemmer
- Howard BraunsteinShared titles: Ricochet (2011), Not Like Everyone Else (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Howard Braunstein

- Richard IottShared titles: Carjacked (2011), Deal (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Iott





