Lately, Gary Cole’s television career is a revolving game of politics.
First, the longtime actor played the hapless Vice President Bob Russell for three seasons on The West Wing. A decade after first appearing on Aaron Sorkin’s celebrated White House drama, he joined HBO’s Veep as Kent Davidson, earning his first Primetime Emmy nomination. And last year, the actor was notably enlisted to play a controversial politician on a 2016 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit inspired by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.
That particular episode, which was ripped from the headlines surrounding Trump, was ultimately shelved by NBC after first being delayed until after the election and later pulled from the schedule when Trump defeated Hillary Clinton. While that hour of TV is yet to air -- and likely won’t, despite creator Dick Wolf’s suggestion it might debut in the spring -- The Good Fight is addressing the controversy in a new...
First, the longtime actor played the hapless Vice President Bob Russell for three seasons on The West Wing. A decade after first appearing on Aaron Sorkin’s celebrated White House drama, he joined HBO’s Veep as Kent Davidson, earning his first Primetime Emmy nomination. And last year, the actor was notably enlisted to play a controversial politician on a 2016 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit inspired by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.
That particular episode, which was ripped from the headlines surrounding Trump, was ultimately shelved by NBC after first being delayed until after the election and later pulled from the schedule when Trump defeated Hillary Clinton. While that hour of TV is yet to air -- and likely won’t, despite creator Dick Wolf’s suggestion it might debut in the spring -- The Good Fight is addressing the controversy in a new...
- 3/10/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
On Aug. 16, one of cinema's best babysitting adventures, Uncle Buck, will celebrate its 25th anniversary.
The John Hughes comedy tells the story of the Russell family; mom and dad need someone to look after their three kids Asap. Short on options, Uncle Buck – a sloppy and crass city dweller – is recruited at the last minute. Expertly played by the late John Candy, Buck tackles giant pancakes, power drills and a game of endless questions with Macaulay Culkin, proving crazy uncles have some serious skills.
A quarter of a century later, Uncle Buck still brings the laughs and warm, fuzzy feelings.
The John Hughes comedy tells the story of the Russell family; mom and dad need someone to look after their three kids Asap. Short on options, Uncle Buck – a sloppy and crass city dweller – is recruited at the last minute. Expertly played by the late John Candy, Buck tackles giant pancakes, power drills and a game of endless questions with Macaulay Culkin, proving crazy uncles have some serious skills.
A quarter of a century later, Uncle Buck still brings the laughs and warm, fuzzy feelings.
- 8/13/2014
- by Kelli Bender, @kbendernyc
- People.com - TV Watch
Veep returns for its third season on Sunday, and yes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tony Hale are great. And yeah, the show's raunchy lingo is a treat and a half. Sure, the Emmys are well deserved, and indeed, we all enjoy a good political skewering. But there's so much more to Veep than gleefully inventive insults and the best damn wigs on TV. Let us now praise Veep's underacknowledged areas of brilliance.1. Gary Cole Cole plays the manipulative Kent Davidson, one of the president's pollsters who always seems to get his way — just one of many people who antagonize Louis-Dreyfus's Selina Meyer. Cole has played simmering bad guys and twangy sidekicks a lot, and even played a combination of the two as Bingo Bob Russell, the VP on West Wing. But here it's all detached, elegant panache. 2. Reaction shots Veep's calling card is its stylized, profane dialogue. But don't...
- 4/4/2014
- by Margaret Lyons
- Vulture
Deadline is reporting that Veep will be adding another veteran actor for its upcoming second season. Gary Cole has joined the Armando Iannucci comedy in a major recurring role, said to include appearances in at least eight of the upcoming 10 episodes in season two. No official character details have been released yet, though there's speculation that he will be playing a Karl Rove-like character named Kent.
Should that be the case, it seems likely that Cole will be the "villain" next season, another lifelong politico that Selina has to placate while keeping her hands clean. With her reputation in D.C. fairly tattered after the bad press that she received last season, she can't afford to fully walk away from people like Kent, no matter how much she may disagree with them or how poorly they may treat her. Similar to the oil lobbyists from season one, she'll have...
Should that be the case, it seems likely that Cole will be the "villain" next season, another lifelong politico that Selina has to placate while keeping her hands clean. With her reputation in D.C. fairly tattered after the bad press that she received last season, she can't afford to fully walk away from people like Kent, no matter how much she may disagree with them or how poorly they may treat her. Similar to the oil lobbyists from season one, she'll have...
- 10/26/2012
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
A man in Texas has been reunited with his car, stolen 42 years ago. Bob Russell's Austin-Healey vanished in 1970 when the owner was a graduate student at Temple University. However, he found the cream-coloured car - which had the exact same vehicle identification number - when it was listed on eBay by a Los Angeles car dealer. Russell was delighted to be reunited with the vehicle, adding that it still runs even if the brakes aren't in the best condition. "We're going to put it back the way it was," he told The AP. (more)...
- 7/12/2012
- by By Ben Lee
- Digital Spy
Minutes before Dr. Conrad Murray realized Michael Jackson was in deep distress, he left a voicemail for a patient about his heart scan.News of the World published the voicemail, in which Dr. Murray informed Bob Russell about his heart scan.Dr. Murray left the voicemail at 11:54 Am. TMZ broke the true timeline story -- that Dr. Murray called his girlfriend from Houston at 12:03 Pm the day Jackson died -- 9 minutes after he left the voicemail for Russell.
- 2/16/2010
- TMZ
London, Feb 14 – A voice mail left by Michael Jackson’s doctor for one of his patients shortly before the 911 call reporting the star’s cardiac arrest could be the key piece of evidence in his involuntary manslaughter trial.
Dr Conrad Murray left an 18 sec voice mail at 11:54 am for his patient Bob Russell updating him on his heart scan.
Sounding calm and measured Murray said: “This is Doctor Murray, Bob. Hi, how are you? Um, sorry I missed you. Just wanted to talk to you about your results of the Eecp. You did quite well on the study. We.
Dr Conrad Murray left an 18 sec voice mail at 11:54 am for his patient Bob Russell updating him on his heart scan.
Sounding calm and measured Murray said: “This is Doctor Murray, Bob. Hi, how are you? Um, sorry I missed you. Just wanted to talk to you about your results of the Eecp. You did quite well on the study. We.
- 2/14/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
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