Mike Connor Gainey (born June 15, 1948) is an American film and television character actor whose distinctive mustache, 6'2½" height, and threatening look have given him supporting roles as Southern/Southwestern types, thugs, and criminals.
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 television series Against the Law. 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, The X-Files, Desperate Housewives, and has a role as Tom on the series Lost, a character he has appeared as in more episodes than any other Lost guest star.
Gainey played Kurtz/The Wizard in the controversial road-revenge film Apocalypse Oz, a film containing no original dialogue as it is all taken from Apocalypse Now or The Wizard of Oz. Slated for 2007 are performances in a trio of films including Mr. Woodcock, Wild Hogs, and the sci/horror film Unearthed. His classmates included Ken Hixon.
He attended the 2007 Emmys with Lost ' s show runners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse.
This threatening-looking, usually-mustached actor frequently plays hillbilly-type criminals up to no good.
His given name "Mike Connor" is in memory of the first Irish governor of Mississippi, his home state.
