Haven't seen the Joneses, but it's on my list.
Gary has done many good movies. I haven't seen all, but I really loved A Simple Plan. I sa16d0w it when it first came out and I spent all the movie thinking "Where is he?!?!". LOL quite a surprise.
He's not a scene chewer and that's why I like him so much. I hate actors who overact, really cannot stand it when the offscreen persona overrides the on screen character.
Gary possesses a more subtle and quiet force and he slowly draws you into his web. I've always liked him a lot, but I think I became a huge fan with American Gothic. My oh my, there has never been a character like Lucas Black. Not ever. He starts as the classic bad guy and at the end of the show he has seduced all his audience into liking him. I haven't found a single person who was not cheering for him in the end.
Crusade was quite good too, I loved his character. And I like the fact that Gary has the dashing looks of the classic American Hero, but he basically can turn into everyone he wants. That's called talent and it's way better than being a movie star.
Gummitch
KONG BITES HIS HEAD OFF in a PG 13 kinda way!

He's very good in his latest film, The Joneses, where he plays a very sad and lonely character. He really makes you feel for the guy.

I've liked him in everything I've seen him in. When one thinks about all his roles, he really is a stunningly diverse actor.
With that in mind, I'd have to say his best that I've seen is Son of the Morning Star. He was outstanding in it.

He was funny in Office Space and Brady Bunch, but my first introduction to his exceptional talent was in more serious roles so I still prefer those to his comedic turns.
I was just recently able to see him in Son of the Morning Star and I'll have to say that is one of my preferred roles he's undertaken, he played it to the hilt. That movie as well as Fatal Vision, Indecent Seduction and his roles in American Gothic and Midnight Caller show him at his best with characters and production well suited to his subtle talent.
He's not a scene chewer and that may be why he's so underrated, but when the writing and production's good and he's playing men not meant to be overtly good or bad, he's at his best.

Forgtting TV shows on which he has played, and OFFICE SPACE (which he will frankly never top), sticking strictly to movies he has done, I give him a big thumbs up for playing stone cold killer Jeffrey McDonald in 1984's TV-movie, FATAL VISION. Also, who can ever forget his Mr. Brady in the first BRADY BUNCH movie? I was slightly put off by the movie becaue of its arch homosexual orientation, but he was brilliant in it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have been to the Great Wall of China, I have seen the Pyramids of Egypt, I've even witnessed a grown man satisfy a camel. But never in all my years as a sportscaster have I witnessed something as improbable, as impossible, as what we've witnessed here today!"
I'm your Huckleberry.

He was amazing in Fatal Visioncreeped the beep outta me.. Loved him as Lucas Black and as Jack Killianbut what about his role in Dodgeballhe gets some of the best lines in the entire film
I am the ray of darkness in your otherwise sunny day

You should also enjoy
Lies He Told
and
Santa Fe
as well then. But his sexiest role to date is tv's Lucas Buck in
American Gothic
imo, available on dvd (it lasted just one season). After that, try tv series
Crusade
.

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I love Gary in Talladega Nights as Reese Bobby. Someone wrote they saw the movie and didn't even recognize him as the actor who played Lumberge in Office Space. But as funny as he is, and as poignant as his performance is at times (and he steals the movie in my opinion), he isn't on screen long enough.
I'll vote for The Brady Bunch because he's fraking hilarious as Papa Brady in that screwy wig, perfectly channeling Robert Reed's tv persona. It takes a magnificently talented actor to pull off that performance. How did he ever keep a straight face speaking those lines?
"Loyalty counts. . ." Lucas Buck

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I haven't seen him in much, but he was sure good in "For My Daughter's Honor". If the real Coach Nash was anything like him, no wonder the wide-eyed innocent fifteen year old fell hard for him. Heady stuff to be pursued by a charismatic, handsome, well-liked older man who's telling you that you're special.
Or even one your own age, for that matter.

thats a good movie

Indecent Seduction {For My Daughter's Honor}

I just saw Indecent Seduction for the first time and must admit that you are right in your description of how Gary plays Peter Nash. The movie supposedly was made close to the time he was making American Gothic. And he looks so different in this movie, all vibrant and golden and seductive like a god (instead of the devil, lol, although I do love Lucas!). But it is a testimonial to his talent that the two characters are so different (although acting from similar motives at times).
"Loyalty counts. . ." Lucas Buck

Son of the Morning Star as Custer. Gary replaced Costner at the last minute and although it eventually prenmiered on TV as a mini-series I think this is a superb movie.
JoshsDad
'you look just like a scarecrow'
'i am your pallbearer'

For me the best movie (albeit TV) was Indecent Seduction (For My Daughter's Honor). He was irresistible, sexy, seductive, and plain evil in that role. The perfect ambiguous role that Gary plays so well. He's brilliant at showing shades of character: the good g1908uy with the dark streak, or the evil man with a core of kindness or humour. The best eaxample of the latter was definitely Lucas Buck!

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Fatal Vision would be his best work. He plays Jeffrey MacDonald the former green beret surgeon accused of murdering his family in Feb. of 1970. The horrific nature of the murders and the emotional impact of the movie is incredible.

I liked Office Space but I think Gary Coles best film is Those She Left Behind. The story was heart breaking and Garys performance as a widowed husband raising his new born baby girl all on his own was fantastic.

Office Space is a fantastic flick. Gary Cole has great comic timing. He's very funny and slightly creepy as Lumbergh.