Kevin Gage (actor)

Kevin Gage (born May 26, 1959)[1] is an American character actor known for his roles in the crime film Heat, in which he portrayed the psychopathic, murderous and rogue criminal Waingro. In the military film G.I. Jane he played U.S. Navy Seal Instructor Max Pyro, and in the police thriller Strangeland he played Detective Mike Gage opposite Dee Snider's Captain Howdy.

Kevin Gage
Born
Kevin Gaede

(1959-05-26) May 26, 1959
Wisconsin, United States
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor
Years active1984–present
Spouse(s)
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    (m. 1985; div. 1987)​
      Shannon Perris-Knight
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      (m. 2006; died 2014)​
      Websitewww.kevingage.com

      Personal life

      Gage was married to late actress Kelly Preston from 1985 to 1987.[2]

      On July 30, 2003, Gage was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison, starting September 29, 2003, for cultivating marijuana despite owning a California-issued license for medicinal marijuana.[3] Gage stated that he cultivated medicinal cannabis to help him cope with chronic pain and stress from injuries suffered in a 1993 car accident,[4] as well as for a sister with cancer and brother with multiple sclerosis.[5] He was released on March 17, 2006.[6]

      Gage married Shannon Perris-Knight in 2005; their son Ryder Jay Gage was born in January 2007. Perris-Knight was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer in 2008 and died in 2014.[7]

      Filmography

      Film
      Year Title Role Notes
      1986 SpaceCamp Counselor #2
      1987 Steele Justice Army Sergeant
      1989 The 'Burbs Cop
      1994 Last Resort Killer Direct-to-video
      1995 Heat Waingro
      1997 Con Air Billy Joe Uncredited
      1997 G.I. Jane Instructor Pyro
      1997 Double Tap Agent Burke
      1998 Gunshy Ward
      1998 Point Blank Joe Ray
      1998 Strangeland Mike Gage
      1999 Junked Crow
      2000 Ricky 6 Pat Pagan
      2001 Blow Leon Minghella
      2001 Ticker Pooch
      2001 Knockaround Guys Brucker
      2002 May Papa Canady
      2002 American Girl Deputy Richard
      2004 Lightning Bug Earl Knight
      2004 Paparazzi Kevin Rosner
      2005 Chaos Chaos
      2007 Cosmic Radio Hank
      2007 Sugar Creek Sheriff Worton
      2007 Big Stan Bullard
      2008 Amusement Tryton
      2008 Exact Bus Fare McManus
      2009 Kill Theory The Killer
      2009 Born That Way Jake Green
      2009 Laid to Rest Tucker Smith
      2009 La Linea Wire
      2010 The Killing Jar Hank
      2010 Happiness Runs Hypnotist
      2010 Chasing 3000 Short Order Cook
      2013 American Girls Judge Joe Gordon
      2014 The Gambler The Gambler
      2015 Fear Clinic Gage
      2015 Misfortune Mallick
      2015 Jurassic City Doyle
      2016 My Father, Die Tank Post-production
      2016 The Owl in Echo Park TBA Post-production
      2016 Painter Evan Cain Pre-production
      2016 The Senate Hearing Riley Cohen Announced

      Television
      Year Title Role Notes
      1986 Highway to Heaven Boy #1 Season 2, Episode 23 ("Children's Children")
      1987 Werewolf Actor 2 episodes
      1988 L.A. Law Calvin Sholes Season 3, Episode 3 ("Romancing the Drone")
      1995 Renegade Richie Pasko Season 3, Episode 12 ("Den of Thieves")
      1996 Nash Bridges TBA Season 2, Episode 7 ("Night Train")
      1998 Martial Law Dwight Merill Season 1, Episode 1 ("Breakout")
      1999 V.I.P. Frank Newsom Season 2, Episode 6 ("Valma and Louise")
      2001 Going to California Actor Season 1, Episode 6 ("Apocalypse Cow")
      2002 Firefly Stitch Hessian Season 1, Episode 4 ("Jaynestown")
      2003 Smallville Pine Season 2, Episode 12 ("Insurgence")
      2006 CSI: Miami Charlie Pelson Season 4, Episode 21 ("Dead Air")
      2006 Love's Abiding Joy John Abel Television film
      2007 The Nine Finn Stanton Season 1, Episode 12 ("Legacy")
      2013 Banshee Lance Mangan 2 episodes
      2014 Sons of Anarchy Hench Season 7, Episode 12 ("Red Rose")
      2015 Amnesia Tom Season 1, Episode 1 ("Awakening")

      Video games
      Year Title Voice role Notes
      2013 Call of Duty: Ghosts

      References
      1. "Official site biography". Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
      2. "For Kelly Preston, life is more than 'Sky High'", Chicago Tribune, 2005-07-30
      3. Jews Lead the Charge for Medicinal Marijuana Archived 2014-10-11 at the Wayback Machine New American Media, November 11, 2004
      4. Kevin Gage Letter Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine Hemp Evolution
      5. Medical Marijuana Sentencing to Tae Unprecedented Third Day Archived 2008-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Safe Access Now, July 2, 2003
      6. Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator (register number 92477-011)
      7. "Biography". Kevin Gage. Retrieved 2020-08-15.


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