Gary Cole joined the long-running CBS drama NCIS in Season 19 as Alden Parker. He stepped into a tough role, replacing Leroy Jethro Gibbs, played by Mark Harmon, who had been the heart of the show ...

Cole has been acting since the early 1980s, and here's a shot of the star in one of his very first roles. It's Gary Cole in the 1984 miniseries Fatal Vision. He was in his late 20s at the time.