# Kevin Gage (actor)

Kevin Gage (born May 26, 1959) is an American character actor best known for his role in the crime film Heat (1995), in which he portrayed the murderous rogue criminal Waingro. Other roles of his have included United States Navy SEALs instructor Max Pyro in the military film G.I. Jane (1997), and Detective Mike Gage in the police thriller Strangeland (1998).

## Personal life

Gage was married to late actress Kelly Preston from 1985 to 1987.
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. Gage stated that he cultivated medicinal cannabis to help him cope with chronic pain and stress from injuries suffered in a 1993 car crash, as well as for a sister with cancer and brother with multiple sclerosis. He was released on March 17, 2006.
Gage married Shannon Perris-Knight in 2005; their son was born in January 2007. Perris-Knight was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer in 2008 and died in 2014.

## 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 Max Pyro | |
| 1997 | Double Tap | Agent Burke | |
| 1998 | Gunshy | Ward | |
| 1998 | Point Blank | Joe Ray | |
| 1998 | Strangeland | Detective Mike Gage | |
| 1999 | Junked | Crow | |
| 2000 | Ricky 6 | Pat Pagan | |
| 2001 | Blow | Leon Minghella | |
| 2001 | Ticker | Payton 'Pooch' Stad, Bomb Squad Expert | |
| 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' | |
| 2021 | Escape from Black Water | | |
| 2023 | Crossfire | Stranger | |
| TBA | The Owl in Echo Park | TBA | Post-production |
| TBA | Painter | Evan Cain | Pre-production |
| TBA | The Senate Hearing | Riley Cohen | Announced |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1986 | Highway to Heaven | Boy #1 | Episode: "Children's Children" |
| 1987 | Werewolf | Actor | 2 episodes |
| 1988 | L.A. Law | Calvin Sholes | Episode: "Romancing the Drone" |
| 1995 | Renegade | Richie Pasko | Episode: "Den of Thieves" |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges | Unknown | Episode: "Night Train" |
| 1998 | Martial Law | Dwight Merill | Episode: "Breakout" |
| 1999 | V.I.P. | Frank Newsom | Episode: "Valma and Louise" |
| 2001 | Going to California | Actor | Episode: "Apocalypse Cow" |
| 2002 | Firefly | Stitch Hessian | Episode: "Jaynestown" |
| 2003 | Smallville | Pine | Episode: "Insurgence" |
| 2006 | CSI: Miami | Charlie Pelson | Episode: "Dead Air" |
| 2006 | Love's Abiding Joy | John Abel | Television film |
| 2007 | The Nine | Finn Stanton | Episode: "Legacy" |
| 2013 | Banshee | Lance Mangan | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Sons of Anarchy | Hench | Episode: "Red Rose" |
| 2015 | Amnesia | Tom | Episode: "Awakening" |
| 2024 | John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA | Waingro | Episode: "Earthquakes" |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
| 2013 | Call of Duty: Ghosts | Gabriel Rorke | |
| 2022 | Call of Duty: Vanguard | Gabriel Rorke | |