Gary Grubbs Biography: Age, Wife, Net Worth, Movies & TV Shows, Height, JFK

Gary Grubbs is an American character actor and writer whose steady presence on screen has spanned more than four decades.

He gained notable attention in the early 1980s with recurring roles—such as Captain Steven Wiecek in For Love and Honor and further recognition as Harlin Polk in Will & Grace.

His extensive film work includes memorable appearances in John F. Kennedy dramas JFK and Parkland, as well as roles in Django Unchained, The X-Files franchise, Glory Road, and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.

Profile

• Full name: Jon Gary Grubbs
• Date of birth: November 14, 1949
• Age: 76 years old
• Gender: Male
• Place of birth: Amory, Mississippi, U.S.
• State of origin: Mississippi
• Nationality: American
• Profession: Actor, writer, speaker
• Height: 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
• Eye color: Brown
• Hair color: Brown
• Parents: N/A
• Siblings: N/A
• Spouse: Glenda Meadows Grubbs (m. 1973)
• Children: Molly Grubbs (daughter); Logan Grubbs (son)
• Relationship status: Married
• Religion: Attends Temple Baptist Church
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Net worth: $3 million

Early Life and education

Gary Grubbs is now at the age of 76 and was born on November 14, 1949, in Amory, Mississippi, before moving as an infant to Prentiss, Mississippi.

He studied business at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he also participated in football and a theater class that sparked his interest in performing.

In 1977 he and his wife Glenda relocated to Los Angeles to pursue writing, but he was cast in an acting role through an open audition and never looked back.

Personal Life

Gary married Glenda Meadows (Miss Mississippi 1972) on August 11, 1973.

The couple has two children: Molly (an advertising strategist) and Logan (a graduate student and now development director).

After over two decades in Los Angeles, the family moved back to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where Glenda now paints and Gary teaches acting regionally.

There are no records of divorce or extramarital affairs.

Career

Grubbs began acting in 1977 and established himself as a reliable character actor across film and television.

Early appearances include roles in JFK, Silkwood, Honkytonk Man, Nadine, and The X-Files movie.

He portrayed attorneys in high-rating TV movies The Burning Bed and Fatal Vision in 1984.

On television, he appeared on series such as Half Nelson, The Golden Girls, Growing Pains (as Jill Plemons’s father), and Will & Grace.

He later had recurring roles on ER, Angel, NCIS, Treme, The O.C., Criminal Minds, and Common Law.

His film credits include Glory Road, Django Unchained, Gone Fishin’, Double Take, Parkland, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, and Battleship.

Beyond acting, he has sold multiple pilot scripts and screenplays and debuted an Equity play, As the Crow Flies, which was adapted for TV as If I Had Wings.

In recent years he teaches acting on the Gulf Coast and in New Orleans.

Net worth

Gary Grubbs’s net worth is estimated at around $3 million, derived from his extensive acting career, writing ventures including sold screenplays and pilots and real estate and endorsements.

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Filmography

• Condominium (1980)
• Gideon’s Trumpet (1980)
• Hill Street Blues (1981)
• The Greatest American Hero (1981)
• Happy Days (1982)
• Silkwood (1983)
• For Love and Honor (1983–84)
• The Burning Bed (1984)
• Fatal Vision (1984)
• Half Nelson (1985)
• The Golden Girls (1986)
• Nadine (1987)
• Foxfire (1987)
• Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder (1988)
• Growing Pains (1991–92)
• JFK (1991)
• The X-Files (1995)
• Gone Fishin’ (1997)
• Will & Grace (1998–99)
• The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)
• ER (1998)
• The Astronaut’s Wife (1999)
• Double Take (2001)
• Angel (2001–04)
• Glory Road (2006)
• Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
• Treme (2010–12)
• Battleship (2012)
• Django Unchained (2012)
• Common Law (2012)
• Criminal Minds (2012)
• Parkland (2013)