Michael Gaston is an American

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 film and television actor. He played agent Quinn on the show Prison Break

Prison Break

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. He appeared as Gray Anderson on the CBS drama series Jericho

Jericho (TV series)

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. He also appeared in the first season of The Sopranos

The Sopranos

The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...

as a compulsive gambler in trouble with Tony. He also has a recurring role in The Mentalist

The Mentalist

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 playing Director of CBI Gale Bertram.
He portrayed General Tommy Franks in the Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

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 film W.

W. (film)

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Michael Gaston has appeared in over twenty films, including Ransom, Cop Land

Cop Land

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, 13 Days

Thirteen Days (film)

Thirteen Days is a 2000 docudrama directed by Roger Donaldson about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, seen from the perspective of the US political leadership. Kevin Costner stars, with Bruce Greenwood featured as John F. Kennedy....

, The Crucible, Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy (film)

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 and High Crimes

High Crimes

High Crimes is a 2002 American thriller film directed by Carl Franklin. The screenplay by Yuri Zeltser and Grace Cary Bickley is based on a novel by Joseph Finder.-Plot:...

, Sugar

Sugar (2008 film)

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, and Body of Lies

Body of Lies (film)

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 as well as the cop partner to Jimmy Smits in the movie Bless the Child

Bless the Child

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.

The actor has also had roles in numerous TV dramas, including The Sopranos

The Sopranos

The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...

, The West Wing, Homicide: Life on the Street

Homicide: Life on the Street

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, Law & Order

Law & Order

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, Fringe

Fringe (TV series)

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, ABC's The Practice

The Practice

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, and 24

24 (TV series)

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. He has appeared in comedies as well, including Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal

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and Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle

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.

Gaston has had various on and off Broadway roles, including A Day in the Death of Joe Egg on Broadway, and Henry V and Landscape of the Body.

Gaston is married with two children.

Credits

• 2012 Everybody Loves Whales (filming)

-Porter Beckford

• 2011—present Unforgettable
  Unforgettable (TV series)
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– Det. Mike Costello

– Main Cast

• 2010 Terriers (TV series)

-Ben Zeitlin

– Episode #1.13 (2010) … Ben Zeitlin

– Asunder (2010) … Ben Zeitlin

– Quid Pro Quo (2010) … Ben Zeitlin

– Manifest Destiny (2010) … Ben Zeitlin

• 2010—present The Mentalist (TV series)

- Gale Bertram

– Red Carpet Treatment (2010) … Gale Bertram

– Red Sky at Night (2010) … Gale Bertram

• 2010 Rubicon (TV series)

- Donald Bloom

– A Good Day's Work (2010) … Donald Bloom

– In Whom We Trust (2010) … Donald Bloom

– No Honesty in Men (2010) … Donald Bloom

– Connect the Dots (2010) … Donald Bloom

• 2010 Inception

- Immigration Officer

• 2010 24 (TV series)

- General David Brucker

– Day 8: 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. (2010) … General David Brucker

– Day 8: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m. (2010) … General David Brucker

• 2009 White Collar
  White Collar (TV series)
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  (TV series)

- Thompson

- "Pilot

Pilot (White Collar)

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" (2009)