Courtney Gains

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Biography

Courtney Gains (born August 22, 1965) is an American character actor best known for his portrayal of Malachai in the 1984 horror movie Children of the Corn.

Known For

Back to the Future

Dixon

Criminal Minds

Todd Burton

Bones

Super

Halloween

Jack Kendall (uncredited)

Charmed

D. J. / Bane's Right Hand

NCIS

Gary Silverstein

Seinfeld

Clerk

Faster

Telemarketer

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	The Barn Part III MOVIE	Self
2025	Thy Will Be Done MOVIE	Todd Cotton
2025	Lookout Weekend: Cruel Summer IV MOVIE	Sgt. Rossi
2025	Infernal MOVIE	Dewayne
2025	The Bleeding Dark MOVIE	John Barrow
2024	Christmas Cowboy MOVIE	Colton Byers
2024	My Redneck Neighbor: Chapter 1 - The Rednecks Are Coming MOVIE	Dirk Reddick
2024	My Redneck Neighbor: Chapter 2 - Let the Games Begin MOVIE	Dirk Reddick
2023	The Wrath of Becky MOVIE	Twig
2023	Paul T. Goldman TV	Royce Auditioner
2022	American Bigfoot MOVIE	Wesley Harlin
2022	Hellblazers MOVIE	Bernard
2021	River MOVIE	Dr. Michael Glenn
2021	Queen Bees MOVIE	Biker
2020	Await the Dawn MOVIE	Dr. Hewitt
2019	Candy Corn MOVIE	Sheriff Sam Bramford
2019	The Silent Natural MOVIE	Tug Wilson
2018	Deadly Crush MOVIE	Lawrence
2018	Camp Cold Brook MOVIE	John Brierwitz
2018	Corbin Nash MOVIE	Detective Holloway
2018	Hell's Kitty MOVIE	Mordicia
2017	Scramble MOVIE	Canada Rick
2017	Urban Myths MOVIE	Stanley
2017	Goodnight, Gracie MOVIE	Billy
2017	It Happened One Valentine's MOVIE	Freddy Craig
2016	Prettyface MOVIE	Self
2015	The Funhouse Massacre MOVIE	Dennis
2015	Halcyon MOVIE	Robert
2015	Field of Lost Shoes MOVIE	Capt. Chinook
2014	There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs MOVIE	Self
2014	My Trip Back to the Dark Side MOVIE	Bobby G.
2013	The House Across the Street MOVIE	Ned
2012	Ambush at Dark Canyon MOVIE	Sheriff Hurley
2012	Perception TV	Officer James McKenzie
2011	Mimesis MOVIE	Gordon
2011	Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury MOVIE	Gil Highdecker
2011	Switched at Birth TV	Self
2011	Franklin & Bash TV	Lyle
2011	Discipline MOVIE	Jack Baldwin
2010	Faster MOVIE	Telemarketer
2010	Raven MOVIE	Danny
2010	The Quiet Ones MOVIE	Michael's Father
2010	Cinema Salvation MOVIE	Courtney
2010	The Ascent MOVIE	Andrew
2009	The Middle TV	Phil
2009	Shadowheart MOVIE	Finch
2009	Benny Bliss and the Disciples of Greatness MOVIE	Benny Bliss
2009	Tattoos: A Scarred History MOVIE	Self
2008	Alien Encounter MOVIE	Donovan
2007	30 Even Scarier Movie Moments TV	Self
2007	Halloween MOVIE	Jack Kendall (uncredited)
2006	The Phobic MOVIE	Dr. Cecil Westlake
2006	Desolation Canyon MOVIE	Jack McCallister
2005	Criminal Minds TV	Todd Burton
2005	My Name Is Earl TV	Lloyd
2005	Bones TV	Super
2005	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia TV	Roach
2004	Harvesting Horror: Children of the Corn MOVIE	Self
2003	National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze MOVIE	Lorenzo "The Black Hand"
2003	NCIS TV	Gary Silverstein
2002	Sweet Home Alabama MOVIE	Sheriff Wade
2002	Fastlane TV	Det. Guthrie
2002	Monk TV	Six Fingered Man
2002	Monk TV	Frank Nunn
2001	Alias TV	Holden Gemler
2001	The Guardian TV	Roy Cantwell
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV	Stan Gerber
2000	Beaver Trilogy MOVIE	Self
2000	Dreamers MOVIE	Mike
1999	Her Married Lover MOVIE	Hood
1999	King Cobra MOVIE	Dr. Joseph McConnell
1999	No Code of Conduct MOVIE	Cameron
1998	The Landlady MOVIE	Tyson Johns
1998	Charmed TV	D. J. / Bane's Right Hand
1998	The Killing Grounds MOVIE	Vincent Reynosa
1998	Shadow of Doubt MOVIE	Ernie
1997	Brooklyn South TV	Joe Beldon
1997	Behind Enemy Lines MOVIE	Church
1997	Dilemma MOVIE	Tex
1996	Arli$$ TV	Dealer
1996	Pacific Blue TV	Jim-Joe
1995	JAG TV	Pete
1994	ER TV	Ronnie
1994	Runaway Daughters MOVIE	Deputy 1
1994	Rebel Highway TV	Deputy
1994	In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance MOVIE	Barlow
1993	Diagnosis: Murder TV	Dwayne Roberts
1993	Bakersfield P.D. TV	Doug
1990	Memphis Belle MOVIE	Eugene McVey
1989	Seinfeld TV	Clerk
1989	The 'Burbs MOVIE	Hans Klopek
1988	Colors MOVIE	Whitey
1987	Can't Buy Me Love MOVIE	Kenneth Wurman
1987	21 Jump Street TV	Birch
1987	Winners Take All MOVIE	Goose Trammel
1987	American Harvest MOVIE	Chips
1986	Ratboy MOVIE	Kid in Car
1985	Misfits of Science TV	Mechanic
1985	The Orkly Kid MOVIE	Self
1985	Back to the Future MOVIE	Dixon
1985	Secret Admirer MOVIE	Doug
1985	Lust in the Dust MOVIE	Red Dick Barker
1984	Hardbodies MOVIE	Rag
1984	Welcome Home, Jellybean MOVIE	Joe Newbolt
1984	Children of the Corn MOVIE	Malachai
	Fruit of the Poisonous Tree MOVIE	Paul Portray
	The Red Man's View MOVIE	Jenkins
	3rd Floor MOVIE	Tim Keller
	Dirt MOVIE	Self
	The Deceived MOVIE	Deputy Jed
	Organism 46-B The Unseen MOVIE	Mack

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