Kevin Gage

Kevin Gage (born May 26, 1959) is an American character actor best known for his role in the crime film Heat, in which he portrayed the murderous rogue criminal Waingro. His other roles 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 actress Kelly Preston from 1985 to 1987. On July 30, 2003, Gage was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison, starting September 29, 2003, along with two co-defendants, for cultivating marijuana, despite possessing a California-issued license to cultivate medicinal marijuana. Gage stated that he grew medicinal cannabis to help him cope with chronic pain from injuries suffered in a 1993 car crash, as well as for a sister with cancer and a brother with multiple sclerosis. He was released on March 17, 2006, assessed by the prison authorities as having been a "model prisoner." During his time inside, other inmates took to calling him "Waingro."

Gage married Shannon Perris-Knight in March 2006; their son was born in January 2007. Perris-Knight was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer in 2008 and died in 2014.

Filmography Film

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 Role 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