Biography
Boyd Gaines was born on May 11, 1953 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA as Boyd Payne Gaines. He is an actor, known for Heartbreak Ridge (1986), Porky's (1981) and Funny Games (2007). He is married to Kathleen McNenny. They have one child.
Known For
Complete Filmography
SilverSizzle
2024
as Buddy
A cemetery caretaker embarks on a quest to help two recent widowers find new love among widows visiting their departed spouses.
Tommy and the Guru
2021
as Terry Buffalo the Guru
A middle aged man seeks out a new-age master to help him overcome a life filled with loss, and stop falling on his face. An unlikely relationship form...
The Goldfinch
2019
as Mr. Barbour
A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he st...
No Pay, Nudity
2016
as Stephen Martin
Aging actor Lester Rosenthal (Gabriel Byrne), who has lost his way with his career, with his family, and with his friends (Nathan Lane, Frances Conroy...
Driving Miss Daisy
2015
as Boolie Werthan
Driving Miss Daisy tells the affecting story of the decades-long relationship between a stubborn Southern matriarch and her compassionate chauffeur. A...
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008
as Chairman Gray (voice)
J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the...
Funny Games
2008
as Fred
When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed wi...
Second Best
2004
as Richard
Jealousy overwhelms a group of friends, particularly struggling writer Elliot, as they prepare for the homecoming of their old friend, a wildly succes...
The Confession
1999
as Liam Clarke
After his young son dies from the negligence at a hospital, Harry Fertig takes matters into his own hands and kills the doctor, nurse and clerk respon...
Earthly Possessions
1999
as Announcer
A bored homemaker planning to run away from her minister husband is taken hostage in a bank robbery. However, she sees the thrill in being involved in...
I'm Not Rappaport
1996
as Pete Danforth
Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still ...
The Grass Harp
1996
as Narrator
Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in ...
A Son's Promise
1990
as Dan Weston
An iron-willed Georgia boy accepts the burden of a man on his young shoulders. Fifteen-year-old Terry O'Kelly is fatherless and his remaining parent, ...
Call Me
1988
as Bill
After agreeing to meet an obscene caller at a bar, a young New York reporter witnesses a murder and becomes an unwilling player in a dangerous game of...
Pigeon Feathers
1988
as Reverend Dobson
From the pen of Pulitzer Prize winning author John Updike ("Witches of Eastwick," "Rabbit Run"), comes the story of a young man's search through the q...
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
1987
as Sam Logan
In this short film, our unemployed hero finds that getting that great job depends a lot on whom you choose to dance with at Ray's Male Heterosexual Da...
Heartbreak Ridge
1986
as Lieutenant M.R. Ring
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad...
The Sure Thing
1985
as Jason
Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At f...
Porky's
1981
as Coach Brackett
In 1954 Florida, a group of high school boys head to a strip club in the Everglades in an attempt to lose their collective virginity. When the club's ...
Fame
1980
as Michael
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
Sit with Me While I Die
N/A
as Tim
A priest must reconcile his lifelong dogmatic views on suffering with real life pain.