---
name: "Boyd Gaines"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/boyd-gaines"
fi1m_id: "boyd-gaines"
imdb_id: "nm0301305"
tmdb_id: 32389
wikidata_id: "Q895921"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 May 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T17:06:11.935652+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Boyd Gaines

## Identity

Boyd Gaines

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/boyd-gaines
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** boyd-gaines
- **IMDb ID:** nm0301305
- **TMDB ID:** 32389
- **Wikidata ID:** Q895921
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyd_Gaines, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q895921, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0301305/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32389

Actor. Born 11 May 1953 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 May 1953, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- **Active:** 1980–1981
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyd_Gaines, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q895921, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0301305/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32389

## Biography

Boyd Gaines is an American actor born on 11 May 1953 in Atlanta, Georgia. He trained at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts at Allan Hancock College and at the Juilliard School, where he earned a BFA.

Gaines made his film debut as Michael in *Fame* (1980). His other screen credits include *Porky's* (1981), *The Sure Thing* (1985), *Heartbreak Ridge* (1986), *Funny Games* (2007) and *The Goldfinch* (2019), as well as television appearances in *One Day at a Time*, *Frasier* and *Law & Order*. He is married to actress Kathleen McNenny.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Porky's* (1981), Fi1m 58, as Coach Brackett — [page](https://film.one/film/porkys.md)
- *Fame* (1980), Fi1m 70, as Michael — [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sit with Me While I Die* (2025), as Tim
- *SilverSizzle* (2024), as Buddy
- *Tommy and the Guru* (2021), as Terry Buffalo the Guru
- *The Goldfinch* (2019), as Mr. Barbour
- *No Pay, Nudity* (2016), as Stephen Martin
- *Driving Miss Daisy* (2015), as Boolie Werthan
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Richard Chatham — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer* (2008), as Chairman Gray (voice)
- *Funny Games* (2008), as Fred
- *Angela's Eyes* (2006), series, Actor
- *Second Best* (2004), as Richard
- *Queens Supreme* (2003), series, Actor
- *Earthly Possessions* (1999), as Announcer
- *The Confession* (1999), as Liam Clarke
- *I'm Not Rappaport* (1996), as Pete Danforth
- *The Grass Harp* (1996), as Narrator
- *Remember WENN* (1996), series, as Congressman Bob Farraday
- *Caroline in the City* (1995), series, as Jerry
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Phil Patterson — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *A Woman Named Jackie* (1991), series, as Yusha Auchincloss
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as James Rillard, Nathan Barclay, Lieutenant St. Claire, Oliver Shain — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *A Son's Promise* (1990), as Dan Weston
- *Piece of Cake* (1988), series, as Christopher Hart III
- *Call Me* (1988), as Bill
- *Pigeon Feathers* (1988), as Reverend Dobson
- *Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall* (1987), as Sam Logan
- *The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd* (1987), series, as Imposter
- *Heartbreak Ridge* (1986), as Lieutenant M.R. Ring
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Jim Perkins
- *The Sure Thing* (1985), as Jason
- *Evergreen* (1985), series, as Chris Bradford
- *MacGruder and Loud* (1985), series, as Ellis
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as John Halsey
- *Remington Steele* (1982), series, as Todd Myerson
- *Hotel* (1982), series, as Rodger Gage, Steven Parker, Jeff Strider
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Reverend Dobson, Sam Logan (segment 'Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall')
- *Porky's* (1981), as Coach Brackett — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/porkys.md)
- *Fame* (1980), as Michael — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)
- *One Day at a Time* (1975), series, as Mark Royer

## Gallery

- ![Boyd Gaines (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/5539859/gallery-5d4f82422f70.jpg) Boyd Gaines (2013) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Boyd_Gaines_%288516669095%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Boyd Gaines (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/5539859/gallery-398cee13c821.jpg) Boyd Gaines (2013) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Boyd_Gaines_%288517783880%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Boyd Gaines](https://film.one/media/person/5539859/gallery-76b62b331a46.jpg) Boyd Gaines — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Boyd_Gaines_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![In Sydney today rehearsing for the Australian tour of the stage production ‘Driving Miss Daisy', are actors Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Boyd Gaines. (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/5539859/gallery-f9f861ddbde2.jpg) In Sydney today rehearsing for the Australian tour of the stage production ‘Driving Miss Daisy', are actors Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Boyd Gaines. (2013) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Boyd_Payne_Gaines_%288356225220%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Boyd Gaines](https://film.one/media/person/5539859/gallery-8492ea8121db.jpg) Boyd Gaines — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play 2007: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (nominated)
- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor 2000: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 1994: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (won)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 1989: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (won)
- Theatre World Award 1980: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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