Skip to content
Actor · 1956–

Gary Cole

Gary Cole is an American actor. Born on 20 September 1956, this profile follows Gary Cole through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) and In the Line of Fire (1993). The location trail reaches Union Station, Sixth Street Viaduct — original bridge site and Vincent Thomas Bridge. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

← All peopleFollow the geography ↓
Gary Cole
File:Gary Cole 2011 Shankbone.JPG — David Shankbone · CC BY 3.0

Original event photograph cropped to Gary Cole and resized without enlargement. Cropped to an individual portrait. Resized without enlargement and converted to WebP. The existing People portrait frame may crop the photograph. Source colours retained.

CHAPTER 02

To Live and Die in L.A. · Union Station

Gary Cole is credited as cast member on To Live and Die in L.A.. The work’s existing location story leads to Union Station. Union Station is documented as a location associated with To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.

To Live and Die in L.A. — credits ↗︎Union Station (Los Angeles) ↗︎

CHAPTER 03

In the Line of Fire · Westin Bonaventure Hotel

Gary Cole is credited as cast member on In the Line of Fire. The work’s existing location story leads to Westin Bonaventure Hotel. Westin Bonaventure Hotel is documented as a location associated with In the Line of Fire (1993). The pin identifies the site; individual shots and interior sets can differ.

In the Line of Fire — credits ↗︎Westin Bonaventure Hotel ↗︎

THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY

A life on the map.

Explore 4 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.

IN THE STORY

Explore a shared connection.

Browse all people →

WORKS

Culture, connected.

Follow the work through its real places.

Movies · 1985

To Live and Die in L.A.

William Friedkin

Movies · 1993

In the Line of Fire

Wolfgang Petersen

KEEP EXPLORING

Cities and Worlds.

CITY

Los Angeles ↗︎

Follow a scene into the hills. A song onto the Strip. A story all the way to the ocean.

PEOPLE IN THE STORY

Creative connections.

Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.

Actor

Willem Dafoe ↗︎

Willem Dafoe is an American actor. Born on 22 July 1955, this profile follows Willem Dafoe through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Spider-Man (2002) and The Aviator (2004). The location trail reaches Union Station, Sixth Street Viaduct — original bridge site and Vincent Thomas Bridge. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

Actor

John Malkovich ↗︎

John Malkovich is an American actor. Born on 9 December 1953, this profile follows John Malkovich through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include In the Line of Fire (1993), Ripley (2024) and the New Look. The location trail reaches Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Castel Sant’Angelo and Porta Portese, with existing stories in Rome and Paris. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

Actor

John Turturro ↗︎

John Turturro is an American actor. Born on 28 February 1957, this profile follows John Turturro through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), The Big Lebowski (1998), Transformers (2007) and Do the Right Thing. The location trail reaches Union Station, Sixth Street Viaduct — original bridge site and Vincent Thomas Bridge. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

Actor

Rene Russo ↗︎

Rene Russo is an American actress and model. Born on 17 February 1954, this profile follows Rene Russo through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include In the Line of Fire (1993) and Nightcrawler (2014). The location trail reaches Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Ocean Front Walk and KTLA at Sunset Bronson Studios. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

Director

Wolfgang Petersen ↗︎

Wolfgang Petersen was a German film director. Born on 14 March 1941, this profile follows Wolfgang Petersen through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include In the Line of Fire (1993). The location trail reaches Westin Bonaventure Hotel. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

Actor

Fred Thompson ↗︎

Fred Thompson was an American politician and actor. Born on 19 August 1942, this profile follows Fred Thompson through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include In the Line of Fire (1993). The location trail reaches Westin Bonaventure Hotel. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

Privacy