Courtney Gains

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

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Stan Gerber

NCIS

Gary Silverstein

Pacific Blue

Jim-Joe

Criminal Minds

Todd Burton

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Roach

Bones

Super

Seinfeld

Clerk

The Middle

Phil

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	The Bleeding Dark	John Barrow
2024	My Redneck Neighbor: Chapter 2 - Let the Games Begin	Dirk Reddick
2024	Christmas Cowboy	Colton Byers
2024	My Redneck Neighbor: Chapter 1 - The Rednecks Are Coming	Dirk Reddick
2023	The Wrath of Becky	Twig
2022	American Bigfoot	Wesley Harlin
2022	Hellblazers	Bernard
2021	Queen Bees	Biker
2021	River	Dr. Michael Glenn
2020	Await the Dawn	Dr. Hewitt
2019	Candy Corn	Sheriff Sam Bramford
2019	The Silent Natural	Tug Wilson
2018	Corbin Nash	Detective Holloway
2018	Hell's Kitty	Mordicia
2018	Deadly Crush	Lawrence
2018	Camp Cold Brook	John Brierwitz
2017	Scramble	Canada Rick
2017	Goodnight, Gracie	Billy
2017	Urban Myths	Stanley
2017	It Happened One Valentine's	Freddy Craig
2016	Prettyface
2015	The Funhouse Massacre	Dennis
2015	Field of Lost Shoes	Capt. Chinook
2015	Halcyon	Robert
2014	There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs	Self
2014	My Trip Back to the Dark Side	Bobby G.
2013	The House Across the Street	Ned
2012	Ambush at Dark Canyon	Sheriff Hurley
2011	Mimesis	Gordon
2011	Discipline	Jack Baldwin
2011	Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury	Gil Highdecker
2010	Faster	Telemarketer
2010	The Ascent	Andrew
2010	The Quiet Ones	Michael's Father
2010	Raven	Danny
2010	Cinema Salvation	Courtney
2009	Benny Bliss and the Disciples of Greatness	Benny Bliss
2009	Shadowheart	Finch
2009	Tattoos: A Scarred History	Self
2008	Alien Encounter	Donovan
2007	Halloween	Jack Kendall (uncredited)
2006	Desolation Canyon	Jack McCallister
2006	The Phobic	Dr. Cecil Westlake
2004	Harvesting Horror: Children of the Corn	Self
2003	National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze	Lorenzo "The Black Hand"
2002	Sweet Home Alabama	Sheriff Wade
2000	Dreamers	Mike
2000	Beaver Trilogy
1999	No Code of Conduct	Cameron
1999	King Cobra	Dr. Joseph McConnell
1999	Her Married Lover	Hood
1998	Shadow of Doubt	Ernie
1998	The Killing Grounds	Vincent Reynosa
1998	The Landlady	Tyson Johns
1997	Dilemma	Tex
1997	Behind Enemy Lines	Church
1994	In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance	Barlow
1994	Runaway Daughters	Deputy 1
1990	Memphis Belle	Eugene McVey
1989	The 'Burbs	Hans Klopek
1988	Colors	Whitey
1987	Can't Buy Me Love	Kenneth Wurman
1987	Winners Take All	Goose Trammel
1987	American Harvest	Chips
1986	Ratboy	Kid in Car
1985	Back to the Future	Dixon
1985	Secret Admirer	Doug
1985	Lust in the Dust	Red Dick Barker
1985	The Orkly Kid
1984	Children of the Corn	Malachai
1984	Hardbodies	Rag
1984	Welcome Home, Jellybean	Joe Newbolt
	Fruit of the Poisonous Tree	Paul Portray
	The Red Man's View	Jenkins
	3rd Floor	Tim Keller
	The Barn Part III
	Dirt
	Infernal	Dewayne
	The Deceived	Deputy Jed

Year	TV Show	Role
2023	Paul T. Goldman	Royce Auditioner
2012	Perception	Officer James McKenzie
2011	Switched at Birth
2011	Franklin & Bash
2009	The Middle	Phil
2007	30 Even Scarier Movie Moments	Himself
2005	My Name Is Earl	Lloyd
2005	Bones	Super
2005	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Roach
2005	Criminal Minds	Todd Burton
2003	NCIS	Gary Silverstein
2002	Monk	Six Fingered Man
2002	Monk	Frank Nunn
2002	Fastlane	Det. Guthrie
2001	Alias	Holden Gemler
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Stan Gerber
1998	Charmed	D. J. / Bane's Right Hand
1997	Brooklyn South	Joe Beldon
1996	Pacific Blue	Jim-Joe
1995	JAG	Pete
1994	ER	Ronnie
1993	Bakersfield P.D.	Doug
1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Dwayne Roberts
1989	Seinfeld	Clerk
1987	21 Jump Street	Birch
1985	Misfits of Science	Mechanic