Gary Cole to do his best Karl Rove on 'Veep'

It takes a special kind of comedic actor to embody both America's favorite TV dad and the big screen's most notoriously drone-like corporate supervisor. Specifically, such scenarios call for Gary Cole, whose dry turns as kindly patriarch Mike Brady in "The Brady Bunch Movie" and TPS-assigning bossman in "Office Space," respectively (along with his memorable roles in "Entourage" and "Talladega Nights"), have cemented his ubiquity on our cable guides.

 

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That omnipresence is about to be further assured with an upcoming regular turn on HBO's Emmy-winning political satire, "Veep." Deadline reports that Cole has been tapped as a key addition to the cast in 2013. While the network has kept mum on details, Deadline alleges that he'll portray a "Karl Rove"-type Capitol Hill figure named Kent. 

It's been a busy offseason for "Veep," which also hired veteran character actor Kevin Dunn (most recently a casualty of the "Luck" cancellation) to play the President's Chief-of-Staff. With Cole on board, an already hilarious ensemble could now be the funniest on television, regardless of your real-life partisan leanings.