Gerald Downey is an American actor, born on October 1, 1970 in the USA (specific place of birth not specified). In 1994 he graduated from Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Father of two children, he lives in Los Angeles, California. Among his most notable film roles are Agent Hoover in Live Free or Die Hard (2007), a console specialist in Eagle Eye (2008), an FBI agent in J. Edgar (2011), Daryl in Southbound (2015), Bob Brooks in Dolemite Is My Name (2019), and an uncredited judge in Birds of Prey (2020).

On television, he is best known for the role of FBI Agent Todd McSwieten in the series Leverage (2008–2012, 6 episodes), Bill Larkin in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2012), Greg Harris in Mad Men (2008), Dr. Kenton Giles in Grey's Anatomy (2013), and Jim in Young Sheldon (2019). He also played Commander Ray Trapp in the pilot episode of the series NCIS (2003) and appears as the "Busch guy" in a series of Anheuser-Busch commercials.