Background and career
Kevin Gage (born May 26, 1959) is an American character actor best known for his role in the crime film Heat (1995), in which he portrayed the murderous rogue criminal Waingro. His other roles have included United States Navy SEALs instructor Max Pyro in the military film G.I. Jane (1997), and Detective Mike Gage in the police thriller Strangeland (1998).
Gage was married to actress Kelly Preston from 1985 to 1987. On July 30, 2003, Gage was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison, starting September 29, 2003, along with two co-defendants, for cultivating marijuana, despite possessing a California-issued license to cultivate medicinal marijuana. Gage stated that he grew medicinal cannabis to help him cope with chronic pain from injuries suffered in a 1993 car crash, as well as for a sister with cancer and a brother with multiple sclerosis. He was released on March 17, 2006, assessed by the prison authorities as having been a "model prisoner." During his time inside, other inmates took to calling him "Waingro." Gage married Shannon Perris-Knight in March 2006; their son was born in January 2007. Perris-Knight was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer in 2008 and died in 2014.
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Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
