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Chris Parnell
Actor
Born February 5, 1967 (55 years)
Thomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell (born February 5, 1967) is an American comic actor best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1998–2006 and currently for his recurring role as Dr. Leo Spaceman on NBC's Emmy Award-winning comedy series 30 Rock. Parnell is currently one of the lead voices on the FX animated comedy Archer. In 2010, Parnell starred alongside his former SNL castmate Horatio Sanz in the Comedy Central series Big Lake.
After performing as a company player with The Groundlings for a number of years, Parnell was hired to join the cast of Saturday Night Live as a featured player on September 26, 1998, and was promoted to repertory player the following season. In the summer of 2001, budget cuts and hiring four new cast members required Lorne Michaels to dismiss two cast members; he chose to lay off Parnell and Jerry Minor over Horatio Sanz, Rachel Dratch, and Maya Rudolph.
While on SNL, Parnell appeared in numerous sketches, and commercial parodies, and performed memorable impressions of various celebrities. One of his most popular sketches is Lazy Sunday, a rap video he shot with Andy Samberg about buying cupcakes and going to see The Chronicles of Narnia. He has also performed raps about hosts Jennifer Garner, Britney Spears, Kirsten Dunst and Ashton Kutcher.
In the summer of 2006, Lorne Michaels announced that four cast members would be fired due to budget cuts, but he did not say who. On September 22, 2006 it was announced that three cast members had been fired: Parnell, Horatio Sanz, and Finesse Mitchell. This effectively made him the only SNL performer to have been fired twice by Lorne Michaels, though Parnell did say in a 2008 interview with The Sound of Young America podcast that he was okay with being let go this time, because he was considering leaving after that season anyway, but added that he probably would have stayed one last season if he was asked back. He had been with SNL for eight seasons; at the time only four people (Darrell Hammond, Tim Meadows, Kevin Nealon, and Al Franken) have been cast members longer. He has since made uncredited cameo appearances on the show, most recently in 2008 parodying newscasters Tom Brokaw, Jim Lehrer, and Bob Schieffer.
Parnell and his former SNL castmate Horatio Sanz recently starred together in Big Lake, a 2010 sitcom on Comedy Central from executive producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.
He also recently appeared as Dr. Drummer/Santa in the SyFy Holiday Special episode from the television show Eureka, which aired on December 7, 2010 (Season 4 Episode 10).
Filmography
| 2022 | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers · as Dave Bollinari |
| 2022 | Senior Year · as Jim Conway |
| 2021 | Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. (TV Series) · as Alvin Healy / Tenpin (voice) |
| 2021 | Finding 'Ohana · as Brown |
| 2021 | Home Sweet Home Alone · as Uncle Stu |
| 2021 | Alpha Betas (TV Series) · as Darryl (voice) |
| 2021 | Dogs in Space (TV Series) · as Ed (voice) |
| 2021 | Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here (TV Series) · as Dr. Fluffberg |
| 2021 | Batman: The Audio Adventures (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2021 | Hot Mess Holiday · as Mike |
| 2020 | Close Enough (TV Series) · as Ron (voice) |
| 2020 | Dummy (TV Series) · as Agent Chett |
| 2020 | Mapleworth Murders (TV Series) · as Ben Canelli |
| 2020 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend · as Junior |
| 2020 | Freeze · as Dr. Holmes |
| 2019 | The Laundromat · as Doomed Gringo #2 |
| 2019 | I Am Woman · as Artie Mogull |
| 2019 | The Last Laugh · as Charlie Green |
| 2019 | Miracle Workers (2019) (TV Series) · as God's Dad |
| 2019 | Bless the Harts (TV Series) · as actor |
| 2019 | Love, Death & Robots (TV Series) · as The Cat (voice) |
| 2019 | Alien News Desk (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2019 | Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here! (TV Series) · as Dr. Fluffberg |
| 2019 | A Name Without a Place · as Jerry Sundall |
| 2019 | Nature Cat: A Nature Carol · as Narrator |
| 2018 | Slice · as Mayor Tracy |
| 2018 | Life of the Party · as Wayne Truzack |
| 2018 | Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation · as Stan / Fish Man (voice) |
| 2018 | Goosebumps 2: Slappy's Revenge · as Walter |
| 2018 | grown-ish (TV Series) · as Dean Burt Parker |
| 2018 | Happy Together (TV Series) · as Wayne |
| 2017 | Austin Found · as Alan Dickinson |
| 2017 | Battle of the Sexes · as DJ |
| 2017 | Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special · as Dr. Vince Harbert |
| 2017 | Great News (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2017 | At Home with Amy Sedaris (TV Series) · as Chug Ducey |
| 2017 | Will & Grace (TV Series) · as Dr. DiLorenzo |
| 2016 | Elena and the Secret of Avalor · as Migs (voice) |
| 2016 | Elena of Avalor (TV Series) · as Migs (voice) |
| 2016 | Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ (TV Series) · as Walton Rothchild |
| 2016 | Rhett & Link's Buddy System (TV Series) · as Vice Chairman |
| 2016 | Ask the StoryBots (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2016 | Tween Fest (TV Series) · as Preston Stevens Sr. |
| 2015 | Hotel Transylvania 2 · as Fly (voice) |
| 2015 | Sisters · as Phil |
| 2015 | The Better Half · as Daniel |
| 2015 | The Ridiculous 6 · as Bank Manager |
| 2015 | Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood · as Unknown |
| 2015 | Nature Cat (TV Series) · as Sir Galahad |
| 2015 | Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (TV Series) · as Cop |
| 2015 | Highston (TV Series) · as Wilbur Liggetts |
| 2015 | Adam Ruins Everything (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2015 | Dawn of the Croods (TV Series) · as Snoot (voice) |
| 2015 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (TV Series) · as Junior |
| 2015 | The Spoils Before Dying (TV Series) · as Bebop Jones |
| 2015 | The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show (TV Series) · as Mr. Peabody (voice) |
| 2014 | Break Point · as Jay LaRoche |
| 2014 | Blaze and the Monster Machines (TV Series) · as Cousin Ken |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV Series) · as Voice Over (voice) |
| 2014 | Bad Judge (TV Series) · as Douglas Riller |
| 2014 | TripTank (TV Series) · as Bill |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman (TV Series) · as Klaus / News Reporter (voice) |
| 2014 | black-ish (TV Series) · as Dean Parker |
| 2014 | Benched (TV Series) · as Mitch |
| 2014 | Garfunkel and Oates (TV Series) · as Stan |
| 2014 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (TV Series) · as Judge Blort Clooney (voice) |
| 2014 | The Tom and Jerry Show (2014) (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2014 | Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving Special · as Paul (segment "Bird Family") |
| 2013 | Turbo · as Announcer #2 |
| 2013 | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues · as Garth |
| 2013 | Drunk History (TV Series) · as Jim Bowie |
| 2013 | Rick and Morty (TV Series) · as Jerry Smith (voice) |
| 2013 | Inside Amy Schumer (TV Series) · as Michael |
| 2013 | Another Period (TV Series) · as Dr. Sigmund Freudas |
| 2013 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV Series) · as Geoffrey Hoytsman |
| 2013 | The Goldbergs (2013) (TV Series) · as Harrison Whitby |
| 2013 | Rick and Morty: Comic-Con Panel 2013 · as actor |
| 2013 | We Need Help (TV Series) · as Chris |
| 2012 | 21 Jump Street · as Mr. Gordon |
| 2012 | Escape from Planet Earth · as Hammer (voice) |
| 2012 | The Five-Year Engagement · as Bill |
| 2012 | The Dictator · as News Anchor |
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania · as Mr. Fly (voice) |
| 2012 | Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man · as Narrator |
| 2012 | I Just Want My Pants Back (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2012 | Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV Series) · as Crowpoke Inventor |
| 2012 | Sofia the First (TV Series) · as Zacharias |
| 2012 | Gravity Falls (TV Series) · as Additional Voices (voice) |
| 2012 | Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (TV Series) · as Charlie Clucker |
| 2012 | WordGirl: The Rise of Ms. Power · as Unknown |
| 2011 | Hollywood & Wine · as Peter West |
| 2011 | Answer This! · as Brian Collins |
| 2011 | Workaholics (TV Series) · as Bruce Benson |
| 2011 | Love Bites (2011) (TV Series) · as Chad Banks (segment "A Sexual Haunting") |
| 2011 | The Problem Solverz (TV Series) · as The Mayor |
| 2011 | Bob's Burgers (TV Series) · as Warren Fitzgerald (voice) |
| 2011 | Mad Love (TV Series) · as Officer Barrett |
| 2011 | Suburgatory (TV Series) · as Fred Shay |
| 2011 | Jon Benjamin Has a Van (TV Series) · as Area 51 Scientist |
| 2011 | Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice · as Mr. Thistleton (voice) |
| 2010 | The Dogfather · as Brian Franks |
| 2010 | Kung Fu Magoo · as Cole Fusion |
| 2010 | The Women of SNL · as Various (archive footage) |
| 2010 | T.U.F.F. Puppy (TV Series) · as The Caped Cod |
| 2010 | Fish Hooks (TV Series) · as Allibut |
| 2010 | Funny or Die Presents (TV Series) · as Soccer Dad (segment "Lady Refs") |
| 2010 | Big Lake (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2009 | Paper Man · as Peter |
| 2009 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler · as Edward Turlington (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Better Off Ted (TV Series) · as Walter |
| 2009 | Glenn Martin DDS (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2009 | Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2009 | Glee (TV Series) · as Mario |
| 2009 | Archer (2009) (TV Series) · as Cyril Figgis (voice) |
| 2009 | Labor Pains · as Jerry Steinwald |
| 2008 | Harold · as Coach Vanderpool |
| 2008 | I.O.U.S.A. · as Budget Book Author |
| 2008 | Eavesdrop · as Terrence |
| 2008 | Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2008 | Childrens Hospital (TV Series) · as Ron Pippin |
| 2008 | Miss Guided (TV Series) · as Vice Principal Bruce Terry |
| 2008 | The Life & Times of Tim (TV Series) · as High School Principal |
| 2008 | Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash '08 · as Tom Brokaw |
| 2007 | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story · as Theo |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | WordGirl (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2007 | Hot Rod · as Barry Pasternack |
| 2007 | Kabluey · as Frank |
| 2006 | Ira & Abby · as Dr. Ronald Silverberg |
| 2006 | I'm Reed Fish · as Ralph |
| 2006 | Curious George (TV Series) · as Rowan Hawthorne |
| 2006 | Eureka (TV Series) · as Dr. Noah Drummer |
| 2006 | 30 Rock (TV Series) · as Dr. Leo Spaceman |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as James Garfield (voice) |
| 2004 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy · as Garth Holliday |
| 2004 | Looking for Kitty · as Guy Borne |
| 2004 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken · as Various Characters |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Wake Up, Ron Burgundy · as Garth Holliday |
| 2003 | Evil Alien Conquerors · as Du-ug |
| 2003 | Down with Love · as TV Emcee |
| 2003 | Barely Legal · as Mr. Ronald Greitzer |
| 2001 | Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Major Nelson |
| 2001 | Samurai Jack (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 2001 | VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin · as Eminem |
| 2000 | The Ladies Man · as Phil Swanson |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV Series) · as Hank |
| 2000 | Ed (TV Series) · as DJ Curtis Morris |
| 2000 | As Told By Ginger (TV Series) · as Radio Announcer |
| 2000 | T.V. Funhouse (TV Series) · as James Brolin |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Doug (voice) |
| 1998 | Will & Grace (TV Series) · as Dr. DiLorenzo |
| 1998 | The Hughleys (TV Series) · as Rick |
| 1996 | Jingle All the Way · as Toy Store Sales Clerk |
| 1996 | Suddenly Susan (TV Series) · as Phil |
| 1996 | Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (TV Series) · as Announcer |
| 1996 | The Jamie Foxx Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1995 | Hope and Gloria (TV Series) · as Howard |
| 1995 | Caroline in the City (TV Series) · as Gene |
| 1994 | Friends (TV Series) · as Bob |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Surgeon fiancé (voice) |
| 1989 | Seinfeld (TV Series) · as NBC Executive |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Jim Lehrer (uncredited) |
러브, 데스 + 로봇 시즌2 (TV Series) · as Unknown |