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Chris Parnell
Chris Parnell’s screen credits include Mr. Gordon in 21 Jump Street, Conductor Davenport in Stop! That! Train!, and Wake.
Born February 5, 1967 Memphis, Tennessee, USA3 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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).
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- 2026The DinkNeil
- 2026LorneNarrator
- 2026Micro BudgetToby
- 2026MimicsJack Conrad
- 2025A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or NiceGerald (voice)
- 2025SNL50: The Homecoming ConcertSelf
- 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage)
- 2024An SNL Thanksgiving(archive footage)
- 2024Our Little SecretVeterinarian
- 2024In FidelityLyle Ayker
- 2023As We Know ItTed Sommers
- 2023Millennial HunterJohn (voice)
- 2022Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises AgainWashington (voice)
- 2022Chip 'n Dale: Rescue RangersDave Bollinari (voice)
- 2022Senior YearJim Conway
- 2021Hot Mess HolidayMike
- 2021Yung Punx: A Punk Parabletherapist (voice)
- 2021Home Sweet Home AloneUncle Stu
- 2021Finding ʻOhanaBrown
- 2020I Am WomanArtie Mogull
- 2020Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the ReverendJunior
- 2019The LaundromatDoomed Gringo #2
- 2019The Last LaughCharlie Green
- 2018Goosebumps 2: Haunted HalloweenWalter
- 2018SliceMayor Tracy
- 2018Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer VacationStan / Fish Man (voice)
- 2018Life of the PartyMr. Truzack (Wayne)
- 2017Battle of the SexesDJ
- 2017Elena of Avalor: Realm of the JaquinsMigs (voice)
- 2017Austin FoundAlan Dickinson
- 2017Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day SpecialDr. Vince Harbert
- 2016Elena and the Secret of AvalorMigs (voice)
- 2015SistersPhil
- 2015The Better HalfDaniel
- 2015The Ridiculous 6Bank Manager
- 2015Hotel Transylvania 2Fly (voice)
- 2015Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in HollywoodSelf
- 2014WordGirl: Earth Day GirlThe Narrator
- 2014Wordgirl: Monkey BusinessThe Narrator
- 2014The Maya Rudolph ShowSelf
- 2014AJ's Infinite SummerDad (voice)
- 2014Break PointJay LaRoche
- 2013Anchorman 2: The Legend ContinuesGarth Holliday
- 2013TurboAnnouncer #2 (voice)
- 2013WordGirl Vs. The Energy MonsterThe Narrator
- 2013Escape from Planet EarthHammer (voice)
- 2012Hotel TransylvaniaMr. Fly (voice)
- 2012The DictatorNews Anchor
- 2012The Five-Year EngagementBill
- 2012WordGirl: The Rise of Miss PowerActor
- 2011Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. NiceMr. Thistleton (voice)
- 2011Answer This!Brian Collins
- 2011Hollywood & WinePeter West
- 2010The Women of SNLVarious (archive footage)
- 2010Kung Fu MagooCole Fusion / Ninja (voice)
- 2010Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and AgainSelf
- 2010The DogfatherBrian Franks
- 2009Labor PainsJerry Steinwald
- 2009Paper ManPeter
- 2009Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy PoehlerEdward Turlington (archive footage)
- 2008EavesdropTerrence
- 2008HaroldCoach Vanderpool
- 2007Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox StoryTheo
- 2007Hot RodBarry Pasternack
- 2007Sunny and Share Love YouKevin Keith Baker
- 2007KablueyFrank
- 2007The GrandHarold Melvin
- 2007I'm Reed FishRalph
- 2006Ira & AbbyDr. Ronald Silverberg
- 2006Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial ParodiesActor
- 2004Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost MovieGarth Holliday
- 2004Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyGarth Holliday
- 2004Looking for KittyGuy Borne
- 2003Evil Alien ConquerorsDu-ug
- 2003Barely LegalMr. Ronald Greitzer
- 2003Down with LoveTV Emcee
- 2003Farm SlutsLarry
- 2002A Freezerburnt ChristmasActor
- 2002The ReligetablesActor
- 2002Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will FerrellSelf / Various (archive footage)
- 2000The Ladies ManPhil Swanson
- 1996Jingle All the WayToy Store Sales Clerk
- 1986Shadows on the WallCharlie
- CrohnieActor
- Harry and the Mutant Mid-Century FurnitureActor
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