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person_profile-Chris Parnell

Chris Parnell Age: 58

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Chris Parnell

Date of Birth:

Feb 05, 1967

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Chris Parnell

    ​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).

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Filmography of

Chris Parnell

Found 72 Movies in total

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... 2025

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In Fidelity

Lyle Ayker ( Actor )

... 2024

Micro Budget

Toby ( Actor )

... 2024

... 2023

Millennial Hunter

John (voice) ( Actor )

... 2023

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Tarantula (voice) ( Actor )

... 2023

... 2022

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

Dave Bollinari (voice) ( Actor )

... 2022

Senior Year

Jim Conway ( Actor )

... 2022

Hot Mess Holiday

Mike ( Actor )

... 2021

Yung Punx: A Punk Parable

therapist (voice) ( Actor )

... 2021

Home Sweet Home Alone

Uncle Stu ( Actor )

... 2021

Finding ʻOhana

Brown ( Actor )

... 2021

I Am Woman

Artie Mogull ( Actor )

... 2020

... 2020

The Laundromat

Doomed Gringo #2 ( Actor )

... 2019

The Last Laugh

Charlie Green ( Actor )

... 2019

... 2018

Slice

Mayor Tracy ( Actor )

... 2018

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

Stan / Fish Man (voice) ( Actor )

... 2018

Life of the Party

Wayne Truzack ( Actor )

... 2018

... 2017

... 2017

Austin Found

Alan Dickinson ( Actor )

... 2017

... 2017

Elena and the Secret of Avalor

Migs (voice) ( Actor )

... 2016

Electric City

Voice Actor (voice) ( Actor )

... 2016

Sisters

Phil ( Actor )

... 2015

The Better Half

Daniel ( Actor )

... 2015

The Ridiculous 6

Bank Manager ( Actor )

... 2015

Hotel Transylvania 2

Fly (voice) ( Actor )

... 2015

... 2015

... 2014

Break Point

Jay LaRoche ( Actor )

... 2014

The Lego Movie

Hot Dog Man (voice) ( Actor )

... 2014

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Garth Holliday ( Actor )

... 2013

Turbo

Announcer #2 (voice) ( Actor )

... 2013

Escape from Planet Earth

Hammer (voice) ( Actor )

... 2012

Hotel Transylvania

Mr. Fly (voice) ( Actor )

... 2012

The Dictator

News Anchor ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2012

21 Jump Street

Mr. Gordon ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2012

Answer This!

Brian Collins ( Actor )

... 2011

Hollywood & Wine

Peter West ( Actor )

... 2011

The Women of SNL

Various (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2010

Kung Fu Magoo

Cole Fusion / Ninja (voice) ( Actor )

... 2010

The Dogfather

Brian Franks ( Actor )

... 2010

Labor Pains

Jerry Steinwald ( Actor )

... 2009

Paper Man

Peter ( Actor )

... 2009

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

Edward Turlington (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2009

Eavesdrop

Terrence ( Actor )

... 2008

Harold

Coach Vanderpool ( Actor )

... 2008

... 2007

Hot Rod

Barry Pasternack ( Actor )

... 2007

Kabluey

Frank ( Actor )

... 2007

The Grand

Harold Melvin ( Actor )

... 2007

I'm Reed Fish

Ralph ( Actor )

... 2007

Sunny and Share Love You

Kevin Keith Baker ( Actor )

... 2007

Ira & Abby

Dr. Ronald Silverberg ( Actor )

... 2006

... 2006

... 2004

... 2004

Looking for Kitty

Guy Borne ( Actor )

... 2004

Evil Alien Conquerors

Du-ug ( Actor )

... 2003

Barely Legal

Mr. Ronald Greitzer ( Actor )

... 2003

Down with Love

TV Emcee ( Actor )

... 2003

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell

Himself / Various (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

The Ladies Man

Phil Swanson ( Actor )

... 2000

Jingle All the Way

Toy Store Sales Clerk ( Actor )

... 1996