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Chris Parnell

Chris Parnell

Acting February 5, 1967 (59 years old) Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Biography

​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).

Movies 89

Hexed

Hexed

as (voice)

2026
Hotel Transylvania 7.0

Hotel Transylvania

as Mr. Fly (voice)

2012
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation 6.8

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

as Stan / Fish Man (voice)

2018
Hotel Transylvania 2 6.8

Hotel Transylvania 2

as Fly (voice)

2015
21 Jump Street 6.9

21 Jump Street

as Mr. Gordon

2012
The Dictator 6.3

The Dictator

as News Anchor

2012
Turbo 6.3

Turbo

as Announcer #2 (voice)

2013
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween 6.1

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

as Walter

2018
Jingle All the Way 6.1

Jingle All the Way

as Toy Store Sales Clerk

1996
Home Sweet Home Alone 4.8

Home Sweet Home Alone

as Uncle Stu

2021
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 6.7

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

as Garth Holliday

2004
Stop! That! Train! 5.0

Stop! That! Train!

as Conductor Davenport

2026
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers 7.0

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

as Dave Bollinari (voice)

2022
Battle of the Sexes 6.7

Battle of the Sexes

as DJ

2017
The Dink 6.4

The Dink

as Neil

2026
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 6.1

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

as Garth Holliday

2013
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again 6.3

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

as Washington (voice)

2022
Escape from Planet Earth 5.8

Escape from Planet Earth

as Hammer (voice)

2013
The Five-Year Engagement 5.9

The Five-Year Engagement

as Bill

2012
The Ridiculous 6 5.2

The Ridiculous 6

as Bank Manager

2015
The Laundromat 6.0

The Laundromat

as Doomed Gringo #2

2019
Hot Rod 6.4

Hot Rod

as Barry Pasternack

2007
Down with Love 6.1

Down with Love

as TV Emcee

2003
Life of the Party 6.1

Life of the Party

as Mr. Truzack (Wayne)

2018
Sisters 6.0

Sisters

as Phil

2015
Barely Legal 5.9

Barely Legal

as Mr. Ronald Greitzer

2003
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 6.6

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

as Theo

2007
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert 6.8

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

as Self

2025
Senior Year 5.9

Senior Year

as Jim Conway

2022
Elena and the Secret of Avalor 7.3

Elena and the Secret of Avalor

as Migs (voice)

2016
Finding ʻOhana 6.2

Finding ʻOhana

as Brown

2021
A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice 6.7

A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice

as Gerald (voice)

2025
Lorne 7.1

Lorne

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2026
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend 6.4

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend

as Junior

2020
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie 6.0

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

as Garth Holliday

2004
Our Little Secret 6.2

Our Little Secret

as Veterinarian

2024
Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice 7.0

Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice

as Mr. Thistleton (voice)

2011
Labor Pains 5.4

Labor Pains

as Jerry Steinwald

2009
The Ladies Man 5.3

The Ladies Man

as Phil Swanson

2000
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music 7.6

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

as Self (archive footage)

2025
Paper Man 6.3

Paper Man

as Peter

2009
The Grand 5.8

The Grand

as Harold Melvin

2007
I Am Woman 6.2

I Am Woman

as Artie Mogull

2020
WordGirl: The Rise of Miss Power

WordGirl: The Rise of Miss Power

2012
I'm Reed Fish 5.6

I'm Reed Fish

as Ralph

2007
Break Point 5.8

Break Point

as Jay LaRoche

2014
Slice 4.4

Slice

as Mayor Tracy

2018
The Women of SNL 5.3

The Women of SNL

as Various (archive footage)

2010
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special 6.0

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

as Dr. Vince Harbert

2017
Austin Found 5.5

Austin Found

as Alan Dickinson

2017
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell 7.8

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell

as Self / Various (archive footage)

2002
Kung Fu Magoo 4.9

Kung Fu Magoo

as Cole Fusion / Ninja (voice)

2010
Answer This! 4.3

Answer This!

as Brian Collins

2011
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler 7.7

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

as Edward Turlington (archive footage)

2009
The Last Laugh 5.4

The Last Laugh

as Charlie Green

2019
The Dogfather 3.2

The Dogfather

as Brian Franks

2010
Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood 6.4

Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood

as Self

2015
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

as Self

2010
Ira & Abby 5.6

Ira & Abby

as Dr. Ronald Silverberg

2006
In Fidelity 5.2

In Fidelity

as Lyle Ayker

2024
Wake

Wake

2026
Evil Alien Conquerors 5.6

Evil Alien Conquerors

as Du-ug

2003
Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins

Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins

as Migs (voice)

2017
As We Know It 6.4

As We Know It

as Ted Sommers

2023
Hollywood & Wine 3.7

Hollywood & Wine

as Peter West

2011
Hot Mess Holiday 6.0

Hot Mess Holiday

as Mike

2021
Mimics 5.0

Mimics

as Jack Conrad

2026
Shadows on the Wall 9.0

Shadows on the Wall

as Charlie

1986
The Better Half 2.8

The Better Half

as Daniel

2015
An SNL Thanksgiving

An SNL Thanksgiving

as (archive footage)

2024
Micro Budget 8.5

Micro Budget

as Toby

2026
Harold 5.6

Harold

as Coach Vanderpool

2008
Eavesdrop 4.6

Eavesdrop

as Terrence

2008
Harry and the Mutant Mid-Century Furniture

Harry and the Mutant Mid-Century Furniture

AJ's Infinite Summer 6.7

AJ's Infinite Summer

as Dad (voice)

2014
WordGirl Vs. The Energy Monster

WordGirl Vs. The Energy Monster

as The Narrator

2013
The Maya Rudolph Show 5.0

The Maya Rudolph Show

as Self

2014
Kabluey 6.1

Kabluey

as Frank

2007
Crohnie

Crohnie

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies 6.8

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies

2006
Yung Punx: A Punk Parable

Yung Punx: A Punk Parable

as therapist (voice)

2021
WordGirl: Earth Day Girl

WordGirl: Earth Day Girl

as The Narrator

2014
Wordgirl: Monkey Business

Wordgirl: Monkey Business

as The Narrator

2014
Millennial Hunter 4.8

Millennial Hunter

as John (voice)

2023
Farm Sluts 5.0

Farm Sluts

as Larry

2003
Looking for Kitty 4.8

Looking for Kitty

as Guy Borne

2004
Sunny and Share Love You

Sunny and Share Love You

as Kevin Keith Baker

2007
The Religetables

The Religetables

2002
A Freezerburnt Christmas

A Freezerburnt Christmas

2002

TV Shows 128

The Simpsons 8.0

The Simpsons

as Surgeon fiancé (voice)

1989
Seinfeld 8.2

Seinfeld

as NBC Executive

1989
Family Guy 7.4

Family Guy

as Joe Paterno (voice)

1999
Family Guy 7.4

Family Guy

as Highway Man (voice)

1999
Family Guy 7.4

Family Guy

as Priest / Father Raccoon (voice)

1999
Family Guy 7.4

Family Guy

as White Guy (voice)

1999
Family Guy 7.4

Family Guy

as Target Manager / Veterinarian (voice)

1999
Family Guy 7.4

Family Guy

as Smarmy (voice)

1999
Family Guy 7.4

Family Guy

as Priest (voice)

1999
Family Guy 7.4

Family Guy

as Doug (voice)

1999
Family Guy 7.4

Family Guy

as Guy at Pool / Priest (voice)

1999
Family Guy 7.4

Family Guy

as Card Store Owner (voice)

1999
Late Night with Seth Meyers 5.1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

2014
Friends 8.4

Friends

as Bob

1994
Eureka 7.7

Eureka

as Dr. Noah Drummer

2006
American Dad! 7.0

American Dad!

as Doctor (voice)

2005
American Dad! 7.0

American Dad!

as (voice)

2005
American Dad! 7.0

American Dad!

as Valet / Borax Employee (voice)

2005
American Dad! 7.0

American Dad!

as Francine's Drinking Buddy (voice)

2005
American Dad! 7.0

American Dad!

as Book on Tape (voice)

2005
American Dad! 7.0

American Dad!

as Kidnapper (voice)

2005
American Dad! 7.0

American Dad!

as Dr. Moe Munney (voice)

2005
American Dad! 7.0

American Dad!

as James Garfield / Mint Worker (voice)

2005
American Dad! 7.0

American Dad!

as Co-Worker (voice)

2005
American Dad! 7.0

American Dad!

as James Garfield (voice)

2005
American Dad! 7.0

American Dad!

as Train Actor (voice)

2005
American Dad! 7.0

American Dad!

as Funeral Speaker (voice)

2005
Conan 7.2

Conan

as Self

2010
Conan 7.2

Conan

as Book Signing

2010
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Various Characters

1975
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1975
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Self

1975
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Tom Brokaw (voice)

1975
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Jim Lehrer (uncredited)

1975
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

1975
Rick and Morty 8.7

Rick and Morty

as Jerry Smith (voice)

2013
Bob's Burgers 7.8

Bob's Burgers

as Warren Fitzgerald (voice)

2011
Elena of Avalor 6.4

Elena of Avalor

as Migs (voice)

2016
Glee 6.8

Glee

as Mario

2009
Late Night with Conan O'Brien 7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

1993
Brooklyn Nine-Nine 8.2

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

as Geoffrey Hoytsman

2013
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 7.7

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

as HOA Ambassador

2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 7.7

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

as (voice)

2014
The Tom and Jerry Show 7.4

The Tom and Jerry Show

as Narrator (voice)

2014
Curb Your Enthusiasm 8.1

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Hank

2000
Robot Chicken 7.6

Robot Chicken

as Scooter / Major Nelson (voice)

2005
The Goldbergs 7.4

The Goldbergs

as Harrison Whitby

2013
30 Rock 7.5

30 Rock

as Dr. Leo Spaceman

2006
Archer 7.9

Archer

as Cyril Figgis (voice)

2009
Archer 7.9

Archer

as Siegbert Fuchs (voice)

2009
Gravity Falls 8.6

Gravity Falls

as Additional Voices (voice)

2012
Gravity Falls 8.6

Gravity Falls

as Host (voice)

2012
BoJack Horseman 8.5

BoJack Horseman

as Klaus / News Reporter (voice)

2014
black-ish 7.1

black-ish

as Dean Parker

2014
Rock, Paper, Scissors 6.0

Rock, Paper, Scissors

as Parchment Paper (voice)

2024
Fallout 8.1

Fallout

as Overseer Benjamin

2024
WordGirl 6.9

WordGirl

2007
Love, Death & Robots 8.2

Love, Death & Robots

as The Cat (voice)

2019
Love, Death & Robots 8.2

Love, Death & Robots

as Sanchez (voice)

2019
Murphy Brown 6.5

Murphy Brown

1988
grown-ish 7.8

grown-ish

as Dean Burt Parker

2018
Fish Hooks 6.4

Fish Hooks

as Announcer / Allibut (voice)

2010
Dawn of the Croods 7.4

Dawn of the Croods

as Snoot / Dub (voice)

2015
Dawn of the Croods 7.4

Dawn of the Croods

as Snoot / Evil Egg (voice)

2015
Dawn of the Croods 7.4

Dawn of the Croods

as Snoot (voice)

2015
Childrens Hospital 7.0

Childrens Hospital

as Ron Pippin

2008
Caroline in the City 6.5

Caroline in the City

as Gene

1995
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 7.1

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

as Junior

2015
My Adventures with Superman 8.1

My Adventures with Superman

as Agent Slade Wilson (voice)

2023
Comedy Bang! Bang! 6.4

Comedy Bang! Bang!

as Poseidon

2012
Comedy Bang! Bang! 6.4

Comedy Bang! Bang!

as Stephendorff

2012
Workaholics 7.4

Workaholics

as Bruce Benson

2011
The Jamie Foxx Show 6.6

The Jamie Foxx Show

as Director

1996
The $100,000 Pyramid 7.0

The $100,000 Pyramid

as Self

2016
Krapopolis 7.2

Krapopolis

as Ares (voice)

2023
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 8.0

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!

as Dustin Wallswreath / Jim McCoy / Cop (voice)

2015
Drunk History 6.9

Drunk History

as Thomas Edison

2013
Drunk History 6.9

Drunk History

as Jim Bowie

2013
Drunk History 6.9

Drunk History

as King Charles II

2013
Drunk History 6.9

Drunk History

as Carl Sagan

2013
Will & Grace 7.5

Will & Grace

as Dr. DiLorenzo

2017
Match Game 6.5

Match Game

as Self - Panelist

2016
Suburgatory 6.7

Suburgatory

as Fred Shay

2011
Miracle Workers 6.8

Miracle Workers

as God's Dad

2019
Ed 7.7

Ed

as DJ Curtis Morris

2000
T.U.F.F. Puppy 7.2

T.U.F.F. Puppy

as Caped Cod (voice)

2010
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero 7.2

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

as Judge Blort Clooney (voice)

2014
Name That Tune 6.9

Name That Tune

as Self - Contestant

2021
Close Enough 7.9

Close Enough

as Ron (voice)

2020
The Hughleys 6.8

The Hughleys

as Rick

1998
Good Hang with Amy Poehler 5.5

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

as Self - Guest

2025
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show 6.1

The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show

as Mr. Peabody (voice)

2015
Another Period 6.8

Another Period

as Dr. Sigmund Freudas

2015
Suddenly Susan 6.0

Suddenly Susan

as Waiter

1996
Suddenly Susan 6.0

Suddenly Susan

as Phil

1996
The Hawk 5.6

The Hawk

as Anton Floyd

2026
Adam Ruins Everything 7.4

Adam Ruins Everything

2015
The Life & Times of Tim 7.3

The Life & Times of Tim

as William (voice)

2008
Glenn Martin, DDS 6.9

Glenn Martin, DDS

2009
Dogs in Space 7.6

Dogs in Space

as Ed (voice)

2021
Great News 6.7

Great News

as Gerald

2017
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ 6.6

Bajillion Dollar Propertie$

as Walton Rothchild

2016
Better Off Ted 7.6

Better Off Ted

as Walter

2009
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America 5.5

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America

as Benjamin Franklin

2026
Ask the Storybots 7.0

Ask the Storybots

2016
Hope and Gloria 6.3

Hope and Gloria

as Howard

1995
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. 6.7

Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.

as Alvin Healy / Tenpin (voice)

2021
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances 7.7

Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances

as Ted (voice)

2025
Bad Judge 6.3

Bad Judge

as Douglas Riller

2014
Rhett & Link's Buddy System 7.0

Rhett & Link's Buddy System

as Vice Chairman

2016
Garfunkel and Oates 6.9

Garfunkel and Oates

as Stan

2014
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night 8.0

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

as Self

2025
Love Bites 6.2

Love Bites

as Chad Banks (segment "A Sexual Haunting")

2011
Breaking Bear 7.2

Breaking Bear

as Dwight Salter / Governor Jim Cummings / Shooter (voice)

2026
The Spoils Before Dying 6.1

The Spoils Before Dying

as Bebop Jones

2015
Benched 6.9

Benched

as Mitch

2014
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday 6.7

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

2008
Happy Together 7.1

Happy Together

as Wayne

2018
Mad Love 5.5

Mad Love

as Officer Barrett

2011
TV Funhouse 7.0

TV Funhouse

as James Brolin (voice)

2000
Union Square 8.5

Union Square

as Don

1997
Dummy 6.9

Dummy

as Agent Chett

2020
Conrad Bloom 10.0

Conrad Bloom

as Simpson

1998
Miss Guided 6.6

Miss Guided

as Bruce Terry

2008
I Just Want My Pants Back 5.4

I Just Want My Pants Back

as JB

2011
Alien News Desk 3.8

Alien News Desk

2019
Big Lake

Big Lake

as Chris Henkel

2010
Highston 5.8

Highston

as Wilbur Liggetts

2015

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