Biography
Charles Parnell is an American actor. He is best known for the role of Rear Admiral Solomon "Warlock" Bates in the film Top Gun: Maverick (2022). He was the second actor to portray Police Chief Derek Frye on All My Children (2004-2008). Other appearances include the role of Master Chief Russ Jeter on the TNT show The Last Ship from 2014 to 2018, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), and The Killer (2023). Parnell took over the role of Frye on All My Children, previously played b...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
as Richards
Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe —...
The Killer
2023
as The Lawyer - Hodges
After a fateful miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
2023
as Jefferson Twilight / OSI Agent (voice)
A nationwide manhunt for Hank Venture leads to untold dangers and unexpected revelations, while The Monarch is literally out for Dr Venture's blood. A...
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
as NRO
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it...
Top Gun: Maverick
2022
as Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” ...
A Million Little Pieces
2019
as Miles
A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.
Swim
2018
as Coach Moss
A young, naive swimming prodigy tries out for the nation's top swim team, where he is pushed towards greatness by a militant swim coach.
Game
2017
as Sherman Green
A new kid in town tests the limits at the high school basketball tryouts.
Brothers Blood
2017
as Eddy
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
as CIA Director
As humanity picks up the pieces after the battle of Chicago, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history…while an...
Pariah
2011
as Arthur
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009
as Narrator (voice)
More than just a biography, this film explores Bruce Lee's global impact to see how he has influenced all areas of popular culture including fitness, ...
Everyone's Hero
2006
as Additional Voices (voice)
A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.
Mind the Gap
2004
as John McCabe
Five seemingly unrelated people decide to take huge risks in their personal lives in an effort to find happiness.
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A solitary hitman's new job catches a detective's attention, leading both to discover unexpected similarities between them.