Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chris Mulkey (born May 3, 1948) is an American actor who most recently appeared in Cloverfield, the NBC TV movie Knight Rider, and as a corporate executive in season 7 of 24. He has also played a coach in four episodes of Friday Night Lights, and appeared in numerous TV shows and movies as far back the mid 1970s, such as Baretta and early '90s cult classic Twin Peaks. Finally, he is well known to fans of the Wing Commander franchise as Col. Jacob "Hawk" Ma...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Long Game
2025
as Chris Valente
Ambitious young actress Holly Sloan agrees to help her boyfriend Richard Metzger scam Hollywood legend Mariah McKay, but the two women strike up an un...

Feeling Randy
2024
as The Teacher
In the late 70s, four teen boys go on a road trip to discover their sexuality and get their rocks off at the fictional Kitty Ranch Brothel. A classic ...

Good Men
2024
as Self
After the birth of his grandson, Bobby Roth undertakes a cinematic investigation as to what constitutes being a "good man" in today's world. This voya...

Inheritance
2024
as Doug Forester
Estranged sisters Lucy and Paige reunite to bury their father, becoming entangled in the complicated web of their past as they realize that they have ...

Universal Groove
2024
as The Agent
Filmed in 1999, Universal Groove explores 90s rave culture through eight diverse characters seeking escape and self-discovery amidst drugs and dance, ...

Rockbottom
2024
as The Hand
Follows hair metal band CougarSnake of 1980s, whose career ended just as it was starting due to clashes over the direction of the group.

Deadland
2023
as Charlie Hobbs
After covering up the murder of an undocumented migrant, a U.S. Border Patrol Agent is haunted by the victim’s spirit, forcing him to confront the sin...

Mother, May I?
2023
as Bill
Emmett enters into a nightmarish game of therapy with his wife Anya, who has inexplicably taken on the persona of his estranged and recently-deceased ...

Wildflower
2023
as Hal
The story of Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with an intellectually disabled parent and an extended family who can't quite ...

Mosquito
2022
as Sheriff Linton Jones
A tale of sacrifice and showmanship told through rival doctors in the old west.

The Hand That Feeds
2021
as Deputy Director Hank Mullen
With the passing of his estranged father, Russell inherits the only asset to his name: a bar. As relationships form and Rusty finds himself right at h...

How to Deter a Robber
2021
as Andy Reynolds
In a desolate town in Northern Wisconsin, a stubborn young woman and her naïve boyfriend face off against a pair of amateur burglars.

The Humming of the Beast
2021
as Mr. Tim
In a dystopian future, Ramona, a Guatemalan mother who has lived in the United States for years, must escape before being placed in a concentration ca...

Killing Eleanor
2020
as Edward Grillo
A terminally ill old lady who wants to die on her own terms convinces a self-destructive addict to help kill her, in exchange for clean urine.

Rogue Warfare: Death of a Nation
2020
as Commander Brisco
After rescuing Daniel from the terrorist Black Mask Organization, the team uncovers plans for a deadly bomb set to detonate in 36 hours that threatens...

Emerald Run
2020
as Alfio Sarda
A desperate man gets involved in a risky plan to smuggle emeralds across the Mexican border in order to save his daughter's life. When the deal goes a...

Rogue Warfare: The Hunt
2019
as Commander Brisco
The next installment of the Rogue Warfare Trilogy. Daniel has been captured and it is up to the TEAM to find him before it is to late.

Rogue Warfare: The Hunt
2019
Co-Executive Producer
The next installment of the Rogue Warfare Trilogy. Daniel has been captured and it is up to the TEAM to find him before it is to late.

Spinning Dry
2019
as Jackie
A film that takes place over one wild day and night of crisscrossing events. Described as if 'Neil Simon had written 'Leaving Las Vegas', the film cen...

Rogue Warfare
2019
as Commander Brisco
A group of military elite from the U.S., Russia, UK, China and France join forces to fight an elite underground terrorist network.

Rogue Warfare
2019
Co-Executive Producer
A group of military elite from the U.S., Russia, UK, China and France join forces to fight an elite underground terrorist network.

The World Without You
2019
as David
The Frankel family copes with the death of son Leo, a journalist killed on assignment in Iraq. During a weekend memorial service marking the one-year ...

Above Suspicion
2019
as Todd Eason
The chilling true story of a newly married FBI poster boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affa...

Roads, Trees and Honey Bees
2019
as Mark Anderson
A man travels across the country to care for his dementia-ridden father. Joined by his sister and an aspiring musician, he learns that unexpected turn...

Gloria Bell
2019
as Charlie
Gloria is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clu...

The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
2019
as Ford
After a mass shooting at a police funeral, reclusive ex-cop Gannon finds himself unwittingly forced out of retirement when he realizes that the killer...

On the Basis of Sex
2018
as Charles Moritz
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century o...

Spare Room
2018
as Mac
A broken, guilt-ridden young vet attempts to make amends while renting a room from his fallen brother's widow.

Gotti
2018
as Frank DeCicco
John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tr...

Quality Problems
2018
as Clyde
Bailey and Drew are a 40 something couple much like other couples: They have two kids, two jobs, one dad with Alzheimers and one boob with cancer. Tos...

Ouija House
2018
as Tomas
A graduate student, who is trying to finish the last of her research on a book project that she hopes will help her down-on-her-luck mother, brings fr...

The Clinic
2018
as Dr. Ballard
When a woman wakes up unexpectedly from a coma after an experimental procedure, she must piece together her past while searching for her missing daugh...

It Happened Again Last Night
2017
as William
Paige must choose between love and fear before she has no choices left to make.

This Is Christmas
2017
as Dennis
Christmas is approaching, and best friends Harry, Jordan, Ben, and Dennis are at their annual get together before the holidays. As they share stories ...

Call Me King
2017
as Angelo
In the international world of gun running... loyalty, honor and discretion are valuable commodities, but nothing is more priceless than the bond of fa...

Dead on Arrival
2017
as Hans Dunkle
A pharmaceutical sales rep visits a small town in Louisiana on business. He finds himself in a dark world of corruption and murder with 24 hours to li...

Message from the King
2017
as Leary
On a relentless quest to avenge his sister's murder, a man from Cape Town infiltrates a sprawling network of lowlifes and elites in Los Angeles.

Car Dogs
2017
as Malcolm Chamberlain
Malcolm is a brilliant, callous businessman who is a vicious, overbearing father. Mark is the sales manager at Chamberlain Auto, the dealership that p...

Mad Families
2017
as Tommy
Three families compete for a camping spot during a busy Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Wolves at the Door
2016
as John
Four friends gather at an elegant home during the Summer of Love, 1969. Unbeknownst to them, deadly visitors are waiting outside. What begins as a sim...

Killer Waves
2016
as Micky Barrels
A slasher is killing surfers to make a surfboard out of human flesh.

Dr. Del
2016
as Charley
Del Canyon reluctantly returns to his small hometown to run his family's apothecary, the only source for medical attention for hundreds of miles. The ...

The Jersey Devil
2015
as God
When his term limit comes up, Lucifer, the original Devil, must turn the reigns of Hell over to James Burnett. But Burnett has new plans for Hell that...

Truth
2015
as Maurice Udell
As a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather, Mary Mapes believes she’s broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a si...

Whiplash
2014
as Uncle Frank
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

The Surface
2014
as Kelly
Two strangers, both at the end of their rope, suddenly meet in the middle of the unpredictable waters of Lake Michigan.

Last Weekend
2014
as Malcolm Green
When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed weekend b...

The Living
2014
as Howard
After beating his wife in an alcohol-fueled rage, a man (Fran Kranz) tries to redeem himself, while his brother-in-law (Kenny Wormald) hires a hit man...

Decoding Annie Parker
2014
as Ralph Parker
The lives of a breast-cancer patient and a researcher who is trying to prove a genetic link to cancer intersect in a groundbreaking study.

Captain Phillips
2013
as John Cronan
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship...

The Levenger Tapes
2013
Detectives in a remote town pore through every frame of a troubling tape to find the whereabouts of three missing college students. The chilling foota...

The Purge
2013
as Mr. Halverson
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During on...

Sanitarium
2013
as Father
Malcom McDowell, Lou Diamond Phillips and Robert Englund star in three separate stories set in an eerie mental asylum.

Any Day Now
2012
as DA Wilson
In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the un...

Collapse
2012
as Robert Morgan
The normal worries of a struggling small town farmer are blown away when the world is suddenly overrun by undead monsters. How can a good man protect ...

Bad Actress
2011
as Bernie Pillage
Alyssa Rampart Pillage is a washed up TV queen whose career has been reduced to starring in commercials for her husband Bernie’s appliance empire. Whe...

Narx
2011
as Sergeant Rhodes
Based on a shocking true story. An undercover cop puts his life on the line to fight corruption in his department, while trying to take down the bigge...

Flowers for Norma
2010
as Flower Vendor
A young man strolls the streets of New York City to meet the love of his life, only to find that love is not all he expected it to be.

Bare Knuckles
2010
as Al the Boxing Trainer
Women will go to extreme lengths for those they love and single mother Samantha Rogers is no exception. Along with her young daughter, Milla, Sam stru...

The Perfect Game
2009
as Lucky Haskins
Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.

Dark Moon Rising
2009
as John
Small-town girl meets mysterious drifter boy, they fall in love. Only in this case, the boy brings with him a family curse and unimaginable horror tha...

Dark Moon Rising
2009
Co-Producer
Small-town girl meets mysterious drifter boy, they fall in love. Only in this case, the boy brings with him a family curse and unimaginable horror tha...

A Teacher's Crime
2008
as Bill Rander
Carrie is an attractive high school history teacher who one day decides to help a troubled student, taking an special interest for him, unaware of the...

Older Than America
2008
as Paul Gunderson
The truth of the past come to light in a series of haunting visions in this drama. The strange visions grow more vivid with each passing day, a young ...

Little Chenier
2008
as Sheriff Kline Lebauve
LITTLE CHENIER: A CAJUN STORY is the story of a young man who lives a simple life on a houseboat in the Louisiana bayou with his mentally handicapped ...

Knight Rider
2008
as Sheriff Ramsey
When a group of ruthless mercenaries kill a reclusive scientist, his creation, a new model of artificially intelligent supercar, escapes to find his d...

Cloverfield
2008
as Lt. Col. Graff
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the p...

I Tried
2007
as Strank
What if Bone Thugs N harmony never got to audition for Eazy E. What would their outcome have been. This gritty, real tale tells the story of Krayzie, ...

Dragon Wars: D-War
2007
as Agent Frank Pinsky
Ethan learns he carries the spirit of a warrior who battled dragons in 16th-century Korea -- and one day he'll find a tattooed girl carrying the spiri...

Nanking
2007
as Mills McCallum
The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens o...

One Night with You
2006
as Detective Brown
As Jake Tarlow knows, sometimes things don't turn out as you'd like. You end up living in your car. Your bookie is going to smash your face in if you ...

Unknown
2006
as Detective James Curtis
Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.

The Curiosity of Chance
2006
as Sir
It’s the ‘80s once again, new wave angst and genderbending fashion are all the rage, but new kid at school, Chance Marquis, is trying to find new ways...

Love and Debate
2006
as Austin
A girl goes to Harvard and joins the debate team. She has to deal with a ton of issues, from boyfriends, to ethnicity, to religion, to sexual assault...

Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western
2006
as self
A documentary about the making of the 2006 AMC miniseries Broken Trail.

Dreamland
2006
as Herb
A young woman who lives in a desert trailer park must choose between caring for her hapless father and sick friend or fulfilling her own destiny.

Mysterious Skin
2005
as Mr. Lackey
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.

North Country
2005
as Earl Slangley
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States — Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endure...

Radio
2003
as Frank
In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nic...

Manhood
2003
as Travel Agent
Filled with both laughter and tears, Manhood is a fascinating exploration of the interpersonal relationships that can define - or destroy - a family. ...

American Girl
2002
as John Grubb
A pregnant teenager is determined to leave her trailer park home with the hope of living a happy family life.

Slow Burn
2000
as Jacob McTeague
A woman's lifelong pursuit of lost family diamonds is interrupted by the appearance of two escaped convicts.

Sugar Town
1999
as Aaron
A look at the lives of several struggling L.A. musicians. Gwen, a singer-songwriter, is on a quest for the big-time. Working as an assistant to a fil...

Jimmy Zip
1999
as Ron Conesco
An abused runaway with pyromaniac tendencies teams up with a metal sculptor. Together they blow away the art world and a local crime boss.

Requiem for Murder
1999
as Richard Poe
Anne Winslow hosts a popular classical music radio show. Detective Lou Heinz discovers Anne is connected to a series of murders in which the victim is...

Psychopath
1998
as Lennox
A beautiful attorney's hunt for a serial killer is frustrated by his accomplice's twisted scheme to keep the killer free at all costs

The Cowboy and the Movie Star
1998
as Sheriff
Depressed at the thought of losing his family ranch to settle his divorce, cowboy Clint Brannan decides to drive his cattle up to their high pasture.

Bulworth
1998
as Cop #2
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecti...

Sub Down
1997
as Commander Kirsch
When a nuclear attack submarine crashes on the floor of the Artic ocean, it's up to a pair of research scientists to save the entire crew before time ...

Behind Enemy Lines
1997
as Jones
An ex-marine returns to Vietnam when he learns his former mercenary partner whom he thought was killed is being held by a sadistic general.

Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997
as Jerry Pascoe
As two warring media moguls grapple for ownership of a coveted professional football team, they use the newspapers, magazines and television stations ...

Foxfire
1996
as Dan Goldman
The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but...

The Fan
1996
as Tim
When the San Francisco Giants pay center-fielder, Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supporti...

Dead Cold
1996
as Eric
When a carjacking leaves L.A. screenwriter Eric recovering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen, wife Alicia nurses him back to health. Four months lat...

Broken Arrow
1996
as Major Hunt
When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warhea...

Amanda
1996
as Caleb Farnsworth
A small boy is hurt by a horse on his father's ranch and he refuses to even be near one ever again. When a storyteller called Seven arrives with his h...

Texas Justice
1995
as Lanny Shelton
When a Texas millionaire marries his mistress, a bitter divorce battle, two deaths, an FBI sting operation, and criminal trials ensue.

Nowhere to Hide
1994
as Jonathan Blake
Divorcee learns from the FBI that her husband has mafia connections and put a contract on her life. She gets into the witness protection program and f...

Ghost in the Machine
1993
as Bram Walker
After a freak, fatal accident, the soul Karl—aka The Address Book Killer—ends up trapped in the electrical grid. He targets Terry and her son for his ...

Bound and Gagged: A Love Story
1993
as Steve
Leslie's husband Steve is a brute and she wants out, at least she thinks she does. Her lover Elizabeth agrees that Steve needs to go away, so they plo...

The Switch
1993
as Bill
Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident. He gradually loses the will to live, in the meantime befriending a talk ...

Deadbolt
1992
as Jordan
When medical student Marty places an ad for a roommate, her ad is answered by handsome, clean-cut Alec. At first Alec seems to be a wonderful roommate...

The Silencer
1992
as George
Harley-riding Angel plays to win in her fight against a slavery and prostitution ring that abuses young runaways -- It's a life-and-death game in whic...

Gas Food Lodging
1992
as Raymond
Nora, a single mother raising two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, waits tables at a truck-stop diner in a small New Mexico town. The beautiful and...

Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
1992
as Charlie White
This follow-up to "Drug Wars: The Camarena Story" chronicles the fact-based fight by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and the Colombian government to ...

Write to Kill
1991
as Jamie Sanford
In this thriller, Jamie Sanford is murdered by a group of counterfeiters when he attempts to expose them in order to secure an early parole. However, ...

Runaway Father
1991
as Richard
A woman's husband leaves her and their three daughters. Years later she sets out to find him and get him to pay back child support.
Ambition
1991
as Man in Bookstore
Mitchell Osgood dreams of being a famous writer, but the book he has written constantly is rejected by the editors. When the psychopathic killer Alber...

Angel of Death
1990
as Matt
Escaped convict Gary Nicholson falls in love becomes obsessed with artist Laura Hendricks. He vows to protect her and her six-year-old son from any an...

Hometown Boy Makes Good
1990
as Al Swearingen
A med school burnout returns to his small home town, but when he decides against telling his mother that he dropped out, complications ensue.

K-9000
1990
as Eddie Monroe
A policeman and a scientist team up to recover her latest creation, a cybernetic, crime-fighting dog.

Denial
1990
as Chad
A young woman tries to leave her troubled past behind. She meets her old flame by accident and they fall in love again, but this obsessive relationshi...

Rainbow Drive
1990
as Ira Rosenberg
A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to cover up the crime.
From Hollywood to Deadwood
1989
as Nick Detroit
When actress Lana Dark (Barbara Schock) disappears in the middle of a film shoot, putting an expensive stop to production, the studio hires gumshoes R...

Roe vs. Wade
1989
as Ron Weddington
Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, ...

Rain Man
1988
as (voice)
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant olde...

Tricks of the Trade
1988
as Lt. Stryker
After her picture perfect husband is murdered in a prostitute's apartment, Beverly Hills homemaker Catherine is devastated. But she doesn't spend too ...

Heartbreak Hotel
1988
as Steve Ayres
When a teen tries to set up a band at his school, his mother - who was a big fan of Elvis Presley - gets in a wreck. He and his band members then deci...

In Dangerous Company
1988
as Chris
A beautiful woman seduces and tricks a hitman in order to save her own skin.

Jack's Back
1988
as Scott Morofsky
A young doctor is suspected when a series of Jack the Ripper copycat killings is committed. However, when the doctor himself is murdered, his identica...

Under the Gun
1988
as Larry
A St. Louis cop, Mike Braxton (Sam Jones), receives an urgent call for help from his brother Tony (Nick Cassavetes), a small time thief in Los Angeles...

Patti Rocks
1988
as Billy Regis
It's Christmas time in the twin cities. Billy's working a lot of overtime, running barges on the Mississippi. He calls his friend Eddie, whom he hasn'...

Patti Rocks
1988
Writer
It's Christmas time in the twin cities. Billy's working a lot of overtime, running barges on the Mississippi. He calls his friend Eddie, whom he hasn'...

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
as Burn's Chicago Lawyer
The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.

The Hidden
1987
as Jack DeVries
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young F...
Deadly Care
1987
as Richard Halloran
True story about a nurse's descent into the nightmarish world of substance abuse which endangers her life and the lives of her patients.

Quiet Cool
1986
as Red
Joe Dylanne, a tough New York City police officer, is summoned to Northern California at the behest of Katy Greer, an old flame. Katy desperately need...

Brother Where You Bound
1985
as Defence Technician
A man becomes an extremist after a military official disrespects his country.

Runaway
1984
as David Johnson
In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncove...

Dreamscape
1984
as Finch
In order to diagnose the psychic traumas suffered by his patients, Dr. Paul Novotny gets young Alex Gardner to enter their dreams.

48 Hrs.
1982
as Second Cop
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

First Blood
1982
as Deputy Ward
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an...

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982
as Daniels
Lyle Swann is a successful off-road racer who mistakenly gets sent back in time 100 years. When a band of outlaws robs Swann of his motorcycle, he's f...

Dangerous Company
1982
as Jeremy Blake
The true story of Ray Johnson, a convict who spent most of his life in and out of prison until he finally decided to turn his life around.

The Killing of Randy Webster
1981
as Sonny Manse
When his teenage son is shot by the Houston police following a stolen van chase, his father undertakes a tireless investigation into the truth and unc...

All Night Long
1981
as Russell Monk
Executive George Dupler loses his temper and is demoted to the night manager at a 24 hour drugstore. After he suggests to his teenage son Freddie that...

Act of Love
1980
as Nurse Watkins
A tragic motorcycle accident leaves one brother paralyzed while the other brother is left guilt-ridden. Seeing his brother struggle with his new life...

The Long Riders
1980
as Vernon Biggs
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin the...

Sunnyside
1979
as Reggie Flynn
Nick Martin, a young street tough, has a change of heart and attempts to stop the gang violence in his neighborhood.

The Boss' Son
1978
as Fred
Bobby Rose has just returned home after graduating business school. He agrees to start working for his father, a successful carpet manufacturer. Bobby...

Tomcats
1977
as Cullen Garrett
When four degenerate thugs rape and murder a young waitress in part of their rape and murder spree, they are arrested, but get away with though a lega...

Loose Ends
1975
as Billy Regis
Two working class friends desire to escape from their depressing lives.
Escape from Paradise
N/A
as Detective Dan Rayden
A dedicated cancer research doctor living the good life in New York has his perfect life suddenly torn apart when his wife and three of their closest ...
Boris Is Dead
N/A
as Ross
A struggling actor, working as a waiter, unwittingly becomes involved in a violent heist gone wrong, where his boss—deep in debt—has been stealing fro...
Long Shadows
N/A
as Roy Holt
When a young boy's mother and father are savagely murdered, he ages out of an orphanage intent on revenge, but the love of a girl and psychological tr...

The Remedy
N/A
as Uncle Joe
A troubled young man is the caregiver for both his terminally-ill mother and his mentally-ill sister. When he makes a desperate attempt to save his mo...