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 Gro...
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Complete Filmography

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
as Self
Live from Radio City Music Hall, witness the concert of a lifetime with a star-studded lineup bringing together legendary Saturday Night Live hall-of-...

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self
Untold stories behind the culture-defining and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years.

Our Little Secret
2024
as Veterinarian
After discovering their significant others are siblings, two resentful exes must spend Christmas under one roof — while hiding their romantic history.

In Fidelity
2024
as Lyle Ayker
Lyle and Holly, a happily married New York couple decide to test the romantic boundaries of their monogamous relationship. Soon, a hypothetical love t...

Micro Budget
2024
as Toby
A mockumentary about an absolute moron attempting to make an independent film.

As We Know It
2023
as Ted Sommers
In the late '90s, James Bishop is dealing with a complicated breakup with the help of his best friend, while trying to finish his book before the impe...

Millennial Hunter
2023
as John (voice)
An action-comedy that centers on a flawed hero with a thirst for righteous revenge against his enemies: Millennials.

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
2022
as Washington (voice)
Nick Daley is following in his father's footsteps as night watchman at the American Museum of Natural History, so he knows what happens when the sun g...

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022
as Dave Bollinari (voice)
Decades since their successful television series was canceled, Chip has succumbed to a life of suburban domesticity as an insurance salesman. Dale, me...

Senior Year
2022
as Jim Conway
A thirty-seven-year-old woman wakes up from a twenty-year coma and returns to the high school where she was once a popular cheerleader to finish her s...

Hot Mess Holiday
2021
as Mike
A jilted woman and her friends end up with a 35-carat blood diamond during Diwali, but when it goes missing, they must find it before they get their e...

Yung Punx: A Punk Parable
2021
as therapist (voice)
Don’t let the 8- to 12- year- old age range fool you: Color Killer, a head-banging punk group, can bring the noise! But can they overcome in-fighting ...

Home Sweet Home Alone
2021
as Uncle Stu
After being left at home by himself for the holidays, 10-year-old Max Mercer must work to defend his home from a married couple who tries to steal bac...

Finding ʻOhana
2021
as Brown
Two Brooklyn siblings' summer in a rural Oahu town takes an exciting turn when a journal pointing to long-lost treasure sets them on an adventure, lea...

I Am Woman
2020
as Artie Mogull
In 1966, Helen Reddy landed in New York with her three year old daughter, a suitcase, and $230 in her pocket. Within weeks, she was broke. Within mont...

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
2020
as Junior
Kimmy's a famous author and she's about to marry a prince! But first she has to foil the Reverend's evil plot. It's your move: What should Kimmy do ne...

The Laundromat
2019
as Doomed Gringo #2
When a widow gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers in Panama who hide cash for the superrich.

The Last Laugh
2019
as Charlie Green
After moving to a retirement home, restless talent manager Al reconnects with long-ago client Buddy and coaxes him back out on the comedy circuit.

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
2018
as Walter
Be careful what you wish for. With their after school junk business, best friends Sonny and Sam hope to find treasure in other people’s trash. But whe...

Slice
2018
as Mayor Tracy
In a spooky small town, when a slew of pizza delivery boys are slain on the job, two daring survivors set out to catch the culprits behind the cryptic...

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018
as Stan / Fish Man (voice)
Dracula, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of the Drac Pack take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula falls in love with the ship’s capt...

Life of the Party
2018
as Mr. Truzack (Wayne)
When her husband suddenly dumps her, longtime dedicated housewife Deanna turns regret into re-set by going back to college... landing in the same clas...

Battle of the Sexes
2017
as DJ
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.

Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins
2017
as Migs (voice)
Join crown princess Elena as she soars through a hidden gateway into Vallestrella, the mysterious, dazzling domain of the Jaquins. On the way there, s...

Austin Found
2017
as Alan Dickinson
A woman who is fed up with her mundane lifestyle hatches a scheme to make her family instant celebrities by having her ex-boyfriend kidnap her 11-year...

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
2017
as Dr. Vince Harbert
After Santa tells Michael Bolton that he needs 75,000 new babies by Christmas to meet toy supply, he hosts a sexy telethon to get the world to start m...

Elena and the Secret of Avalor
2016
as Migs (voice)
In the Kingdom of Avalor, Elena takes Naomi up a mountain to show her favorite view of the kingdom. Elena laments to Naomi how she was trapped in the ...

Electric City
2016
as Voice Actor (voice)
In a post-apocalyptic world, humanity lives in small settlements whose main activity is to produce electricity.

Sisters
2015
as Phil
Two disconnected sisters are summoned to clean out their childhood bedrooms before their parents sell their family home.

The Better Half
2015
as Daniel
A mother dies unexpectedly leaving her soul split, one-half redeemable and the other in need of redemption.

The Ridiculous 6
2015
as Bank Manager
When his long-lost outlaw father returns, Tommy "White Knife" Stockburn goes on an adventure-filled journey across the Old West with his five brothers...

Hotel Transylvania 2
2015
as Fly (voice)
When the old-old-old-fashioned vampire Vlad arrives at the hotel for an impromptu family get-together, Hotel Transylvania is in for a collision of sup...

Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood
2015
as Self
Previously unseen stand-up comedy by Jeff Dunham. Sketches include popular characters. Brad Paisley performs too! Special appearances by comic Chris P...

The Maya Rudolph Show
2014
as Self
Maya Rudolph's take on the variety show special with guest stars in the vein of the Carol Burnett Show.

AJ's Infinite Summer
2014
as Dad (voice)
A happy-go-lucky teenager named AJ and his offbeat friends attempt to have the greatest summer ever.

Break Point
2014
as Jay LaRoche
Jimmy Price is a reckless man-child on the last leg of his career as a doubles tennis player. When his latest partner drops him, he realizes he's offi...

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013
as Garth Holliday
With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

Turbo
2013
as Announcer #2 (voice)
The tale of an ordinary garden snail who dreams of winning the Indy 500.

Escape from Planet Earth
2013
as Hammer (voice)
Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet.

Hotel Transylvania
2012
as Mr. Fly (voice)
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One spe...

The Dictator
2012
as News Anchor
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

The Five-Year Engagement
2012
as Bill
Exactly one year after Tom meets Violet, he surprises her with a wedding ring. By all accounts, Tom and Violet are destined for their happily ever aft...

21 Jump Street
2012
as Mr. Gordon
When cops Schmidt and Jenko join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover as high school students. They trade...

WordGirl: The Rise of Ms. Power
2012
There's a new super hero in town and WordGirl is excited for Miss Power to teach her everything she knows! But Miss Power has a secret weapon using me...

Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice
2011
as Mr. Thistleton (voice)
Lanny and Wayne are at it again! With the Big 2-5 fast approaching, Wayne and Lanny must race to recover classified North Pole technology which has fa...

Answer This!
2011
as Brian Collins
Brilliant trivia whiz Paul Tarson is great at answering little questions but horrible at answering the big ones – like what’s he going to do after gra...

Hollywood & Wine
2011
as Peter West
Diane Blaine has the face of a movie star. Unfortunately, fallen star/tabloid queen Jamie Stephens already made it famous. Hollywoods constant rejecti...

The Women of SNL
2010
as Various (archive footage)
A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.

Kung Fu Magoo
2010
as Cole Fusion / Ninja (voice)
The world’s most notorious bad guys are invited to the island fortress of super-villain Tan-Gu to compete in an Olympic-style tournament of evil, call...

The Dogfather
2010
as Brian Franks
When a Mafia don's right-hand man, a bulldog named Sonny, swallows his ring, comedy ensues as two of the don's best soldiers try and retrieve the ring...

Labor Pains
2009
as Jerry Steinwald
A young woman pretends to be pregnant in order to avoid being fired from her job. When that gets her a bunch of special treatment by everyone involved...

Paper Man
2009
as Peter
A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thi...

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009
as Edward Turlington (archive footage)
Amy Poehler's best Saturday Night Live sketches and performances.

Eavesdrop
2008
as Terrence
Two chess players face off at a busy café, studying both the pieces on the board and the unfolding dramas at the neighboring tables. While a young cou...

Harold
2008
as Coach Vanderpool
A teenager with an early onset of male-pattern baldness befriends his high school's janitor.

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
as Theo
Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey perseveres through changing musical styles, an addict...

Hot Rod
2007
as Barry Pasternack
For Rod Kimble, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather,...

Kabluey
2007
as Frank
Leslie is left with few options when her husband is sent back to war in the Middle East. A modest amount of help arrives in the form of his brother, S...

The Grand
2007
as Harold Melvin
The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poke...

I'm Reed Fish
2007
as Ralph
When an old high school crush returns to his small hometown, Reed Fish's once simple, calculated life begins to unravel. A drunken incident prompts Re...

Sunny and Share Love You
2007
as Kevin Keith Baker
Comedy - Kevin Keith Baker follows the bitterly divorced rockers as they unleash their music on a whole new audience: Kindergarteners. By day, they're...

Ira & Abby
2006
as Dr. Ronald Silverberg
A neurotic, young psychology student, with low self-esteem, has a chance encounter with a free-spirited, extremely gregarious woman who works at the P...

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
2006
Since the creation of Saturday Night Live in the 1970s, one of the signatures of the show has been its commercial parodies. From subtle to outrageous,...

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
as Garth Holliday
While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to ...

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
as Garth Holliday
It's the 1970s and San Diego anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Cornin...

Looking for Kitty
2004
as Guy Borne
A high school baseball coach and a down-on-his-luck private investigator form a bond as they scour New York City for the coach's wife, who's run away ...

Evil Alien Conquerors
2003
as Du-ug
Inept beings from the planet Kabijj land on Earth and attempt to behead all of its beings and take over the planet

Barely Legal
2003
as Mr. Ronald Greitzer
Teenager Deacon works at a video shop, and his buddies, Fred and Matt, sell the bootleg porno films he acquires. Deacon gets fired, but the pals have ...

Down with Love
2003
as TV Emcee
In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.
Farm Sluts
2003
as Larry
A successful 30 something (Chris Parnell) is fired for accidentally visiting a pornographic web site during office hours. His life unravels when the f...

A Freezerburnt Christmas
2002
Clever tale of a bumbling ice cream vendor named Freezerburn, who stumbles onto evil toy tycoon Sualc Atnas's plot to sabotage Santa's reindeer-driven...

The Religetables
2002
A VeggieTales parody showing the atrocities, violence, and scandals committed by religious figures or in the name of religion, including witch trials,...

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
2002
as Self / Various (archive footage)
The best skits from Will Ferrell's days on Saturday Night Live 1995-2002

The Ladies Man
2000
as Phil Swanson
Because of his salacious language, late-night radio advice-show host Leon Phelps, along with his sweet and loyal producer Julie, is fired from his Chi...

Jingle All the Way
1996
as Toy Store Sales Clerk
Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposi...
The Dink
N/A
A washed-up tennis pro who, in trying to save a club in crisis and win his father’s respect, is forced to break a solemn vow and do the one thing he s...
Mimics
N/A
as Jack Conrad
When a struggling impressionist and a contract for fame take center stage, the battle for a good man's soul takes the spotlight.