Chris Parnell

Chris Parnell

1967-02-05 Memphis, Tennessee, USA 77 Credits

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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SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

2025

as Self

7.3
Acting

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

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025

as Self

7.9
Acting

Untold stories behind the culture-defining and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years.

Our Little Secret

Our Little Secret

2024

as Veterinarian

6.3
Acting

After discovering their significant others are siblings, two resentful exes must spend Christmas under one roof — while hiding their romantic history.

In Fidelity

In Fidelity

2024

as Lyle Ayker

Acting

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

Micro Budget

2024

as Toby

8.0
Acting

A mockumentary about an absolute moron attempting to make an independent film.

As We Know It

As We Know It

2023

as Ted Sommers

6.4
Acting

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

Millennial Hunter

2023

as John (voice)

3.3
Acting

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

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

2022

as Washington (voice)

6.4
Acting

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

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

2022

as Dave Bollinari (voice)

7.0
Acting

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

Senior Year

2022

as Jim Conway

5.9
Acting

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

Hot Mess Holiday

2021

as Mike

5.6
Acting

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

Yung Punx: A Punk Parable

2021

as therapist (voice)

Acting

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

Home Sweet Home Alone

2021

as Uncle Stu

4.9
Acting

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

Finding ʻOhana

2021

as Brown

6.2
Acting

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

I Am Woman

2020

as Artie Mogull

6.4
Acting

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

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend

2020

as Junior

6.5
Acting

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

The Laundromat

2019

as Doomed Gringo #2

6.0
Acting

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

The Last Laugh

2019

as Charlie Green

5.4
Acting

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

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

2018

as Walter

6.1
Acting

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

Slice

2018

as Mayor Tracy

4.5
Acting

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

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

2018

as Stan / Fish Man (voice)

6.9
Acting

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

Life of the Party

2018

as Mr. Truzack (Wayne)

6.1
Acting

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

Battle of the Sexes

2017

as DJ

6.8
Acting

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

Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins

2017

as Migs (voice)

Acting

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

Austin Found

2017

as Alan Dickinson

6.0
Acting

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

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

2017

as Dr. Vince Harbert

6.2
Acting

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

Elena and the Secret of Avalor

2016

as Migs (voice)

7.2
Acting

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

Electric City

2016

as Voice Actor (voice)

6.5
Acting

In a post-apocalyptic world, humanity lives in small settlements whose main activity is to produce electricity.

Sisters

Sisters

2015

as Phil

6.0
Acting

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

The Better Half

The Better Half

2015

as Daniel

3.0
Acting

A mother dies unexpectedly leaving her soul split, one-half redeemable and the other in need of redemption.

The Ridiculous 6

The Ridiculous 6

2015

as Bank Manager

5.2
Acting

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

Hotel Transylvania 2

2015

as Fly (voice)

6.8
Acting

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

Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood

2015

as Self

6.5
Acting

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

The Maya Rudolph Show

2014

as Self

5.0
Acting

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

AJ's Infinite Summer

AJ's Infinite Summer

2014

as Dad (voice)

6.7
Acting

A happy-go-lucky teenager named AJ and his offbeat friends attempt to have the greatest summer ever.

Break Point

Break Point

2014

as Jay LaRoche

5.8
Acting

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

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

2013

as Garth Holliday

6.1
Acting

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

Turbo

2013

as Announcer #2 (voice)

6.3
Acting

The tale of an ordinary garden snail who dreams of winning the Indy 500.

Escape from Planet Earth

Escape from Planet Earth

2013

as Hammer (voice)

5.7
Acting

Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet.

Hotel Transylvania

Hotel Transylvania

2012

as Mr. Fly (voice)

7.0
Acting

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

The Dictator

2012

as News Anchor

6.2
Acting

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

The Five-Year Engagement

2012

as Bill

5.9
Acting

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

21 Jump Street

2012

as Mr. Gordon

6.9
Acting

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

WordGirl: The Rise of Ms. Power

2012

Acting

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

Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice

2011

as Mr. Thistleton (voice)

7.0
Acting

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!

Answer This!

2011

as Brian Collins

4.4
Acting

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

Hollywood & Wine

2011

as Peter West

3.5
Acting

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

The Women of SNL

2010

as Various (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.

Kung Fu Magoo

Kung Fu Magoo

2010

as Cole Fusion / Ninja (voice)

4.9
Acting

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

The Dogfather

2010

as Brian Franks

2.9
Acting

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

Labor Pains

2009

as Jerry Steinwald

5.4
Acting

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

Paper Man

2009

as Peter

6.3
Acting

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

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

2009

as Edward Turlington (archive footage)

8.4
Acting

Amy Poehler's best Saturday Night Live sketches and performances.

Eavesdrop

Eavesdrop

2008

as Terrence

4.6
Acting

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

Harold

2008

as Coach Vanderpool

5.5
Acting

A teenager with an early onset of male-pattern baldness befriends his high school's janitor.

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

2007

as Theo

6.6
Acting

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

Hot Rod

2007

as Barry Pasternack

6.4
Acting

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

Kabluey

2007

as Frank

6.1
Acting

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

The Grand

2007

as Harold Melvin

5.9
Acting

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

I'm Reed Fish

2007

as Ralph

5.6
Acting

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

Sunny and Share Love You

2007

as Kevin Keith Baker

Acting

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

Ira & Abby

2006

as Dr. Ronald Silverberg

5.6
Acting

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

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies

2006

6.7
Acting

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

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

2004

as Garth Holliday

6.0
Acting

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

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

2004

as Garth Holliday

6.7
Acting

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

Looking for Kitty

2004

as Guy Borne

4.8
Acting

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

Evil Alien Conquerors

2003

as Du-ug

5.4
Acting

Inept beings from the planet Kabijj land on Earth and attempt to behead all of its beings and take over the planet

Barely Legal

Barely Legal

2003

as Mr. Ronald Greitzer

6.0
Acting

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

Down with Love

2003

as TV Emcee

6.1
Acting

In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.

Farm Sluts

2003

as Larry

4.2
Acting

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

A Freezerburnt Christmas

2002

Acting

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

The Religetables

2002

Acting

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

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell

2002

as Self / Various (archive footage)

7.7
Acting

The best skits from Will Ferrell's days on Saturday Night Live 1995-2002

The Ladies Man

The Ladies Man

2000

as Phil Swanson

5.4
Acting

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

Jingle All the Way

1996

as Toy Store Sales Clerk

6.1
Acting

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

Acting

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

Acting

When a struggling impressionist and a contract for fame take center stage, the battle for a good man's soul takes the spotlight.