Chris Parnell
Acting
Born: February 5, 1967 (age 59) · Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Highest Rated
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).
Known for
Rick and Morty
2013
21 Jump Street
2012
The Simpsons
1989
Hotel Transylvania
2012
Friends
1994
The Dictator
2012
Hotel Transylvania 2
2015
Family Guy
1999
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
Love, Death & Robots
2019
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
Photos (6)
Movies (75)
Hotel Transylvania
Mr. Fly (voice)
Stop! That! Train!
Conductor Davenport
Hotel Transylvania 2
Fly (voice)
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Stan / Fish Man (voice)
The Dictator
News Anchor
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Dave Bollinari (voice)
The Dink
Neil
21 Jump Street
Mr. Gordon
Turbo
Announcer #2 (voice)
Home Sweet Home Alone
Uncle Stu
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Walter
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Garth Holliday
Jingle All the Way
Toy Store Sales Clerk
Escape from Planet Earth
Hammer (voice)
The Laundromat
Doomed Gringo #2
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Garth Holliday
The Ridiculous 6
Bank Manager
The Five-Year Engagement
Bill
Battle of the Sexes
DJ
Hot Rod
Barry Pasternack
Sisters
Phil
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
Washington (voice)
Senior Year
Jim Conway
Life of the Party
Mr. Truzack (Wayne)
Barely Legal
Mr. Ronald Greitzer
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Theo
Lorne
Narrator
Down with Love
TV Emcee
Finding ʻOhana
Brown
Paper Man
Peter
Our Little Secret
Veterinarian
Labor Pains
Jerry Steinwald
A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice
Gerald (voice)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
Junior
The Ladies Man
Phil Swanson
Elena and the Secret of Avalor
Migs (voice)
Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice
Mr. Thistleton (voice)
The Grand
Harold Melvin
I Am Woman
Artie Mogull
Kabluey
Frank
The Last Laugh
Charlie Green
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Garth Holliday
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
Dr. Vince Harbert
Answer This!
Brian Collins
Mimics
Jack Conrad
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Edward Turlington (archive footage)
I'm Reed Fish
Ralph
Kung Fu Magoo
Cole Fusion / Ninja (voice)
Slice
Mayor Tracy
The Women of SNL
Various (archive footage)
Evil Alien Conquerors
Du-ug
Hollywood & Wine
Peter West
WordGirl: The Rise of Miss Power
2012
Harold
Coach Vanderpool
Austin Found
Alan Dickinson
Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins
Migs (voice)
Break Point
Jay LaRoche
An SNL Thanksgiving
(archive footage)
Ira & Abby
Dr. Ronald Silverberg
In Fidelity
Lyle Ayker
Hot Mess Holiday
Mike
The Dogfather
Brian Franks
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
2006
The Better Half
Daniel
Eavesdrop
Terrence
Looking for Kitty
Guy Borne
Shadows on the Wall
Charlie
Micro Budget
Toby
As We Know It
Ted Sommers
Sunny and Share Love You
Kevin Keith Baker
AJ's Infinite Summer
Dad (voice)
A Freezerburnt Christmas
2002
Yung Punx: A Punk Parable
therapist (voice)
Millennial Hunter
John (voice)
The Religetables
2002
TV Shows (116)
The Simpsons
Surgeon fiancé (voice) · 1 eps
Family Guy
Joe Paterno (voice) · 1 eps
Family Guy
Highway Man (voice) · 1 eps
Family Guy
Priest / Father Raccoon (voice) · 1 eps
Family Guy
White Guy (voice) · 1 eps
Family Guy
Target Manager / Veterinarian (voice) · 1 eps
Family Guy
Smarmy (voice) · 1 eps
Family Guy
Priest (voice) · 3 eps
Family Guy
Doug (voice) · 12 eps
Family Guy
Guy at Pool / Priest (voice) · 1 eps
Family Guy
Card Store Owner (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Doctor (voice) · 2 eps
American Dad!
(voice) · 2 eps
American Dad!
Valet / Borax Employee (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Francine's Drinking Buddy (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Book on Tape (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Kidnapper (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Dr. Moe Munney (voice) · 2 eps
American Dad!
James Garfield / Mint Worker (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Co-Worker (voice) · 2 eps
American Dad!
James Garfield (voice) · 7 eps
American Dad!
Train Actor (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Funeral Speaker (voice) · 1 eps
Rick and Morty
Jerry Smith (voice) · 91 eps
Friends
Bob · 1 eps
Bob's Burgers
Warren Fitzgerald (voice) · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Tom Brokaw (voice) · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Jim Lehrer (uncredited) · 1 eps
Conan
Book Signing · 1 eps
Seinfeld
NBC Executive · 1 eps
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Hank · 1 eps
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Geoffrey Hoytsman · 2 eps
The Goldbergs
Harrison Whitby · 2 eps
Glee
Mario · 1 eps
Gravity Falls
Additional Voices (voice) · 1 eps
Gravity Falls
Host (voice) · 1 eps
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
HOA Ambassador · 1 eps
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
(voice) · 1 eps
BoJack Horseman
Klaus / News Reporter (voice) · 1 eps
Robot Chicken
Scooter / Major Nelson (voice) · 1 eps
The Tom and Jerry Show
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
30 Rock
Dr. Leo Spaceman · 24 eps
Murphy Brown
1 eps
black-ish
Dean Parker · 1 eps
Fallout
Overseer Benjamin · 2 eps
Archer
Cyril Figgis (voice) · 132 eps
Archer
Siegbert Fuchs (voice) · 8 eps
Love, Death & Robots
The Cat (voice) · 2 eps
Love, Death & Robots
Sanchez (voice) · 1 eps
WordGirl
183 eps
grown-ish
Dean Burt Parker · 13 eps
Childrens Hospital
Ron Pippin · 1 eps
Eureka
Dr. Noah Drummer · 2 eps
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Parchment Paper (voice) · 1 eps
Caroline in the City
Gene · 1 eps
The Jamie Foxx Show
Director · 1 eps
My Adventures with Superman
Agent Slade Wilson (voice) · 14 eps
Dawn of the Croods
Snoot / Dub (voice) · 5 eps
Dawn of the Croods
Snoot / Evil Egg (voice) · 1 eps
Dawn of the Croods
Snoot (voice) · 22 eps
Workaholics
Bruce Benson · 1 eps
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Junior · 1 eps
Krapopolis
Ares (voice) · 3 eps
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Poseidon · 1 eps
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Stephendorff · 1 eps
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
Dustin Wallswreath / Jim McCoy / Cop (voice) · 1 eps
Elena of Avalor
Migs (voice) · 81 eps
Fish Hooks
Announcer / Allibut (voice) · 1 eps
Will & Grace
Dr. DiLorenzo · 2 eps
Miracle Workers
God's Dad · 1 eps
Drunk History
Thomas Edison · 1 eps
Drunk History
Jim Bowie · 1 eps
Drunk History
King Charles II · 1 eps
Drunk History
Carl Sagan · 1 eps
Suburgatory
Fred Shay · 45 eps
The Hughleys
Rick · 1 eps
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Judge Blort Clooney (voice) · 1 eps
Close Enough
Ron (voice) · 1 eps
Ed
DJ Curtis Morris · 1 eps
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
Mr. Peabody (voice) · 52 eps
The Hawk
Anton Floyd · 6 eps
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America
Benjamin Franklin · 1 eps
T.U.F.F. Puppy
Caped Cod (voice) · 1 eps
Suddenly Susan
Waiter · 1 eps
Suddenly Susan
Phil · 1 eps
Dogs in Space
Ed (voice) · 20 eps
Another Period
Dr. Sigmund Freudas · 1 eps
Better Off Ted
Walter · 1 eps
Love Bites
Chad Banks (segment "A Sexual Haunting") · 1 eps
Glenn Martin, DDS
1 eps
Great News
Gerald · 1 eps
Union Square
Don · 1 eps
Hope and Gloria
Howard · 1 eps
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
Walton Rothchild · 1 eps
The Life & Times of Tim
William (voice) · 1 eps
Rhett & Link's Buddy System
Vice Chairman · 1 eps
Ask the Storybots
1 eps
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
Ted (voice) · 1 eps
Garfunkel and Oates
Stan · 1 eps
Adam Ruins Everything
1 eps
Happy Together
Wayne · 13 eps
Bad Judge
Douglas Riller · 1 eps
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
Alvin Healy / Tenpin (voice) · 1 eps
The Spoils Before Dying
Bebop Jones · 6 eps
Dummy
Agent Chett · 1 eps
Breaking Bear
Dwight Salter / Governor Jim Cummings / Shooter (voice) · 8 eps
TV Funhouse
James Brolin (voice) · 1 eps
Benched
Mitch · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
9 eps
Conrad Bloom
Simpson · 2 eps
Mad Love
Officer Barrett · 2 eps
Miss Guided
Bruce Terry · 7 eps
Highston
Wilbur Liggetts · 1 eps
Alien News Desk
1 eps
Big Lake
Chris Henkel · 10 eps
I Just Want My Pants Back
JB · 12 eps
Self / Appearances (16)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters · 146 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self · 1 eps
Conan
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The $100,000 Pyramid
Self · 1 eps
Name That Tune
Self - Contestant · 1 eps
Match Game
Self - Panelist · 3 eps
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Self - Guest · 1 eps
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Self · 1 eps
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
Self / Various (archive footage)
Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood
Self
The Maya Rudolph Show
Self