Chris Parnell
Acting
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).
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
as Garth Holliday
Age 37 (now 59)
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
as Stan / Fish Man (voice)
Age 51 (now 59)
A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice
as Gerald (voice)
Age 58 (now 59)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
Age 57 (now 59)
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
as Washington (voice)
Age 55 (now 59)
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
as Dave Bollinari (voice)
Age 55 (now 59)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
as Junior
Age 53 (now 59)
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
as Stan / Fish Man (voice)
Age 51 (now 59)
Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins
as Migs (voice)
Age 50 (now 59)
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
as Dr. Vince Harbert
Age 50 (now 59)
Elena and the Secret of Avalor
as Migs (voice)
Age 49 (now 59)
Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood
as Self
Age 48 (now 59)
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
as Garth Holliday
Age 46 (now 59)
Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice
as Mr. Thistleton (voice)
Age 44 (now 59)
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
as Self
Age 43 (now 59)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
as Edward Turlington (archive footage)
Age 42 (now 59)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
as Garth Holliday
Age 37 (now 59) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
as Garth Holliday
Age 37 (now 59)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
as Self / Various (archive footage)
Age 35 (now 59)
Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances
as Ted (voice)
Age 58 (now 59)
Rock, Paper, Scissors
as Parchment Paper (voice)
Age 57 (now 59)
My Adventures with Superman
as Agent Slade Wilson (voice)
Age 56 (now 59)
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
as Alvin Healy / Tenpin (voice)
Age 54 (now 59)
Rhett & Link's Buddy System
as Vice Chairman
Age 49 (now 59)
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
as Walton Rothchild
Age 49 (now 59)
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
as Mr. Peabody (voice)
Age 48 (now 59)
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
as Dustin Wallswreath / Jim McCoy / Cop (voice)
Age 48 (now 59)
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
as Judge Blort Clooney (voice)
Age 47 (now 59)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as HOA Ambassador
Age 47 (now 59) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Voice Over (voice)
Age 47 (now 59)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
Age 47 (now 59)
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Age 26 (now 59)
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters
Age 8 (now 59)Gathering insights...
Also Known As
크리스 파넬, Thomas Christopher Parnell, کریس پارنل, Thomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell
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