Acting

Chris Parnell

Born 1967-02-05 · Memphis, Tennessee, USA77 series110 films

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.…

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Acting

2026Breaking BearDwight Salter / Governor Jim Cummings / Shooter (voice)8 ep.
2026The HawkAnton Floyd6 ep.
2026Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of AmericaBenjamin Franklin1 ep.
2025Good Hang with Amy PoehlerSelf - Guest1 ep.
2025Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable CircumstancesTed (voice)1 ep.
2025SNL50: Beyond Saturday NightSelf1 ep.
2024FalloutOverseer Benjamin2 ep.
2024Rock, Paper, ScissorsParchment Paper (voice)1 ep.
2023KrapopolisAres (voice)3 ep.
2023My Adventures with SupermanAgent Slade Wilson (voice)14 ep.
2021Dogs in SpaceEd (voice)20 ep.
2021Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.Alvin Healy / Tenpin (voice)1 ep.
2021Name That TuneSelf - Contestant1 ep.
2020Close EnoughRon (voice)1 ep.
2020DummyAgent Chett1 ep.
2019Love, Death & RobotsThe Cat (voice)3 ep.
2019Alien News Desk1 ep.
2019Miracle WorkersGod's Dad1 ep.
2018Happy TogetherWayne13 ep.
2018grown-ishDean Burt Parker13 ep.
2017Will & GraceDr. DiLorenzo2 ep.
2017Great NewsGerald1 ep.
2016Rhett & Link's Buddy SystemVice Chairman1 ep.
2016Ask the Storybots1 ep.
2016Elena of AvalorMigs (voice)81 ep.
2016The $100,000 PyramidSelf1 ep.
2016Match GameSelf - Panelist3 ep.
2016Bajillion Dollar Propertie$Walton Rothchild1 ep.
2015Dawn of the CroodsSnoot (voice)28 ep.
2015HighstonWilbur Liggetts1 ep.
2015The Mr. Peabody & Sherman ShowMr. Peabody (voice)52 ep.
2015Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!Dustin Wallswreath / Jim McCoy / Cop (voice)1 ep.
2015Adam Ruins Everything1 ep.
2015The Spoils Before DyingBebop Jones6 ep.
2015Another PeriodDr. Sigmund Freudas1 ep.
2014Penn Zero: Part-Time HeroJudge Blort Clooney (voice)1 ep.
2014BenchedMitch1 ep.
2014Bad JudgeDouglas Riller1 ep.
2014BoJack HorsemanKlaus / News Reporter (voice)1 ep.
2014Garfunkel and OatesStan1 ep.
2014Last Week Tonight with John OliverHOA Ambassador2 ep.
2014The Tom and Jerry ShowNarrator (voice)1 ep.
2013Rick and MortyJerry Smith (voice)91 ep.
2013The GoldbergsHarrison Whitby2 ep.
2013Brooklyn Nine-NineGeoffrey Hoytsman2 ep.
2013Drunk HistoryCarl Sagan4 ep.
2012Gravity FallsHost (voice)2 ep.
2012Comedy Bang! Bang!Poseidon2 ep.
2011SuburgatoryFred Shay45 ep.
2011I Just Want My Pants BackJB12 ep.
2011Love BitesChad Banks (segment "A Sexual Haunting")1 ep.
2011Mad LoveOfficer Barrett2 ep.
2011Bob's BurgersWarren Fitzgerald (voice)1 ep.
2010T.U.F.F. PuppyCaped Cod (voice)1 ep.
2010Fish HooksAnnouncer / Allibut (voice)1 ep.
2010Big LakeChris Henkel10 ep.
2009ArcherCyril Figgis (voice)140 ep.
2009Glenn Martin, DDS1 ep.
2009Better Off TedWalter1 ep.
2008Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday9 ep.
2008The Life & Times of TimWilliam (voice)1 ep.
2008Miss GuidedBruce Terry7 ep.
2007WordGirl183 ep.
200630 RockDr. Leo Spaceman24 ep.
2006EurekaDr. Noah Drummer2 ep.
2005American Dad!James Garfield (voice)22 ep.
2000TV FunhouseJames Brolin (voice)1 ep.
2000EdDJ Curtis Morris1 ep.
1999Family GuyDoug (voice)23 ep.
1998The HughleysRick1 ep.
1998Conrad BloomSimpson2 ep.
1997Union SquareDon1 ep.
1996Suddenly SusanWaiter2 ep.
1996The Jamie Foxx ShowDirector1 ep.
1995Hope and GloriaHoward1 ep.
1988Murphy Brown1 ep.
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Various Characters150 ep.

Guest appearances

2023My Adventures with SupermanAgent Slade Wilson (voice)14 ep.
2026The HawkAnton Floyd6 ep.
2026Good Hang with Amy PoehlerSelf - Guest1 ep.
2026Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of AmericaBenjamin Franklin1 ep.
2026Rock, Paper, ScissorsParchment Paper (voice)1 ep.
2016American Dad!(voice), Book on Tape (voice), Co-Worker (voice), Doctor (voice)22 ep.
2024KrapopolisAres (voice)3 ep.
2019Love, Death & RobotsSanchez (voice), The Cat (voice)3 ep.
2025Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable CircumstancesTed (voice)1 ep.
2001Saturday Night LiveJim Lehrer (uncredited), Self, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Various Characters19 ep.
2025SNL50: Beyond Saturday NightSelf1 ep.
2024FalloutOverseer Benjamin2 ep.
2024Name That TuneSelf - Contestant1 ep.
2022Last Week Tonight with John Oliver(voice), HOA Ambassador2 ep.
2019Family GuyCard Store Owner (voice), Doug (voice), Guy at Pool / Priest (voice), Highway Man (voice)23 ep.
2022Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest1 ep.
2021Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.Alvin Healy / Tenpin (voice)1 ep.
2020The SimpsonsSurgeon fiancé (voice)1 ep.
2020Close EnoughRon (voice)1 ep.
2020DummyAgent Chett1 ep.
2019Will & GraceDr. DiLorenzo2 ep.
2019The GoldbergsHarrison Whitby2 ep.
2019The $100,000 PyramidSelf1 ep.
2019Bajillion Dollar Propertie$Walton Rothchild1 ep.
2019Match GameSelf - Panelist3 ep.
2019Alien News Desk1 ep.
2019Miracle WorkersGod's Dad1 ep.
2013Drunk HistoryCarl Sagan, Jim Bowie, King Charles II, Thomas Edison4 ep.
2018Adam Ruins Everything1 ep.
2017Great NewsGerald1 ep.
2015Dawn of the CroodsSnoot (voice), Snoot / Dub (voice), Snoot / Evil Egg (voice)28 ep.
2017Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtJunior1 ep.
2017black-ishDean Parker1 ep.
2015Comedy Bang! Bang!Poseidon, Stephendorff2 ep.
2016Rhett & Link's Buddy SystemVice Chairman1 ep.
2016Ask the Storybots1 ep.
2016Bob's BurgersWarren Fitzgerald (voice)1 ep.
2015Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!Dustin Wallswreath / Jim McCoy / Cop (voice)1 ep.
2015Another PeriodDr. Sigmund Freudas1 ep.
2012ConanBook Signing, Self2 ep.
2015Childrens HospitalRon Pippin1 ep.
2015Penn Zero: Part-Time HeroJudge Blort Clooney (voice)1 ep.
2015Brooklyn Nine-NineGeoffrey Hoytsman2 ep.
2014BenchedMitch1 ep.
2014Bad JudgeDouglas Riller1 ep.
2014BoJack HorsemanKlaus / News Reporter (voice)1 ep.
2014Garfunkel and OatesStan1 ep.
2014The Tom and Jerry ShowNarrator (voice)1 ep.
2014GleeMario1 ep.
200630 RockDr. Leo Spaceman24 ep.
2012Gravity FallsAdditional Voices (voice), Host (voice)2 ep.
2011SuburgatoryFred Shay10 ep.
2010EurekaDr. Noah Drummer2 ep.
2011T.U.F.F. PuppyCaped Cod (voice)1 ep.
2011Curb Your EnthusiasmHank1 ep.
2011Love BitesChad Banks (segment "A Sexual Haunting")1 ep.
2011WorkaholicsBruce Benson1 ep.
2011Mad LoveOfficer Barrett2 ep.
2011Fish HooksAnnouncer / Allibut (voice)1 ep.
2011Robot ChickenScooter / Major Nelson (voice)1 ep.
2010The Life & Times of TimWilliam (voice)1 ep.
2010Better Off TedWalter1 ep.
2009Glenn Martin, DDS1 ep.
2006Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest1 ep.
2002EdDJ Curtis Morris1 ep.
2001FriendsBob1 ep.
2001The HughleysRick1 ep.
2001TV FunhouseJames Brolin (voice)1 ep.
1998Conrad BloomSimpson2 ep.
1998Murphy Brown1 ep.
1998Caroline in the CityGene1 ep.
1996Suddenly SusanPhil, Waiter2 ep.
1998Union SquareDon1 ep.
1997The Jamie Foxx ShowDirector1 ep.
1997SeinfeldNBC Executive1 ep.
1996Hope and GloriaHoward1 ep.

Also known as: 크리스 파넬 · Thomas Christopher Parnell · کریس پارنل · Thomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell