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