Chris Parnell

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Feb 05, 1967 (58 years old)

Chris Parnell

Known For

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
3h 1m
Movie 2025

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

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-famers, iconic guests and surprise musical performances.

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2h 8m
Movie 2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

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

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
TV Show 2025

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

This docuseries explores the iconic Saturday Night Live, showcasing the audition process, writing, infamous sketches, and the pivotal 11th season that cemented the show's DNA under Lorne Michaels' leadership.

Our Little Secret
1h 41m
Movie 2024

Our Little Secret

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

In Fidelity
1h 29m
Movie 2024

In Fidelity

Lyle and Holly, a happily married New York couple decide to test the romantic boundaries of their monogamous relationship. Soon, a hypothetical love triangle with their rock star neighbor becomes a reality they must now navigate.

Micro Budget
1h 28m
Movie 2024

Micro Budget

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

As We Know It
1h 24m
Movie 2023

As We Know It

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 impending zombie apocalypse.

Millennial Hunter
1h 10m
Movie 2023

Millennial Hunter

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
1h 17m
Movie 2022

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

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 goes down. But when the maniacal ruler Kahmunrah escapes, it is up to Nick to save the museum once and for all.

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
1h 39m
Movie 2022

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

Decades since their successful television series was canceled, Chip has succumbed to a life of suburban domesticity as an insurance salesman. Dale, meanwhile, has had CGI surgery and works the nostalgia convention circuit, desperate to relive his glory days. When a former cast mate mysteriously disappears, Chip and Dale must repair their broken friendship and take on their Rescue Rangers detective personas once again to save their friend’s life.

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).

Acting

2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2024
Our Little Secret
2024
In Fidelity
2024
Micro Budget
2023
As We Know It
2023
Millennial Hunter
2022
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
2022
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022
Senior Year
2021
Hot Mess Holiday
2021
Dogs in Space
2021
Yung Punx: A Punk Parable
2021
Home Sweet Home Alone
2021
Alpha Betas
2021
Finding ʻOhana
2020
I Am Woman
2020
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
2019
The Laundromat
2019
The Last Laugh
2018
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
2018
Happy Together
2018
Slice
2018
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018
Life of the Party
2017
Battle of the Sexes
2017
Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins
2017
Austin Found
2017
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
2016
Elena and the Secret of Avalor
2016
Elena of Avalor
2016
Electric City
2015
Sisters
2015
The Better Half
2015
The Ridiculous 6
2015
Highston
2015
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
2015
Hotel Transylvania 2
2015
Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood
2015
The Spoils Before Dying
2014
The Maya Rudolph Show
2014
AJ's Infinite Summer
2013
Turbo
2013
Escape from Planet Earth
2012
WordGirl: The Rise of Ms. Power
2011
Suburgatory
2011
I Just Want My Pants Back
2011
Hollywood & Wine
2010
Big Lake
2010
Big Lake
2010
Kung Fu Magoo
2010
The Dogfather
2009
Archer
2009
Labor Pains
2009
Paper Man
2008
Eavesdrop
2008
Harold
2008
Miss Guided
2007
The Grand
2007
I'm Reed Fish

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