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βThomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell (born February 5, 1967) is an American comic actor best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1998β2006 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 β¦
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βThomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell (born February 5, 1967) is an American comic actor best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1998β2006 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).
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BODY OF WORK
Chris Parnell's Filmography
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Hexed
as (voice)
Wake
The Dink
as Neil
Stop! That! Train!
as Conductor Davenport
Lorne
as Narrator
Micro Budget
as Toby
Mimics
as Jack Conrad
A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice
as Gerald (voice)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
Our Little Secret
as Veterinarian
An SNL Thanksgiving
as (archive footage)
In Fidelity
as Lyle Ayker
As We Know It
as Ted Sommers
Millennial Hunter
as John (voice)
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
as Washington (voice)
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
as Dave Bollinari (voice)
Senior Year
as Jim Conway
Hot Mess Holiday
as Mike
Yung Punx: A Punk Parable
as therapist (voice)
Home Sweet Home Alone
as Uncle Stu
Finding Κ»Ohana
as Brown
I Am Woman
as Artie Mogull
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
as Junior
The Laundromat
as Doomed Gringo #2
The Last Laugh
as Charlie Green
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
as Walter
Slice
as Mayor Tracy
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
as Stan / Fish Man (voice)
Life of the Party
as Mr. Truzack (Wayne)
Battle of the Sexes
as DJ
Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins
as Migs (voice)
Austin Found
as Alan Dickinson
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
as Dr. Vince Harbert
Elena and the Secret of Avalor
as Migs (voice)
Sisters
as Phil
The Better Half
as Daniel
The Ridiculous 6
as Bank Manager
Hotel Transylvania 2
as Fly (voice)
Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood
as Self
WordGirl: Earth Day Girl
as The Narrator
Wordgirl: Monkey Business
as The Narrator
The Maya Rudolph Show
as Self
AJ's Infinite Summer
as Dad (voice)
Break Point
as Jay LaRoche
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
as Garth Holliday
Turbo
as Announcer #2 (voice)
WordGirl Vs. The Energy Monster
as The Narrator
Escape from Planet Earth
as Hammer (voice)
Hotel Transylvania
as Mr. Fly (voice)
The Dictator
as News Anchor
The Five-Year Engagement
as Bill
21 Jump Street
as Mr. Gordon
WordGirl: The Rise of Miss Power
Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice
as Mr. Thistleton (voice)
Answer This!
as Brian Collins
Hollywood & Wine
as Peter West
The Women of SNL
as Various (archive footage)
Kung Fu Magoo
as Cole Fusion / Ninja (voice)
No Poster
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
as Self
The Dogfather
as Brian Franks
Labor Pains
as Jerry Steinwald
Paper Man
as Peter
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
as Edward Turlington (archive footage)
Eavesdrop
as Terrence
Harold
as Coach Vanderpool
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
as Theo
Hot Rod
as Barry Pasternack
Sunny and Share Love You
as Kevin Keith Baker
Kabluey
as Frank
The Grand
as Harold Melvin
I'm Reed Fish
as Ralph
Ira & Abby
as Dr. Ronald Silverberg
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
as Garth Holliday
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
as Garth Holliday
Looking for Kitty
as Guy Borne
Evil Alien Conquerors
as Du-ug
Barely Legal
as Mr. Ronald Greitzer
Down with Love
as TV Emcee
No Poster
Farm Sluts
as Larry
A Freezerburnt Christmas
The Religetables
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
as Self / Various (archive footage)
The Ladies Man
as Phil Swanson
Jingle All the Way
as Toy Store Sales Clerk
Shadows on the Wall
as Charlie
No Poster
Crohnie
No Poster