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Chris Parnell, born Thomas Christopher Parnell in Memphis, Tennessee, on 5 February 1967, is an American singer, comedian, voice actor and television actor. He was educated at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and began his performing career in 1995. Parnell, who uses his voice as an instrument, holds United States citizenship and worked in English-language television and voice roles during the 20th century.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Answer This!
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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…
Known for
- Micro Budget — Toby2026
- The Dink2026
- Mimics — Jack Conrad2026
- Stop! That! Train! — Conductor Davenport2026
- Lorne — Narrator2026
- The Hawk — Anton2026
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self2025
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self (archive footage)2025
- A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice — Gerald (voice)2025
- Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances — Ted (voice)2025
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1967
Member of
- Saturday Night Live1998–2006
- The Groundlings
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,708
- Total plays
- 8,057
Thomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell (born February 5, 1967 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an actor and comedian who was Saturday Night Live cast member in 1998-2001 and 2002-2006. After graduating from Germantown High School and the North Carolina School of the Arts, Chris Parnell joined Saturday Night Live as a featured player on September 26, 1998, and was promoted to regular cast status the following season. He was fired in the summer of 2001 and re-hired the following March. <a href="https://www.
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- A global reference for human genetic variation
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- Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant
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Key facts
- Born
- Thomas Christopher Parnell , ( 1967-02-05 ) February 5, 1967 (age 59) , Memphis, Tennessee , U.S.
- Education
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Actor comedian
- Years active
- 1988–present
- Known for
- 30 Rock Saturday Night Live Archer Rick and Morty
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Chris
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Memphis
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Chris Parnell by Gage Skidmore.jpg
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- Commons category
- Chris Parnell
- date of birth
- 1967-02-05
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- time period
- 20th century
- birth name
- Thomas Christopher Parnell
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Christopher Parnell (/pɑːrˈnɛl/ par-NELL; born February 5, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. First breaking through as a performer with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, Parnell found wider success during his tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1998 to 2006. After leaving SNL, he played the role of Dr. Leo Spaceman on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (2006–2013). Parnell is also a prominent voice actor known for his deep and distinctive voice. In animation, he voices the narrator on the PBS Kids series WordGirl (2007–2015), Cyril Figgis on the FX series Archer (2009–2023), Jerry Smith on Adult Swim's Rick and Morty (2013–present), and Doug on Fox's Family Guy (2019–2022). His work also extends into commercials, having voiced the Hamburger Helper mascot "Lefty", appeared in advertisements as "America's Dad" for Orbit Gum, and voiced "The Progressive Box" in a series of advertisements by the Progressive Corporation.
Early life
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