
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.
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Hexedas (voice)Out Nov 2026IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.


as Dwight Salter / Governor Jim Cummings / Shooter (voice) · 8 episodes
as Neil
as Anton Floyd · 6 episodes
as Benjamin Franklin · 1 episode
as Conductor Davenport

as Toby

as Jack Conrad
as Doomed Gringo #2
as The Cat (voice) · 2 episodes

1 episode
as God's Dad · 1 episode
as Charlie Green
as Walter
as Wayne · 13 episodes
as Mayor Tracy
as Cyril Figgis (voice) · 132 episodes
1 episode
as Jerry Steinwald
as Peter
as Mario · 1 episode

as Edward Turlington (archive footage)
as Walter · 1 episode
as Ron Pippin · 1 episode
as Joe Paterno (voice) · 1 episode
as Rick · 1 episode

as Simpson · 2 episodes

as Don · 1 episode
as Toy Store Sales Clerk
as Waiter · 1 episode
as Director · 1 episode
as Gene · 1 episode
as Surgeon fiancé (voice) · 1 episode
as NBC Executive · 1 episode
1 episode

as Charlie
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