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Chris Ellis

Chris Ellis

Actor · Born 1956-04-14 · Dallas, Texas, USA

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Biography

Chris Ellis (born April 14, 1956) is an American film and television actor. Ellis always wanted to be an actor because of television. He grew up in the 50's in the deep south in a "world of privation and violence", but saw on television people who seemed to have lives of ease and privilege. It took him seven years to finish college however, because "I have always been shiftless". During those years Chris became involved in community theatre in Memphis, where "I did and do still think the quality of the work has always been quite good". By the time he moved to New York, he had worked with many excellent actors in about two dozen plays, classical and contemporary. "I cannot imagine what might have supplanted that background for a newcomer in New York." His first part in either television or film came in 1979, where he played a truck driver in the TV movie The Suicide's Wife, which starred Angie Dickinson. The role resulted in very little TV or film work. After working in regional theatre for a year or so, Chris fell off the radar screen and did not work for about ten years. During that time he lived in "bone-grinding poverty" in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen. In one nine-month period …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Dark Knight Rises (2012) — Fr. Reilly
  2. Catch Me If You Can (2002) — Special Agent Witkins
  3. Transformers (2007) — Admiral Brigham
  4. Armageddon (1998) — Flight Director Clark
  5. Live Free or Die Hard (2007) — Capt. Jack Scalvino
  6. Apollo 13 (1995) — Deke Slayton
  7. The Island (2005) — Aces & Spades Barman
  8. The Office (2005) — Chris O'Keefe
  9. Con Air (1997) — BOP Official Grant
  10. Planet of the Apes (2001) — Commander Karl Vasich
  11. The Mentalist (2008) — Sherrif Mullery
  12. Godzilla (1998) — General Anderson
  13. Criminal Minds (2005) — Sheriff Rhodes
  14. The X-Files (1993) — Sheriff Lance Hindt
  15. Addams Family Values (1993) — Moving Man
  16. Young Sheldon (2017) — Marty Steinbecker
  17. Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) — Vice President - Grand Cayman Bank
  18. Bean (1997) — Detective Butler
  19. NCIS (2003) — John Deluca
  20. The Guest (2014) — Hendricks
  21. G-Force (2009) — NSA Director
  22. Crimson Tide (1995) — Additional Magician
  23. My Cousin Vinny (1992) — J.T.
  24. Ghost Whisperer (2005) — Captain Ken Nilsen
  25. Days of Thunder (1990) — Harlem Hoogerhyde
  26. The Devil's Rejects (2005) — Coggs
  27. Mad Men (2007) — Del Hill
  28. October Sky (1999) — Principal Turner
  29. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) — Clinton Malton
  30. 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020) — Derek Poole
  31. Six Feet Under (2001) — Construction Worker #2
  32. Wag the Dog (1997) — Officer
  33. A Little Princess (1995) — Policeman
  34. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008) — Hayes
  35. McFarland, USA (2015) — Coach Jenks (as Chris Ellis Jr.)
  36. That Thing You Do! (1996) — Phil Horace
  37. Justified (2010) — Douglas Cooper
  38. Jessabelle (2014) — Sheriff Pruitt
  39. Warehouse 13 (2009) — Colonel Arnold Cassell
  40. CSI: NY (2004) — Vincent Williams