Chris Ellis
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Acting Credits
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 qualit...
Known For
Filmography
The Ghost Trap
2024
as Doug Kane
Silo
2021
as Mr. Adler
9-1-1: Lone Star
2020
as Derek Poole
What Still Remains
2018
as Harvey
The Oath
2018
as Hank
Kenny
2018
as Al
Homecoming
2018
as Richard Lehmann
The Show
2017
as Keller
Pitching Tents
2017
as Principal Don Bishop
Amelia 2.0
2017
as Senator Thaddeus Williams
Young Sheldon
2017
as Marty Steinbecker
McFarland, USA
2015
as Coach Jenks (as Chris Ellis Jr.)
K.C. Undercover
2015
as Christos Markos
Jessabelle
2014
as Sheriff Pruitt
Faults
2014
as Dad
The Guest
2014
as Hendricks
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
as Fr. Reilly
Political Animals
2012
as Jubal Jacobs
The Finder
2012
as Warden Nick Larsen
Fairly Legal
2011
as Maddox Resor
Harry's Law
2011
Law & Order: LA
2010
as Walter Exley
Justified
2010
as Douglas Cooper
The Good Guys
2010
as Beau Teague
Teenage Dirtbag
2009
as Pops
G-Force
2009
as NSA Director
Warehouse 13
2009
as Colonel Arnold Cassell
Gospel Hill
2008
as L Donn Murray
Crazy
2008
as Glen the Carousel Manager
The Mentalist
2008
as Sherrif Mullery
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008
as Hayes
In Plain Sight
2008
as Reidell
Live Free or Die Hard
2007
as Capt. Jack Scalvino
Transformers
2007
as Admiral Brigham
Burn Notice
2007
as Virgil Watkins
Mad Men
2007
as Del Hill
Sissy Frenchfry
2006
as Willinger McDodey
Believe in Me
2006
as Jim Stovall
The Darkroom
2006
as Jackson
The Unit
2006
as Congressman Bruce Gelber
Vanished
2006
as Shelton
The Island
2005
as Aces & Spades Barman
Fun with Dick and Jane
2005
as Vice President - Grand Cayman Bank
The Devil's Rejects
2005
as Coggs
Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Captain Ken Nilsen
Criminal Minds
2005
as Sheriff Rhodes
The Office
2005
as Chris O'Keefe
In Enemy Hands
2004
as Samuel Littleton
Tiger Cruise
2004
as Captain Anderson
Helter Skelter
2004
as Sgt. Whiteley
Death and Texas
2004
as Phillip Brodeur
Veronica Mars
2004
as Reverend Ted Capistrano
CSI: NY
2004
as Vincent Williams
My Dinner with Jimi
2003
as Sergeant
Wonderland
2003
as Captain Nimziki
Cold Case
2003
as Jim Horn (2008)
NCIS
2003
as John Deluca
Las Vegas
2003
as Dr. Sassen
Catch Me If You Can
2002
as Special Agent Witkins
Love Liza
2002
as Patriot Model Aeronautics Clerk
First Monday
2002
Birds of Prey
2002
as Larry Ketterly
Beyond the City Limits
2001
as Det. Hanson
Planet of the Apes
2001
as Commander Karl Vasich
Daddy and Them
2001
as Dewey
Domestic Disturbance
2001
as Detective Warren
Six Feet Under
2001
as Construction Worker #2
Alias
2001
as Agent Chapman
The Watcher
2000
as Hollis
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Clinton Malton
October Sky
1999
as Principal Turner
Roswell
1999
as T. Greer
Family Law
1999
as Mr. Reese
The West Wing
1999
as Congressman Fields
Armageddon
1998
as Flight Director Clark
Godzilla
1998
as General Anderson
Home Fries
1998
as Henry Lever
On the Line
1998
as Officer Roux
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Bob Parker
Bean
1997
as Detective Butler
Sparkler
1997
as Buddy #1
Wag the Dog
1997
as Officer
Con Air
1997
as BOP Official Grant
The Practice
1997
as Zoning Board Chairman Donald Blane
That Thing You Do!
1996
as Phil Horace
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
as Crowd Leader
Her Costly Affair
1996
as Wes
The Pretender
1996
as Daniel Crockett
Millennium
1996
as Jim Penseyres
Promised Land
1996
as Brian Pascal
Arli$$
1996
as Henneman
Arli$$
1996
as Maynard Dupree
Apollo 13
1995
as Deke Slayton
A Little Princess
1995
as Policeman
The Tie That Binds
1995
as Security Guard #1
Crimson Tide
1995
as Additional Magician
Space: Above and Beyond
1995
as Adm. Stenner
Murder One
1995
as Mr. Switzer
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
1994
as News Vendor
Chicago Hope
1994
as Bill Erskine
Undercover Blues
1993
as Burt
Addams Family Values
1993
as Moving Man
The X-Files
1993
as Sheriff Lance Hindt
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Leonard Wilson
NYPD Blue
1993
as Marshal
My Cousin Vinny
1992
as J.T.
Melrose Place
1992
as Cop
Days of Thunder
1990
as Harlem Hoogerhyde
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
1982
as Clown