Chris Parnell is an actor and comedian who is an ex-cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1998-2001 and 2002-2006.
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 then re-hired the following year in March. Budget cuts and hiring four new cast members left Lorne Michaels without room to pay 15 cast members. Parnell and Jerry Minor were chosen as the ones to be fired over Horatio Sanz, Rachel Dratch, and Maya Rudolph. However, thanks to lobbying from Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan, Lorne rehired Parnell and returned to the cast in March 2002. He also starred in the failed unaired sitcom Thick and Thin.

Parnell has played in numerous sketches, commercial parodies, and has performed memorable impressions of various celebrities. Parnell is particularly adept at rapping. He has also performed raps about hosts Jennifer Garner, Britney Spears, Kirsten Dunst and Ashton Kutcher.

On September 19th, 2006, a blogger published that Chris Parnell told him he was departing from SNL due to the budget cuts.

Public Name: Chris Parnell
Birth Name: Thomas Christopher Parnell
Birth Date: February 5, 1967
Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee

Filmography

1. Hot Rod, 2007 (post-production)
2. The Grand, 2007 (post-production)
3. Sunny & Share Love You, 2007 (post-production)
4. Kabluey, 2007 (post-production)
5. "30 Rock", 2006 TV Episode
6. "Saturday Night Live", 1998-2006 TV Episode
7. I'm Reed Fish, 2006
8. "Thick and Thin", 2006 TV Series
9. Ira and Abby, 2006
10. Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie, 2004 (V)
11. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, 2004
12. Looking for Kitty, 2004
13. After School Special, 2003
14. Down with Love, 2003
15. Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special, 2003 (TV)
16. Farm Sluts, 2003
17. "Ed", 2002 TV Episode
18. Evil Alien Conquerors, 2002
19. "Friends", 2001 TV Episode
20. "The Hughleys", 2001 TV Episode
21. Saturday Night Live Primetime Extra 1, 2001 (TV)
22. "TV Funhouse", 2001 TV Episode (voice)
23. The Ladies Man, 2000
24. Megalomania, 2000
25. Deadtime, 1999
26. "Conrad Bloom", 1998 TV Episode
27. "Murphy Brown", 1998 TV Episode
28. "Caroline in the City", 1998 TV Episode
29. "Suddenly Susan", 1996-1998 TV Episode
30. "Union Square", 1998 TV Episode
31. Operation, 1998
32. "Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher", 1997 TV Episode
33. "The Jamie Foxx Show", 1997 TV Episode
34. "Seinfeld", 1997 TV Episode
35. It's a Small Life, 1997
36. Jingle All the Way, 1996
37. "Hope & Gloria", 1996 TV Episode
38. Shooting Lily, 1996 (voice)
39. Decade of Love, 1995