Chris Elliott
Highest Rated: 94% Groundhog Day (1993)
Lowest Rated: 13% Scary Movie 2 (2001)
Birthday: May 31, 1960
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Renowned for playing a wide range of oddballs, comedic actor and writer Chris Elliott cut his teeth on "Late Night with David Letterman" (NBC, 1982-1993) before creating cult classics "Get a Life" (Fox, 1990-92) and "Cabin Boy" (1994) and bagging memorable supporting roles in "Groundhog Day" (1993), "There's Something About Mary" (1998) and "Schitt's Creek" (CBC, 2015-19). Born in New York City, NY in 1955, Chris Elliott began his career as a production assistant on "Late Night with David Letterman" (NBC, 1982-1993), later joining the talk show's writing team and originating several recurring characters including the Conspiracy Guy, Panicky Guy and Guy Under the Seats. After landing his first credited acting role in John Sayles drama "Lianna" (1983), Elliott showed up in sci-fi spoof "Hyperspace" (1984) and coming-of-age "My Man Adam" (1985), worked with Michael Mann on "Manhunter" (1986), Francis Ford Coppola on "New York Stories" (1989) and James Cameron on "The Abyss" (1989) and played a 30-year-old paperboy in "Get a Life" (Fox, 1990-92), a self-penned quirky family sitcom which also featured his real-life father, actor and comedian Bob Elliott of Bob and Ray fame. After playing news cameraman Larry in "Groundhog Day" (1993) and filmmaker A. White in N.W.A satire "CB4" (1993), Elliott enjoyed a one-season stint on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975-) and divided critics with "Cabin Boy" (1994), a Tim Burton-produced fantasy comedy in which he starred as an obnoxious manchild. Elliott then appeared in Disney remake "The Barefoot Executive" (1995), played Bing Crosby's illegitimate son in tabloid news satire "The Naked Truth" (ABC, 1995-98) and twice worked with the Farrelly Brothers, firstly showing up as The Gambler in "Kingpin" (1996) and then as shoe fetishist stalker Dom in "There's Something About Mary" (1998). After lending his voice to the titular white-collar worker in "Dilbert" (UPN, 1999-2000), Elliott graced family comedies "Snow Day" (2000), "The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps" (2000) and "Osmosis Jones" (2001), appeared in the second and fourth chapters of the "Scary Movie" franchise and added the aptly-titled "Cursed" (NBC, 2000-01) to his list of short-lived sitcoms. Following a ten-episode spell as Amy's nerdy brother Peter in "Everybody Loves Raymond" (CBS, 1996-2005), Elliott appeared in low-budget comedies "I'll Believe You" (2006) and "Speed-Dating" (2010), festive drama "Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage" (2008) and spoof "Dance Flick" (2009), took the leading role of U.S. Marshal Chris Monsanto in action parody series "Eagleheart" (Adult Swim, 2011-14) and was cast as Lily's estranged dad in "How I Met Your Mother" (CBS, 2005-2014). Elliott then bagged his longest recurring role in "Schitt's Creek" (CBC Television, 2015-19), going on to play inept mayor Roland for all six seasons of the small-town sleeper hit. During this period, Elliott also graced feature-length comedies "Better Off Single" (2016), "Frat Star" (2017) and "How to Get Girls" (2017), guested on "Graves" (Epix, 2016-17), "The Last Man on Earth" (Fox, 2015-18) and "Fresh Off the Boat" (ABC, 2015-) and appeared alongside daughters Abby and Bridey and wife Paula in "Clara's Ghost" (2017), an oddball supernatural comedy about a haunted dysfunctional family.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Carved | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet |
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Welcome to Redville | Sheriff Brooks (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet |
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Christmas vs. the Walters | Dr. Tom (Character) | - | 2021 |
75% |
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Clara's Ghost | Ted Reynolds (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | How to Get Girls | Mr. P (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Frat Star | Eugene Cooper (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Stereotypically You | Angela's Dad (Character) | - | 2016 |
66% |
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The Rewrite | Jim (Character) | - | 2014 |
25% |
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Speed-Dating | Inspector Green (Character) | - | 2010 |
18% |
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Dance Flick | Ron (Character) | $25.6M | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage | Ernie Trevor (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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I'll Believe You | Eugene the Gator Guy (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Caged | Stuart (Character) | - | 2003 |
55% |
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Osmosis Jones | Bob (Character) | $13.6M | 2001 |
13% |
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Scary Movie 2 | Hansen (Character) | $71.3M | 2001 |
30% |
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Snow Day | Snowplowman (Character) | $60.0M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sky Is Falling | Santa Clause (Character) | - | 1999 |
84% |
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There's Something About Mary | Dom Woganowski (Character) | $176.5M | 1998 |
49% |
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Kingpin | The Gambler (Character) | $25.0M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Barefoot Executive | Jase Wallenberg (Character) | - | 1995 |
48% |
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Cabin Boy | Nathanial Mayweather (Character) | $3.5M | 1994 |
52% |
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CB4 | A. White (Character) | $17.6M | 1993 |
94% |
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Groundhog Day | Larry (Character) | $162.6K | 1993 |
89% |
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The Abyss | Bendix (Character) | $54.3M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Action Family | Chris (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hyperspace | Hopper (Character) | - | 1985 |
82% |
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Lianna | Lighting Assistant (Character) | - | 1983 |
TV
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93% | 93% | Schitt's Creek | Roland Schitt (Character) | 2015-2020 2024 |
62% | 78% | Maggie | Jack (Character) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 41% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2012-2013 2015 2018 |
85% | 82% | The Last Man on Earth | Glenn (Guest Star) | 2017 |
94% | 79% | Fresh Off the Boat | Adam (Guest Star) | 2017 |
81% | 88% | Nurse Jackie | Vigilante Jones (Guest Star) | 2015 |
100% | 90% | Late Show With David Letterman | Guest | 2013 2015 |
93% | 91% | The Good Wife | Adrian Fluke (Guest Star) | 2015 |
100% | 85% | The Birthday Boys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Hot in Cleveland | Luke (Guest Star) | 2014 |
88% | 88% | Community | Russell Borchert (Guest Star) | 2014 |
84% | 84% | How I Met Your Mother | Mickey Aldin (Guest Star) | 2009 2011-2012 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eagleheart | Chris Monsanto (Character) | 2011-2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2011-2013 |
No Score Yet | 69% | SpongeBob SquarePants | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2011 |
86% | 89% | Futurama | V-Giny (Guest Voice) | 2010 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Anton Thibodeaux (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 72% | King of the Hill | Chris Sizemore (Guest Voice) | 2003 2007 |
No Score Yet | 82% | The King of Queens | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 2006 |
No Score Yet | 82% | That '70s Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Everybody Loves Raymond | Peter MacDougall (Guest Star) | 2003-2005 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Third Watch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | According to Jim | Reverend Pierson (Guest Star) | 2002-2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Still Standing | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ed | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
8% | No Score Yet | The Weber Show | Dr. Larry Heckman (Character) | 2000-2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dilbert | Dogbert (Voice) | 1999-2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Jack Parson (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 72% | The Nanny | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
64% | No Score Yet | The Naked Truth | Bradley Crosby (Character) | 1997-1998 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murphy Brown | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995-1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wings | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Saturday Night Live | Unknown (Character) | 1994-1995 |
77% | 100% | Get a Life! | Chris Peterson (Character) | 1990-1992 |
71% | 88% | Miami Vice | Danny Allred the Cryptographer (Guest Star) | 1987 |