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Chris Ellis
Highest Rated: 96% Catch Me if You Can (2002)
Lowest Rated: 10% This Is Your Death (2017)
Birthday: Apr 14, 1956
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, USA
A go-to character actor for tough authority figures for nearly two decades, Chris Ellis distinguished himself through small but memorable turns in features like "Days of Thunder" (1990), "Apollo 13" (1995), "Catch Me If You Can" (2002) and countless television shows. A native of Memphis, Ellis' Southern roots informed many of his roles, lending a degree of folksy humanity to the scores of police detectives, Army generals, lawyers and occasional rough-hewn criminals. Like many character players, Ellis moved largely into television in the 2000s, where he enjoyed recurring roles on "NCIS" (CBS, 2003- ), "Ghost Whisperer" (CBS, 2005-2010) and "Burn Notice" (USA Network, 2007-2013) in addition to scores of one-off guest performances. Though most viewers knew Chris Ellis by appearance rather than his name, he remained one of the hardest-working and most appreciated supporting talents in features and television.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62% | 67% | Silo | Mr. Adler (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 62% | 39% | The Oath | Hank (Character) | $387.4K | 2018 |
| 10% | 38% | This Is Your Death | Keller (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Amelia 2.0 | Senator Thaddeus (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trigger | Patrick (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 92% | 68% | Faults | Dad (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 29% | 30% | Jessabelle | Sheriff Pruitt (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 50% | 78% | Grace Unplugged | Pastor Tim Bryant (Character) | $2.5M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | Teenage Dirtbag | Mr. Mangeress (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 33% | 36% | Gospel Hill | L Don Murray (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 80% | 43% | The Memory Thief | Mr. DeSilva (Character) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 15% | Death to the Supermodels | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 75% | No Score Yet | Death and Texas | Phillip Brodeur (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 96% | 89% | Catch Me if You Can | Special Agent Witkins (Character) | $164.4M | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | Beyond the City Limits | Det. Hanson (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 11% | 28% | The Watcher | Hollis (Character) | $28.9M | 2000 |
| 91% | 88% | October Sky | Principal Turner (Character) | $32.6M | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Atomic Train | Ed Brown (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 43% | 73% | Armageddon | Walter Clark (Character) | $201.6M | 1998 |
| 31% | 34% | Home Fries | Henry Lever (Character) | $10.5M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Max Q: Emergency Landing | Bob Matthews (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 93% | 78% | That Thing You Do! | Phil Horace (Character) | $25.9M | 1996 |
| 96% | 87% | Apollo 13 | Deke Slayton (Character) | $173.8M | 1995 |
| 91% | 92% | Dont Look Back | Self | - | 1967 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94% | 96% | Mad Men | Del Hill (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 57% | 80% | The Finder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Plain Sight | Reidell (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | The Mentalist | Sheriff Mullery (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Good Guys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 97% | 94% | Justified | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 81% | 89% | The Office | Chris O'Keefe (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 85% | 86% | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 5% | No Score Yet | Knight Rider | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 88% | 95% | Burn Notice | Virgil Watkins (Guest Star) | 2007-2008 |
| 85% | 72% | The Unit | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
| 91% | 78% | Veronica Mars | Reverend Ted Capistrano (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | Ghost Whisperer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: New York | Vincent Williams (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | NCIS | Gunnery Sgt. John Deluca (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| 60% | No Score Yet | Line of Fire | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| 86% | 87% | Alias | Agent Chapman (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| 81% | 96% | Six Feet Under | Construction Worker 2 (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| 21% | No Score Yet | First Monday | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Promised Land | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | From the Earth to the Moon | Bob Parker (Character) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 84% | Millennium | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 74% | 85% | The X-Files | Sheriff Lance Hindt (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 83% | 93% | NYPD Blue | Marshal (Guest Star) | 1993 |