Actor

Chris Ellis

April 14, 1956 · Dallas, Texas, USA

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.

Notable work

7.8
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
as Fr. Reilly
8
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
as Special Agent Witkins
6.8
Transformers (2007)
as Admiral Brigham
6.8
Armageddon (1998)
as Flight Director Clark
6.6
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
as Capt. Jack Scalvino
7.5
Apollo 13 (1995)
as Deke Slayton
6.7
The Island (2005)
as Aces & Spades Barman
8.6
The Office (2005)
as Chris O'Keefe
6.8
Con Air (1997)
as BOP Official Grant
8.4
The Mentalist (2008)
as Sherrif Mullery
5.8
Planet of the Apes (2001)
as Commander Karl Vasich
5.7
Godzilla (1998)
as General Anderson

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