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Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell rap about a lazy Sunday consumed with buying Magnolia cupcakes and watching The Chronicles of Narnia at an Upper West Side cin...
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Thomas Christopher Parnell (born February 5, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. First breaking through as a performer with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, Parnell found wider success during his tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy and variety series Saturday Night Live from 1998 to 2006.
Chris joined the show on September 26, 1998, with Horatio Sanz and Jimmy Fallon as a featured player and made his debut. He was promoted to repertory player the following season. In the summer of 2001, he was fired due to budget cuts and the hiring of four new cast members, Lorne Michaels was required to dismiss two cast members; he chose to lay off Parnell and Jerry Minor over Horatio Sanz, Rachel Dratch, and Maya Rudolph. However, Chris was rehired in March of the next year, making him one of the only 2 people to be rehired after being fired (the other being Jim Belushi.) He was later fired again in 2006 again due to budget cuts.
In 2005, Chris shot a pilot episode for a sitcom called Thick and Thin of which he was going to be the star with former SNL writer Paula Pell. But the show was not picked up.
After leaving SNL, he played the role of Dr. Leo Spaceman on NBC's sitcom 30 Rock from 2006 to 2013. In animation, he voices Cyril Figgis on the FX series Archer, Jerry Smith on Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Doug on Fox's Family Guy, and the narrator on the PBS Kids series WordGirl (2007-2015). He also voices "The Progressive Box" in a series of advertisements by the Progressive Corporation.
Impressions
•Andrew Card •Arlen Specter •Bert Convy •Bing Crosby •Bob Barr •Bob Schieffer •Cameron Crowe •Cane •Chad Lowe •Charles Gibson •Chris Fowler •David Gregory •Douglas Feith •Emeril Lagasse •Eminem •Eric Braeden •Evan Bayh •Fred Savage •Gary Bauer •George W. Bush •Jack Osbourne •James Madison •Jim Gray •Jim Lehrer •Joe Lieberman •John F. Lehman •John McCain •Justin Bartha •Karl Rove •Kenneth Starr •Lance Bass •Mark Geragos •Michael Isikoff •Michael Kors •Moe Howard •Newt Gingrich •Pat Buchanan •Phil Gordon •Rick Santorum •Robert Bork •Roger Clinton •Samuel Alito •Simon Cowell •Thom Filicia •Thomas DeLay •Tom Brokaw •Tom Hanks •William Daley •Wolf Blitzer
Characters
•Alan "Sticks" McRae •Daniel •Jeph •Mervin "Merv the Perv" Watson •Kevin Aquarius •Sean DeMarco •Tato •Terrye Funcke •Thad •Tyler •Warren Kirney •Wayne Bloder
•1998-1999: Featured Player
•1999-2001: Repertory Player (fired)
•2002-2006: Repertory Player (rehired) (first episode back: March 2, 2002)
•September 27, 2008: Cameo
•May 19, 2012: Cameo
•October 6, 2012: Cameo
2 [1] [2] Thomas Christopher Parnell ( / pɑːrˈnɛl /; born February 5, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. First breaking through as a performer with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, Parnell found wider success during his tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1998 to 2006.
YearTitleRoleNotes2024Overseer Benjamin2 Episodes2024Voice, 2 episodes2023–2024Various voices3 episodes [15]2023–2024Voice, 7 episodes [17] [15]October 21 - Bad Bunny. S49 E1 | 10/14/23. October 14 - Pete Davidson. Watch Saturday Night Live highlight: SNL Digital Short: Lazy Sunday - NBC.com.
Lazy Sunday (The Lonely Island song) "Lazy Sunday". Single by The Lonely Island and Chris Parnell. from the album Incredibad. Released. December 17, 2005. Recorded. December 13, 2005 at the offices of The Lonely Island and Saturday Night Live, GE Building, New York City. Genre.
