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Chris Parnell
Age: 42
Height: 5' 8"
Birth Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Born: Feb. 5th, 1967
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BIOGRAPHY: Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Chris Parnell enrolled at Germantown High School where he took drama and auditioned for every play. In 1985, when he was a senior at Germantown, he was voted "Most Talented" by his classmates. Right after graduating high school, Chris attended North Carolina School of Arts in Winston-Salem, where he received his BFA in Drama. He later performed with the Berkshire Theatre in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas. Afterwards Chris moved back to Tennessee and taught acting, film, and video at his own Germantown High School. He became bored, however, with teaching and moved to Los Angeles. Once in LA, he got a job at FAO Schwartz in Beverly Center, where he eventually became Operations Manager. During that time, Chris began taking classes at The Groundlings Main Company, where many "Saturday Night Live" (1975) cast members are discovered. Fate would have it that talent scouts from "Saturday Night Live" (1975) saw him and asked him to fly to New York for an audition. Completely surprised by his chances, he took the offer. To his amazement soon after he joined "Saturday Night Live" (1975) and became a featured player in the 1998-99 season. Parnell has since performed many impressions as NBC News' Tom Brokaw, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Tom Hanks, Senator John McCain (I), and Eminem. Parnell has also appeared as a member of "Saturday Night Live" (1975)'s resident boy band "Seven Degrees Celsius," but his biggest claim to fame on the show was when he performed an unforgettable hardcore gansta rap fantasizing about a dream date with Britney Spears on Weekend Update. He spends most of his summers in L.A. where he owns his own car and apartment.
TRIVIA:
- An expert at stage-fighting, so he has frequently beaten up and killed in _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv) sketches. He has been beaten up by 'Dwayne Johnson (I)' (qv), 'Paul Levesque' (qv), 'Mick Foley (I)' (qv), 'Mick Foley (I)' (qv), and 'Jackie Chan (I)' (qv). He has been killed by 'Christopher Walken' (qv), 'Robert De Niro' (qv), and 'Will Ferrell' (qv), among others.
- Was roommates with actress Nadia Dajani during his early years on Saturday Night Live.
- Played Senator 'Joseph Lieberman (I)' (qv) during the infamous hot tube scene with 'Al Gore (I)' (qv) during Gore's _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv) hosting gig.
- Donated money to 'Howard Dean (I)' (qv)'s presidential campaign. He then switched to Senator 'John Kerry (III)' (qv) when Kerry became the front-runner.
- On some occasions, he will wind up doing more voice-overs for an _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv) episode than actual on-camera appearances.
- Graduate of Germantown High School, Germantown, Tennessee. Performed in shows at the school's Poplar Pike Playhouse.
- Became friends with 'Fred Willard' (qv) after working with him on _Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)_ (qv).
- Contrary to popular belief, he did not swallow the food 'Will Ferrell' (qv) "fed" him during the infamous _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv) sketch "The Regurgitating Family" (with host 'Julianna Margulies' (qv)). The camera would quickly cut to someone else after the food entered his mouth and he spit it out into a towel on his lap.
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