Chris Elliott

Chris Elliott Headshot

Actor • Comedian • Writer

Birth Date: May 31, 1960

Age: 62 years old

Birth Place: New York City, New York

Parents: Bob Elliott

Children: Abby Elliott

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.

Credits

Maggie

Actor
Jack
TV Show
2022
62%

Christmas vs. the Walters

Actor
Dr. Tom
Movie
2021

Couch Surfing

Guest
TV Show
2018

Clara's Ghost

Actor
Ted Reynolds
Movie
2018

Frat Star

Actor
Eugene Cooper
Movie
2017

How to Get Girls

Actor
Mr. P
Movie
2017

Schitt's Creek: Extras

Actor
TV Show
2016

Thanksgiving

Actor
Don Morgan
TV Show
2016

Stereotypically You

Actor
Angela's Dad
Movie
2016

The Last Man on EarthStream

Guest Star
Glenn
TV Show
2015
85%

Fresh Off the BoatStream

Guest Star
Adam
TV Show
2015
94%

Schitt's CreekStream

Actor
Roland Schitt
TV Show
2015
93%

The Rewrite

Actor
Jim
Movie
2014

The Birthday BoysStream

Guest Star
TV Show
2013
100%

ConanStream

Guest
TV Show
2010

EagleheartStream

Actor
Chris Monsanto
TV Show
2010

Hot in ClevelandStream

Guest Star
Luke
TV Show
2010

Speed-Dating

Actor
Inspector Green
Movie
2010

The Good WifeStream

Guest Star
Adrian Fluke
TV Show
2009
93%

CommunityStream

Guest Star
Russell Borchert
TV Show
2009
88%

Nurse JackieStream

Guest Star
Vigilante Jones
TV Show
2009
81%

Dance Flick

Actor
Ron
Movie
2009

Thomas Kinkade's Home for Christmas

Actor
Ernie Trevor
Movie
2008

I'll Believe You

Actor
Eugene the Gator Guy
Movie
2007

How I Met Your MotherStream

Guest Star
Mickey Aldrin
TV Show
2005
84%

Jimmy Kimmel Live!Stream

Guest
TV Show
2003

Caged

Actor
Stuart
Movie
2003

Still Standing

Guest Star
TV Show
2002

Last Call With Carson Daly

Guest
TV Show
2002

According to JimStream

Guest Star
TV Show
2001

Scary Movie 2Stream

Actor
Hansen
Movie
2001
14%

Osmosis Jones

Actor
Bob
Movie
2001

The Weber Show

Actor
Dr. Larry Heckman
TV Show
2000

Ed

Guest Star
TV Show
2000

Snow DayStream

Actor
Snowplowman
Movie
2000
29%

Third WatchStream

Guest Star
TV Show
1999

Law & Order: Special Victims UnitStream

Guest Star
Anton Thibodeaux
TV Show
1999
78%

SpongeBob SquarePantsStream

Guest Voice
TV Show
1999

FuturamaStream

Guest Voice
V-Giny
TV Show
1999

DilbertStream

Voice
Dogbert
TV Show
1999

The Daily Show With Jon StewartStream

Guest
TV Show
1999

The Sky Is Falling

Actor
Santa Clause
Movie
1999

The King of QueensStream

Guest Star
TV Show
1998

That '70s ShowStream

Guest Star
TV Show
1998

There's Something About MaryStream

Actor
Dom Woganowski
Movie
1998
84%

King of the HillStream

Guest Voice
Rob Holguin
TV Show
1997

Sabrina, the Teenage WitchStream

Guest Star
TV Show
1996

Everybody Loves RaymondStream

Guest Star
Peter MacDougall
TV Show
1996

The Show

Guest Star
TV Show
1996

Kingpin

Actor
The Gambler
Movie
1996

The Naked TruthStream

Actor
Bradley Crosby
TV Show
1995
64%

The Barefoot Executive

Actor
Jase Wallenberg
Movie
1995

Cabin Boy

Actor
Nathanial Mayweather
Movie
1994

The NannyStream

Guest Star
TV Show
1993

Late Show With David Letterman

Guest
TV Show
1993

Groundhog DayStream

Actor
Larry
Movie
1993
94%

CB4

Actor
A. White
Movie
1993

Get a Life!

Actor
Chris Peterson
TV Show
1990
77%

WingsStream

Guest Star
TV Show
1990

The Abyss

Actor
Bendix
Movie
1989
88%

Murphy Brown

Guest Star
TV Show
1988

Action Family

Actor
Chris
Movie
1987

Hyperspace

Actor
Hopper
Movie
1985

Miami ViceStream

Guest Star
TV Show
1984
71%

CBS News Sunday Morning

Guest
TV Show
1979

Saturday Night LiveStream

Actor
TV Show
1975

The Dick Cavett ShowStream

Guest
TV Show
1968

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Chris Elliott