Personal Info
Known Credits
56
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1956-04-14 (69 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Dallas, Texas, USA
Also Known For
Chris Ellis
Biography
Chris Ellis is an American film and television actor who was born April 14, 1956 in Dallas, Texas. 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 ...
Known For
Acting
2024 --
The Ghost Trap
| Doug Kane
2021 --
Silo
| Mr. Adler
2018 --
Kenny
| Al
2018 --
The Oath
| Hank
2018 --
What Still Remains
| Harvey
2017 --
The Show
| Keller
2017 --
Amelia 2.0
| Senator Thaddeus Williams
2017 --
Pitching Tents
| Principal Don Bishop
2014 --
Jessabelle
| Sheriff Pruitt
2014 --
The Guest
| Hendricks
2014 --
Faults
| Dad
2012 --
The Dark Knight Rises
| Fr. Reilly
2009 --
Teenage Dirtbag
| Pops
2009 --
G-Force
| NSA Director
2008 --
Crazy
| Glen the Carousel Manager
2008 --
Gospel Hill
| L Donn Murray
2007 --
Transformers
| Admiral Brigham
2007 --
Live Free or Die Hard
| Scalvino
2006 --
Believe in Me
| Jim Stovall
2006 --
Sissy Frenchfry
| Willinger McDodey
2005 --
Fun with Dick and Jane
| Vice President - Grand Cayman Bank
2005 --
The Devil's Rejects
| Coggs
2005 --
The Island
| Aces & Spades Barman
2004 --
Tiger Cruise
| Captain Anderson
2004 --
Helter Skelter
| Sgt. Whiteley
2004 --
Death and Texas
| Phillip Brodeur
2004 --
In Enemy Hands
| Samuel Littleton
2003 --
My Dinner with Jimi
| Sergeant
2002 --
Love Liza
| Patriot Model Aeronautics Clerk
2002 --
Catch Me If You Can
| Special Agent Witkins
2001 --
Beyond the City Limits
| Det. Hanson
2001 --
Domestic Disturbance
| Detective Warren
2001 --
Daddy and Them
| Dewey
2001 --
Planet of the Apes
| Commander Karl Vasich
2000 --
The Watcher
| Hollis
1999 --
October Sky
| Principal Turner
1998 --
Home Fries
| Henry Lever
1998 --
Armageddon
| Flight Director Clark
1998 --
Godzilla
| General Anderson
1997 --
Wag the Dog
| Officer
1997 --
Sparkler
| Buddy #1
1997 --
Bean
| Detective Butler
1997 --
Con Air
| BOP Official Grant
1996 --
Her Costly Affair
| Wes
1996 --
That Thing You Do!
| Phil Horace
1996 --
If These Walls Could Talk
| Crowd Leader
1995 --
The Tie That Binds
| Security Guard #1
1995 --
Apollo 13
| Deke Slayton
1995 --
Crimson Tide
| Additional Magician
1995 --
A Little Princess
| Policeman
1994 --
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
| News Vendor
1993 --
Addams Family Values
| Moving Man
1993 --
Undercover Blues
| Burt
1992 --
My Cousin Vinny
| J.T.
1990 --
Days of Thunder
| Harlem Hoogerhyde
1982 --
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
| Clown