Charles Parnell | |
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Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2003–present |
Charles Parnell is an American actor. He is best known for being the second actor to portray Police Chief Derek Frye on All My Children (2004-2008). He also portrayed Master Chief Russ Jeter on the TNT show The Last Ship from 2014 to 2018. Parnell also acted in the films Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), and The Killer (2023).[1]
Parnell took over the role of Frye on All My Children, previously played by actor William Christian. He joined the cast of the show on September 8, 2005, and made his final appearance on September 24, 2007. He voices Jefferson Twilight on Cartoon Network's The Venture Bros..
Career
Before taking the role of Derek Frye, Parnell played Achilles in Iphigeneia at Aulis, a play by Euripides translated and adapted by Kenneth Cavander at the Yale Repertory Theater in New Haven, Connecticut.
Filmography
Film
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Mind the Gap | John McCabe | |
2006 | Everyone's Hero | Additional Voices | |
2007 | The Education of Charlie Banks | Asst. DA Worsheck | |
2008 | Diminished Capacity | Merkel Guard #2 | |
2009 | Mississippi Damned | Willie Roy | |
2011 | Pariah | Arthur | |
2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | CIA Director | |
2018 | A Million Little Pieces | Miles Davis | |
2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Rear Admiral Solomon "Warlock" Bates | |
Spiderhead | Knowles | ||
2023 | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | NRO | |
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart | Jefferson Twilight (voice) | ||
The Killer | Hodges | ||
2025 | Untitled eighth Mission: Impossible film | NRO |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Hack | Officer | Episode: "A Dangerous Game" |
2004–2022 | Law & Order | Various | 3 episodes |
2004–2018 | The Venture Bros. | Jefferson Twilight, Mister 1, Mandalay (voices) | 14 episodes |
2005 | Without a Trace | Nuru | Episode: "Showdown" |
2005–2008 | All My Children | Derek Frye | 79 episodes |
2008 | CSI: Miami | FBI Agent Jacobs | Episode: "Gone Baby Gone" |
Crash | Sean Adams | 4 episodes | |
Bones | Captain Blake | Episode: "The Passenger in the Oven" | |
2009 | 90210 | Franklin Whitley | Episode: "Hello, Goodbye, Amen" |
Lie to Me | Major Harris | Episode: "Moral Waiver" | |
NCIS | Marine Colonel Dick Jestern | Episode: "Reunion" | |
CSI: Miami | Gavin Webb | Episode: "Bad Seed" | |
2010 | The Forgotten | Man | Episode: "Designer Jane" |
Dan Freeman | Episode: "Living Doe" | ||
2011 | Fringe | Dr. James Falcon | Episode: "Reciprocity" |
2012–2016 | North Woods Law | Narrator | 75 episodes |
2013 | Longmire | Agent Stanley | Episode: "Unquiet Mind' |
2014 | Constantine | Nommo | Episode: "A Feast of Friends" |
2014–2018 | The Last Ship | CMDCM Russ Jeter, USN | 46 episodes |
2016 | Better Things | Ned | Episode: "Duke's Chorus" |
2019–2020 | Briarpatch | Cyrus | 7 episodes |
2022 | Grand Crew | Franklin | Episode: "Wine & Pie" |
Kindred | Alan | 3 episodes | |
2023 | The Mandalorian | Survivor Captain | 2 episodes |
Barry | District Attorney Buckner | Recurring (Season 4) | |
Video games
Year | Title | Role |
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2005 | The Warriors | Masai |
2007 | Manhunt 2 | The Legion |
2008 | Grand Theft Auto IV | The Crowd of Liberty City |
2013 | Grand Theft Auto V | The Local Population |
2014 | Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | Additional Voices |
The Crew | Harry | |
2017 | Mass Effect: Andromeda | August Bradley |
2020 | Avengers | Nick Fury, Senator |
Awards and nominations
Year | Association | Category | Project | Result | Ref. |
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2012 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Pariah | Nominated | [2] |
2024 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Barry | Pending | [3] |
References
- ↑ Quaranta, Cadence (May 31, 2022). "Chicago's Charles Parnell rises through the acting ranks to a big-time role alongside Tom Cruise". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ↑ "Seven NAACP Image Awards for PARIAH". Focus Features. January 19, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ↑ "Nominations Announced for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®" (Press release). Screen Actors Guild. January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
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