About
Chris Ellis (born April 14, 1956) is an American film and television actor. 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 still think the quality of the work has always been quite good". By the time he moved to New York, he had worked with many excellent actors in about two dozen plays, classical and contemporary. "I cannot imagine what might have supplanted that background for a newcomer in New York." His first part in either television or film came in 1979, where he played a truck driver in the TV movie The Suicide's Wife, which...
Known for
NCISSeries • 2003
The MentalistSeries • 2008
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeries • 2000
Criminal MindsSeries • 2005
The OfficeSeries • 2005
The X-FilesSeries • 1993
Young SheldonSeries • 2017
Diagnosis: MurderSeries • 1993
The West WingSeries • 1999
CSI: NYSeries • 2004
Mad MenSeries • 2007
Ghost WhispererSeries • 2005
Melrose PlaceSeries • 1992
NYPD BlueSeries • 1993
Chicago HopeSeries • 1994
Cold CaseSeries • 2003
The PracticeSeries • 1997
Las VegasSeries • 2003
Burn NoticeSeries • 2007
Veronica MarsSeries • 2004
Six Feet UnderSeries • 2001
Warehouse 13Series • 2009
JustifiedSeries • 2010
9-1-1: Lone StarSeries • 2020