Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#291
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Chris Parnell represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 30 years in, and Chris is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Chris Parnell appears in 38 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Chris. A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice is the clearest case: a film rated 7.2 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for documentary, action, comedy. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Morgan Neville, Adam Shankman, Kristoffer Polaha and others, Chris Parnell helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice (2025) as Gerald (voice) · Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) as Dave Bollinari (voice) · Hotel Transylvania (2012) as Mr. Fly (voice)
Career snapshot
Ranked #291 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
38
1996–2026
Career length
30 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
7.2
A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice
Average Nutevio score
6.2
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
7.2
A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice
Most frequent director
Genndy Tartakovsky
3 films together
Longest collaboration
3×
With Genndy Tartakovsky
Most common genre
Comedy
35 titles
Average runtime
1h 41m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.8
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.5
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2020s
6.3 average MV
The 2020s are where the work and the material meet. Lorne, Stop! That! Train!, Mimics — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2020s
6.3
Across 14 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2000s
6.2
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
1990s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Jingle All the Way.
Most productive era
2010s
16 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | — | 6.31 film | 6.23 films | 6.22 films |
| Action | — | 6.41 film | 6.12 films | 6.22 films |
| Comedy | 6.21 film | 6.27 films | 6.215 films | 6.212 films |
| Crime | — | — | 6.52 films | — |
| Romance | — | 6.11 film | 5.91 film | 6.21 film |
| Horror | — | — | 6.11 film | 5.51 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Toy Store Sales Clerk.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2025A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice
7.2 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2026The Dink
The current state of the argument, as Neil.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
38 of 38 films
as Gerald (voice)
Directed by Darin McGowan
as Dave Bollinari (voice)
Directed by Akiva Schaffer
as Mr. Fly (voice)
Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky
as Stan / Fish Man (voice)
Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky
as Mr. Gordon
Directed by Phil Lord
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
Gerald (voice)
A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice (2025)
Performance score7.1
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Gerald (voice) gives Chris Parnell a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Dave Bollinari (voice)
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
Performance score6.9
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Dave Bollinari (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Mr. Fly (voice)
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Performance score6.9
Hotel Transylvania asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Mr. Fly (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Stan / Fish Man (voice)
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
Performance score6.8
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Stan / Fish Man (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Gerald (voice)
Start here. A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice is the clearest statement of what Chris Parnell does — accessible, 81 minutes, and rated 7.2 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Chris at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Keeps the comedy register of A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice but asks for a colder reading of it.
21 Jump Street (2012)
Keeps the comedy register of Hotel Transylvania but asks for a colder reading of it.
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
Keeps the comedy register of 21 Jump Street but asks for a colder reading of it.
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
Keeps the comedy register of Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Adam McKay
Director
3 films together
Notably Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Genndy Tartakovsky
Director
3 films together
Notably Hotel Transylvania
Akiva Schaffer
Director
2 films together
Notably Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Brian Levant
Director
1 film together
Notably Jingle All the Way
Reginald Hudlin
Director
1 film together
Notably The Ladies Man
Peyton Reed
Director
1 film together
Notably Down with Love
Jake Kasdan
Director
1 film together
Notably Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Kieran Mulroney
Director
1 film together
Notably Paper Man
Larry Charles
Director
1 film together
Notably The Dictator
Phil Lord
Director
1 film together
Notably 21 Jump Street
Nicholas Stoller
Director
1 film together
Notably The Five-Year Engagement
Frank Coraci
Director
1 film together
Notably The Ridiculous 6
Jason Moore
Director
1 film together
Notably Sisters
Jonathan Dayton
Director
1 film together
Notably Battle of the Sexes
Ben Falcone
Director
1 film together
Notably Life of the Party
Claire Scanlon
Director
1 film together
Notably Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
Jude Weng
Director
1 film together
Notably Finding ʻOhana
Dan Mazer
Director
1 film together
Notably Home Sweet Home Alone
Alex Hardcastle
Director
1 film together
Notably Senior Year
Matt Danner
Director
1 film together
Notably Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
Stephen Herek
Director
1 film together
Notably Our Little Secret
Darin McGowan
Director
1 film together
Notably A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice
Beth McCarthy-Miller
Director
1 film together
Notably SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Josh Greenbaum
Director
1 film together
Notably The Dink
Kristoffer Polaha
Director
1 film together
Notably Mimics
Adam Shankman
Director
1 film together
Notably Stop! That! Train!
Morgan Neville
Director
1 film together
Notably Lorne
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Director
3 films together · 6.9 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Hotel TransylvaniaAdam McKay
Director
3 films together · 6.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyAkiva Schaffer
Director
2 films together · 6.7 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue RangersDarin McGowan
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or NicePhil Lord
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
21 Jump StreetMorgan Neville
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
LorneJonathan Dayton
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Battle of the SexesJake Kasdan
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox StoryJosh Greenbaum
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The DinkBeth McCarthy-Miller
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SNL50: The Homecoming ConcertClaire Scanlon
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the ReverendMatt Danner
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises AgainKieran Mulroney
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Paper ManStephen Herek
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Our Little SecretJude Weng
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Finding ʻOhanaLarry Charles
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The DictatorBrian Levant
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Jingle All the WayAdam Shankman
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Stop! That! Train!Ben Falcone
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Life of the PartyPeyton Reed
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Down with LoveJason Moore
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SistersAlex Hardcastle
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Senior YearNicholas Stoller
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Five-Year EngagementKristoffer Polaha
Director
1 film together · 5.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
MimicsReginald Hudlin
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Ladies ManFrank Coraci
Director
1 film together · 5.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Ridiculous 6Dan Mazer
Director
1 film together · 4.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Home Sweet Home AloneSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Battle of the Sexes
as DJ
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
I Am Woman
as Artie Mogull
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice
as Gerald (voice)
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Lorne
as Narrator
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice
as Gerald (voice)
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Chris Parnell has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
30 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Comedy Legend
Awarded
35 catalogue titles in comedy, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
as Dave Bollinari (voice)
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
21 Jump Street
as Mr. Gordon
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
I Am Woman
as Artie Mogull
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
as Dave Bollinari (voice)
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
21 Jump Street
as Mr. Gordon
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
The Ridiculous 6
as Bank Manager
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Battle of the Sexes
as DJ
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Stop! That! Train!
as Conductor Davenport
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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