# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-parnell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:19:03.638Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-parnell"
name: "Chris Parnell"
slug: "chris-parnell"
description: "Thomas Christopher Parnell is an American actor and comedian. First breaking through as a performer with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, Parnell found wider success during his tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1998 to 2006. After leaving SNL, he played the role of Dr. Leo Spaceman on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (2006–2013). Parnell is also a prominent voice actor known for his deep and distinctive voice. In animation, he voices the narrator on the PBS Kids series WordGirl (2007–2015), Cyril Figgis on the FX series Archer (2009–2023), Jerry Smith on Adult Swim's Rick and Morty (2013–present), and Doug on Fox's Family Guy (2019–2022). His work also extends into commercials, having voiced the Hamburger Helper mascot \"Lefty\", appeared in advertisements as \"America's Dad\" for Orbit Gum, and voiced \"The Progressive Box\" in a series of advertisements by the Progressive Corporation."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Parnell_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1967-02-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           63.93
  momentum:             10
  historical:           27.01481066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0663177/"
    handle:    "nm0663177"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump