Chris Mulkey (born May 3, 1948) is an American film and television actor and blues and Americana singer-songwriter.
Career[]
Mulkey played the supporting role of husband to Annie Potts's character in Any Day Now from 1998 to 2002. He has also appeared in Captain Phillips,[1] Against the Wall, Cloverfield, the NBC TV movie Knight Rider, 24, Boardwalk Empire,[1] Friday Night Lights, Boomtown, Justified, Baretta, and Twin Peaks.[1]
He played the main character in the controversial 1985 Supertramp music video "Brother Where You Bound".[2] He appeared in the Wing Commander franchise as Jacob "Hawk" Manley. He costarred with John Jenkins and Karen Landry in the 1988 indie film Patti Rocks.[3] He appeared in the science fiction action film The Hidden, and the 1989 sci-fi cop film K-9000.[4] He has appeared in more recent films as The Purge, Slow Burn, Sanitarium, The Identical and On the Basis of Sex. In 2014, he had a cameo role in Whiplash.
His southern blues band is called Chris Mulkey and Blue Highway.
Personal life[]
Mulkey was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin. He was married to actress Karen Landry until her death in 2015.
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Loose Ends | Billy Regis | |
| 1977 | Tomcats | Cullen Garrett | |
| 1978 | The Boss's Son | Fred | |
| 1979 | Sunnyside | Reggie Flynn | |
| 1980 | The Long Riders | Vernon Biggs | |
| A Rumor of War | Radio Man | Television miniseries | |
| Act of Love | Nurse Watkins | Television film | |
| 1981 | All Night Long | Russell Monk | |
| The Killing of Randy Webster | Sonny Manse | Television film | |
| 1982 | First Blood | Deputy Ward | |
| 48 Hrs. | Second Cop | ||
| Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann | Daniels | ||
| Dangerous Company | Jeremy Blake | Television film | |
| 1984 | Dreamscape | Finch | |
| Runaway | David Johnson | ||
| 1986 | Quiet Cool | "Red" | |
| 1987 | The Hidden | Jack DeVries | |
| Deadly Care | Richard Halloran | Television film | |
| The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains | Burn's Chicago Lawyer | ||
| 1988 | Patti Rocks | Billy Regis | |
| Under the Gun | Larry | ||
| Jack's Back | Scott Morofsky | ||
| In Dangerous Company | Chris | ||
| Heartbreak Hotel | Steve Ayres | ||
| From Hollywood to Deadwood | Nick Detroit | ||
| Tricks of the Trade | Lt. Stryker | Television film | |
| 1989 | Vietnam War Story: The Last Days | Griffin | Segment: "Dirty Work" |
| 1990 | Denial | Chad | |
| Hometown Boy Makes Good | Al Swearinger | Television film | |
| Rainbow Drive | Ira Rosenberg | ||
| Angel of Death | Matt Hendricks | ||
| 1991 | Ambition | Man in Bookstore | |
| K-9000 | Eddie Monroe | Television film | |
| Runaway Father | Richard | ||
| 1992 | Gas Food Lodging | Raymond | |
| The Silencer | George | ||
| Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel | Charlie White | Television film | |
| Deadbolt | Jordan | ||
| 1993 | The Switch | Bill | |
| Bound and Gagged: A Love Story | Steve | ||
| Ghost in the Machine | Bram Walker | ||
| 1995 | Dead Cold | Eric | |
| Texas Justice | Lanny Shelton | Television film | |
| 1996 | Broken Arrow | Major Hunt | |
| The Fan | Tim | ||
| Foxfire | Dan Goldman | ||
| Amanda | Caleb Farnsworth | ||
| Full Moon Rising | Dirk Jaspers | ||
| 1997 | Behind Enemy Lines | CIA Agent "Jonesy" Jones | |
| Sub Down | Commander Kirsch | ||
| Weapons of Mass Distraction | Jerry Pascoe | ||
| 1998 | Bulworth | Cop #2 | |
| Twist of Fate | Lennox | ||
| The Cowboy and the Movie Star | Sheriff | Television film; uncredited | |
| 1999 | Sugar Town | Aaron | |
| Requiem for Murder | Richard Poe | ||
| Jimmy Zip | Rick Conesco | ||
| 2000 | Slow Burn | Jacob McTeague | |
| 2002 | American Girl | John Grubb | |
| 2003 | Manhood | Travel Agent | |
| Radio | Frank Clay | ||
| 2004 | Mysterious Skin | Mr. Lackey | |
| 2005 | North Country | Earl Slangley | |
| Dirty | Carlson | ||
| 2006 | Dreamland | Herb | |
| Wasted | Father Collins | ||
| Love & Debate | Austin | ||
| Little Chenier | Sheriff Kline LeBauve | ||
| The Curiosity of Chance | Sir | ||
| Unknown | Detective James Curtis | ||
| One Night with You | Detective Brown | ||
| Broken Trail | Big Ears | Television miniseries | |
| 2007 | Nanking | Mills McCallum | |
| I Tried | Strank | ||
| D-War | Agent Frank Pinsky | ||
| Universal Groove | The Agent | ||
| 2008 | Cloverfield | Lieutenant Colonel Graff | |
| Older than America | Paul Gunderson | ||
| Dead*Line | Hollis | Short film | |
| Shattered! | Dennis | ||
| A Teacher's Crime | Bill Rander | Television film | |
| 2009 | The Perfect Game | "Lucky" Haskins | |
| Dark Moon Rising | John | ||
| 2011 | COLLAPSE | Robert | |
| Bad Actress | Bernie Pillage | ||
| The Levenger Tapes | Stackman | ||
| 2012 | Any Day Now | District Attorney Wilson | |
| Knife Fight | Roger Fillmore | ||
| 2013 | Sanitarium | Father | Segment: "Monsters are Real" |
| Decoding Annie Parker | Ralph Parker | ||
| The Purge | Mr. Halverson | ||
| Captain Phillips | John Cronan | ||
| 2014 | The Jersey Devil | God | |
| Whiplash | Uncle Frank | ||
| The Identical | William Hemsley (Older) | ||
| Last Weekend | Malcolm Green | ||
| The Living | Howard | ||
| The Surface | Kelly | ||
| 2015 | Truth | Maurice Udell | |
| Car Dogs | Malcolm Chamberlain | ||
| Call Me King | Angelo | ||
| 2016 | Message from the King | Leary | |
| Wolves at the Door | John | ||
| 2017 | Mad Families | Tommy | |
| 2018 | When I Sing | Rock Doc | |
| Gotti | Frank DeCicco | ||
| Ouija House | Tomas | ||
| Gloria Bell | Charlie | ||
| The Standoff at Sparrow Creek | Ford | ||
| Spare Room | Mac | ||
| On the Basis of Sex | Charles Moritz | ||
| Disillusioned | Vincent | Television film | |
| 2019 | Above Suspicion | Todd Eason | |
| 2020 | How to Deter a Robber | Andy Reynolds |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977–1978 | Baretta | Dealer / Joshua | 2 episodes |
| 1978 | M*A*S*H | Soldier | Episode: "Tea and Empathy" |
| Barnaby Jones | Curt Davis | Episode: "Terror on a Quiet Afternoon" | |
| 1979 | Eight Is Enough | The Swindler | Episode: "The Yearning Point" |
| Time Express | Danny White | Episode: "Rodeo / Cop" | |
| Charlie's Angels | Reggie Martin | Episode: "Angels on Skates" | |
| 1980 | The Waltons | Roller | Episode: "The Prodigals" |
| The White Shadow | Ilya | Episode: "The Russians Are Coming" | |
| Here's Boomer | Sticks | Episode: "Jailbreak" | |
| 1981 | CHiPs | Dave | Episode: "Forty Tons of Trouble" |
| Private Benjamin | Glickman | Episode: "Jungle Swamp Survival" | |
| 1982 | T.J. Hooker | Blaine Thomas | Episode: "The Survival Syndrome" |
| 1983–1985 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Sharp / Billy Ray | 2 episodes |
| 1985 | Remington Steele | Rhodes | Episode: "Steele Blushing" |
| Magnum, P.I. | Tony, the "Repo Man" | Episode: "Blood and Honor" | |
| 1987 | The Twilight Zone | Ray Dobson | Episode: "The Junction" |
| It's Garry Shandling's Show | Sylvia's Ex-Boyfriend | Episode: "Dial L for Laundry" | |
| Matlock | Bones Jennings | Episode: "The Country Boy" | |
| Beauty and the Beast | Danny Yates | Episode: "An Impossible Silence" | |
| 1989 | A Peaceable Kingdom | Max Hall | Episode: "Kitty Paws" |
| 1990–1991 | Twin Peaks | Hank Jennings | 13 episodes |
| 1990–1994 | Murder, She Wrote | Al Wallace / Joey Freeman | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | Thirtysomething | George | Episode: "The Difference Between Men and Women" |
| 1992 | Civil Wars | Richard Foley | Episode: "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" |
| Arresting Behavior | Officer Pete Walsh | 5 episodes | |
| 1993–1994 | Bakersfield P.D. | Bill | 17 episodes |
| 1994 | Grace Under Fire | Kurt Ross | Episode: "Pitch and Woo" |
| 1995 | Blossom | Dan | Episode: "It Happened One Night" |
| 1997 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Foreman Cox | Episode: "A Woman's Place" |
| 1998 | Touched by an Angel | Erskine Hughes | Episode: "Doodlebugs" |
| Michael Hayes | Becker | Episode: "Imagine" | |
| The Outer Limits | Mike | Episode: "Black Box" | |
| 1998–2002 | Any Day Now | Colliar Sims | 83 episodes |
| 1999–2000 | Batman Beyond | Shriek / Walter Shreeve (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 2002 | Boomtown | Kevin Van Horn | Episode: "Reelin' in the Years" |
| 2003 | CSI: Miami | Leonard Murphy | Episode: "Forced Entry" |
| JAG | Major Phelps | Episode: "The Boast" | |
| 2003–2011 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Maurice Gallows / Mr. Young | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Touching Evil | Martin Akins | Episode: "Love Lies Bleeding" |
| 2006 | Lost | Mike | Episode: "Further Instructions" |
| Sleeper Cell | Bob | 2 episodes | |
| 2007 | Cold Case | Pat Hall | Episode: "Shuffle, Ball Change" |
| Smith | Donny | Episode: "Four" | |
| Friday Night Lights | Coach Bill McGregor | 4 episodes | |
| 2007–2010 | Saving Grace | Doug Norman | 9 episodes |
| 2008 | Knight Rider | Sheriff Ramsey | Episode: "Knight Rider" |
| Criminal Minds | Sheriff Britt Hallum | Episode: "Elephant's Memory" | |
| Shark | Sheriff Griffin | Episode: "Wayne's World 3: Killer Shark" | |
| NCIS | Captain Richard Owens | Episode: "Agent Afloat" | |
| CSI: NY | Bernie Benton | Episode: "The Triangle" | |
| 2009 | 24 | Doug Knowles | 2 episodes |
| In Plain Sight | Karl Hogeland | Episode: "Duplicate Bridge" | |
| Law & Order | Judge Robert Maxen | Episode: "Just a Girl in the World" | |
| 2010 | Human Target | Detective Al Jenkins | Episode: "Run" |
| Outlaw | Detective Hank Darby | Episode: "In Re: Tracy Vidalin" | |
| Castle | Wilbur Pittorino | Episode: "Last Call" | |
| 2010–2011 | Boardwalk Empire | Boss Frank Hague | 4 episodes |
| 2011 | Justified | Walt McCready | 2 episodes |
| The Glades | Frank Morgan | Episode: "Lost and Found" | |
| 2012 | Femme Fatales | Bendix Darby | Episode: "Trophy Wife" |
| Franklin & Bash | Captain N. Goepp | Episode: "Summer Girls" | |
| 2013 | The Mentalist | Tom Crayhew | Episode: "The Red Barn" |
| 2014 | Grimm | Bart | 3 episodes |
| Halt and Catch Fire | Gary | Episode: "Adventure" | |
| Legends | Adviser to the President | Episode: "Betrayal" | |
| Scorpion | Ronny | Episode: "Shorthanded" | |
| 2015 | Scandal | Chief Conners | Episode: "The Lawn Chair" |
| Battle Creek | Henry Briggs | Episode: "Mama's Boy" | |
| The Spoils Before Dying | Ed Nestly | 3 episodes | |
| Impastor | Roger Kerry | Episode: "Honor Thy Boyfriend's Father and Mother" | |
| 2016 | CSI: Cyber | Mayor Cavanaugh | Episode: "Going Viral" |
| Agent Carter | Uncle Bud | Episode: "Smoke & Mirrors" | |
| Rush Hour | Elliot Vaughn | Episode: "Prisoner of Love" | |
| Timeless | Frank Hamer | Episode: "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde" | |
| 2017 | Chicago Justice | Mr. Nichols | Episode: "Friendly Fire" |
| Better Call Saul | Billy Gatwood | Episode: "Fall" | |
| 2018 | Lucifer | Gil | Episode: "City of Angels?" |
| Liberty Crossing | Terry Szymanski | 7 episodes | |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Pettifer | Episode: "Pua a'e la ka uwahi o ka moe" | |
| 2019 | Animal Kingdom | Jed | 2 episodes |
| Briarpatch | Calvin Strucker | Episode: "First Time in Saint Disgrace" | |
| Castle Rock | Clay | 5 episodes | |
| 2021 | Kaljave gume[5] | Robert Enright | 10 episodes |
| Mr. Corman | Frank (voice) | Episode: "Funeral" |
Roles[]
Bendix Darby
(Femme Fatales)
(Femme Fatales)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Paulson, Dave (July 4, 2013). "Actor Chris Mulkey shares musical side with Nashville at 'Let Freedom Sing!'". Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved on December 4, 2014.
- ↑ Melhuish, Martin (1986). "The Supertramp Book". Omnibus Press.
- ↑ Wilmington, Michael (January 15, 1988). "MOVIE REVIEW: Fire and Ice Fuel a Low-Budget, High-Intensity 'Patti Rocks'". Retrieved on March 28, 2017.
- ↑ Brennan, Sandra (2008). "Chris Mulkey profile". Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved on June 24, 2013.
- ↑ Mulkey, Chris (February 1, 2021). "Mud on the Tires". Retrieved on February 10, 2022.
External links[]
- Chris Mulkey at Femme Fatales Wiki
Chris Mulkey at the Internet Movie Database- Chris Mulkey at Facebook
- Chris Mulkey at Facebook
- Chris Mulkey at Instagram
- Chris Mulkey at X
- Chris Mulkey Interview at NAMM Oral History Collection (2019)
