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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-05-03 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Wisconsin, USA

Chris Mulkey

Biography:

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chris Mulkey (born May 3, 1948) is an American actor who most recently appeared in Cloverfield, the NBC TV movie Knight Rider, and as a corporate executive in season 7 of 24. He has also played a coach in four episodes of Friday Night Lights, and appeared in numerous TV shows and movies as far back the mid 1970s, such as Baretta and early '90s cult classic Twin Peaks. Finally, he is well known to fans of the Wing Commander franchise as Col. Jacob "Hawk" Manley. In the science fiction action film The Hidden, he portrayed a man named Jack, who is possessed by the parasitic alien antagonist in the beginning of the movie.

Mulkey was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin and is married to actress Karen Landry.

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Known For

Acting

2025

The Long Game as Chris Valente

2024

Universal Groove as The Agent
Inheritance as Doug Forester
Feeling Randy as The Teacher
Rockbottom as The Hand
Good Men as Self
Wildflower as Hal

2023

Deadland as Charlie Hobbs
Wildflower as Hal

2022

Mosquito as Sheriff Linton Jones

2021

The Hand That Feeds as Deputy Director Hank Mullen
How to Deter a Robber as Andy Reynolds
Mr. Corman as Frank (voice)

2020

Killing Eleanor as Edward Grillo
Emerald Run as Alfio Sarda

2019

Spinning Dry as Jackie
Above Suspicion as Todd Eason
Gloria Bell as Charlie
Rogue Warfare as Commander Brisco
Rogue Warfare: The Hunt as Commander Brisco

2018

The Clinic as Dr. Ballard
Spare Room as Mac
Ouija House as Tomas
Gotti as Frank DeCicco
On the Basis of Sex as Charles Moritz
Liberty Crossing as Terry Szymanski
Castle Rock as Clay

2017

Call Me King as Angelo
Mad Families as Tommy
Car Dogs as Malcolm Chamberlain
Dead on Arrival as Hans Dunkle

2016

Killer Waves as Micky Barrels
Dr. Del as Charley
Rush Hour as Elliot Vaughn
Timeless as Frank Hamer
Lucifer as Gil

2015

Truth as Maurice Udell
Battle Creek as Henry Briggs
Impastor as Roger Kerry
Better Call Saul as Billy Gatwood

2014

The Surface as Kelly
Whiplash as Uncle Frank
Decoding Annie Parker as Ralph Parker
Last Weekend as Malcolm Green
The Living as Howard
Legends as President's Advisor
Scorpion as Ronny
Halt and Catch Fire as Gary Emerson

2013

Captain Phillips as John Cronan
The Purge as Mr. Halverson
Sanitarium as Father

2012

Collapse as Robert Morgan
Any Day Now as DA Wilson
Scandal as Chief Conners

2011

Bad Actress as Bernie Pillage
Narx as Sergeant Rhodes
Grimm as Bart
Against the Wall as Carl Scott
Femme Fatales as Bendix Darby
Franklin & Bash as Captain N. Goepp

2010

Bare Knuckles as Al the Boxing Trainer
Flowers for Norma as Flower Vendor
The Glades as Frank Morgan
Hawaii Five-0 as Pettifer
Justified as Walt McCready
Boardwalk Empire as Frank Hague

2009

The Perfect Game as Lucky Haskins
Castle as Wilbur Pittorino

2008

A Teacher's Crime as Bill Rander
Older Than America as Paul Gunderson
Cloverfield as Lt. Col. Graff
Knight Rider as Sheriff Ramsey
Little Chenier as Sheriff Kline Lebauve
The Mentalist as Tom Crayhew

2007

Dragon Wars: D-War as Agent Frank Pinsky
I Tried as Strank
Nanking as Mills McCallum

2006

Dreamland as Herb
Unknown as Detective James Curtis
One Night with You as Detective Brown
Love and Debate as Austin
Friday Night Lights as Coach Bill McGregor
Broken Trail as Big Ears

2005

Mysterious Skin as Mr. Lackey
North Country as Earl Slangley
Criminal Minds as Sheriff Britt Hallum

2004

Lost as Mike

2003

Radio as Frank
Manhood as Travel Agent
Cold Case as Pat Hall
NCIS as Captain Richard Owens

2002

American Girl as John Grubb
Boomtown as Kevin Van Horn
CSI: Miami as Leonard Murphy

2001

2000

Slow Burn as Jacob McTeague

1999

Requiem for Murder as Richard Poe
Jimmy Zip as Ron Conesco
Sugar Town as Aaron
Batman Beyond as Walter Shreeve/Shriek (voice)
Batman Beyond as Shriek (voice)

1998

Psychopath as Lennox
Bulworth as Cop #2
Any Day Now as Colliar Sims

1997

Sub Down as Commander Kirsch

1996

The Fan as Tim
Amanda as Caleb Farnsworth
Dead Cold as Eric
Foxfire as Dan Goldman
Broken Arrow as Major Hunt

1995

Texas Justice as Lanny Shelton

1994

Nowhere to Hide as Jonathan Blake
Touched by an Angel as Erskine Hughes

1993

Ghost in the Machine as Bram Walker
The Switch as Bill
Walker, Texas Ranger as Foreman Cox
Bakersfield P.D. as Denny Boyer

1992

Gas Food Lodging as Raymond
The Silencer as George
Deadbolt as Jordan

1991

Write to Kill as Jamie Sanford
Runaway Father as Richard
Ambition as Man in Bookstore

1990

Denial as Chad
K-9000 as Eddie Monroe
Hometown Boy Makes Good as Al Swearingen
Rainbow Drive as Ira Rosenberg
Twin Peaks as Hank Jennings
Law & Order as Robert Maxen

1989

Roe vs. Wade as Ron Weddington

1988

Tricks of the Trade as Lt. Stryker
Jack's Back as Scott Morofsky
Under the Gun as Larry
Rain Man as (voice)
Heartbreak Hotel as Steve Ayres
Patti Rocks as Billy Regis

1987

The Hidden as Jack DeVries
Deadly Care as Richard Halloran
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains as Burn's Chicago Lawyer

1986

Quiet Cool as Red

1985

Brother Where You Bound as Defence Technician
The Twilight Zone as Ray Dobson (segment "The Junction")

1984

Runaway as David Johnson
Dreamscape as Finch
Murder, She Wrote as Joey Freeman
Murder, She Wrote as Al Wallace

1983

1982

48 Hrs. as Second Cop
First Blood as Deputy Ward
Dangerous Company as Jeremy Blake
T. J. Hooker as Blaine Thomas

1981

All Night Long as Russell Monk

1980

The Long Riders as Vernon Biggs
Act of Love as Nurse Watkins

1979

Sunnyside as Reggie Flynn

1978

1977

Tomcats as Cullen Garrett
CHiPs as Dave

1976

Charlie's Angels as Reggie Martin

1975

Loose Ends as Billy Regis

1972

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Escape from Paradise as Detective Dan Rayden
Long Shadows as Roy Holt
Long Shadows as Roy Holt
The Remedy as Uncle Joe

Production

2019

Rogue Warfare: The Hunt as Co-Executive Producer
Rogue Warfare as Co-Executive Producer

2009

Dark Moon Rising as Co-Producer

Writing

1988

Patti Rocks as Writer