Chip Chinery
{{short description|American actor and stand-up comedian|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Chip Chinery
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| birth_name = Lawrence Adams Chinery
| birth_date = {{birth_date and age|1964|8|10}}
| birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|stand-up comedian}}
| years_active = 1980–present
| module = {{Infobox comedian|embed=yes
| medium = Stand-up, film, television
| genre = Sketch comedy
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| website = {{url|http://www.chipchinery.com/}}
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Chip Chinery (born August 10, 1964) is an American actor and stand-up comedian.
Early life
Chinery was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. At age 16, he made his stand-up comedy debut at a bar called d.w.eye.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=143674452374504&set=a.143573952384554.36494.143571149051501&type=1&theater |title=eye comics |publisher=Facebook |date= |accessdate=2013-09-05}}{{cite web|url=http://www.keynotespeakers.com/speaker_detail.php?speakerid=3362 |title=Chip Chinery - Speaker Profile |publisher=Keynotespeakers.com |date= |accessdate=2013-09-05}} He graduated from Miami University with his bachelor's degree in business psychology. Chinery worked at WCPO-TV as a cameraman, then at TheBankMart in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Career
In 1993, he won an Emmy for "On-Air Performer" in the Midwest region for his work on Frog News and Cincinnati's Comedy Relief.{{cite web|url=http://www.delafont.com/comedians/chip-chinery.htm |title=CHIP CHINERY booking - Comedians - Corporate Entertainment Booking |publisher=Delafont.com |date=1999-10-19 |accessdate=2013-09-05}}
In 1999, Chinery released his very first comedy album, You Might Be A Redhead.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chipchinery.com/merch/you-might-be-a-redhead/|title="You Might be a Redhead" - Chip Chinery}}
As an actor, he has guest-starred on over 50 different TV shows and films, including Seinfeld, Friends, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Better Off Ted, Rules of Engagement, Anger Management, and Coyote Ugly. He plays recurring characters on Crash & Bernstein and Wilfred.
He also provided the voice of Crash Bandicoot in the video game Crash Team Racing, replacing Brendan O'Brien.{{Cite web |last=Chinery |first=Chip |date=27 August 1999 |title=Friday, August 27, 1999 - Chip Chinery |url=http://www.chipchinery.com/updates/friday-august-27-1999-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129071443/http://www.chipchinery.com/updates/friday-august-27-1999-2/ |archive-date=29 November 2020 |access-date=13 June 2024}}
Chinery's award-winning Chip's Money Tips, debuted in 2008,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/chipsmoneytips |title=ChipsMoneyTips .com |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2013-09-05}} to give "Money Tips in a Candy-Coated Shell" through humorous, entertaining and informative videos and written posts.{{cite web|author= |url=http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/1019096/chip_chinery.html |title=Chip Chinery's Contributor Profile - Yahoo Contributor Network |publisher=contributor.yahoo.com |date= |accessdate=2013-09-05}} Chinery says, "Most people are clueless about money. Not you - them. Other people."
He also works as a personal finance advisor.{{cite web|author= |url=http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2011/06/30/chip-chinerys-golf-summit-with-boehner/ |title=Chip Chinery's Golf Summit With Boehner | TV and Media Blog |publisher=Cincinnati.com |date=2011-06-30 |accessdate=2013-09-05}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| Reporter | |
| Hee/r
| Buck Owens, Dr. Green | Short film |
| rowspan="3" | 2000
| The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | Security Guard | |
| Coyote Ugly
| Cop | |
| Space Cowboys
| Tom | Uncredited |
| 2001
| Pearl Harbor II: Pearlmageddo | Advisory | Short film |
| rowspan="3" | 2002
| Hip, Edgy, Sexy, Cool | Sexy Cop #1 | |
| The Country Bears
| Tom Tamina | |
| Dan Danger
| Steve Markus, Mark Stephens, Pilot | |
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| The Old Man and the Studio | Security Guard | rowspan="3" | Short film |
| Fellowship 9/11
| Recruiter |
| 2005
| The Good Part | Classmate |
| 2017
| Roone Arledge | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1997
| Various | 1 episode |
| 1997–1999
| Janitor, Guy, Workman | 4 episodes |
| rowspan="5" | 1998
| Friends | Another Scientist | Episode: "The One with Phoebe's Uterus" |
| Seinfeld
| Co-Worker #1 | Episode: "The Maid" |
| Oh Yeah! Cartoons
| Kid #2, Pilot, Steve (voices) | Segment: "The Dan Danger Show" |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
| Various characters | 1 episode |
| Prime Time Comedy
| Various characters | Television film |
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| Oh Baby | Waiter | Episode: "Birth: Part 1" |
| The Drew Carey Show
| Jerry the Bowler | Episode: "Do the Hustle" |
| rowspan="3" | 2000
| Newspaper Boy | Episode: "Salem's Daughter" |
| The Wonderful World of Disney
| Chip | Episode: "Mail to the Chief" |
| Providence
| Pet Store Salesman | Episode: "Family Ties" |
| rowspan="3" | 2001
| Car Customer #1 | Episode: "The Car Salesman" |
| Dead Last
| Public Defender | Episode: "He Who Smelt It" |
| Sketch Pad
| Magicop | 1 episode |
| rowspan="3" | 2002
| Mr. Arledge | Episode: "The Sexual Evolution" |
| Becker
| Mr. Lester | Episode: "Picture Imperfect" |
| Reba
| Jeff | Episode: "Skating Away" |
| 2003
| Whoopi | Guest #1 | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2003
| All That | Officer Kropke | 2 episodes |
| 2003
| Rodney the Car Salesman | Episode: "The New Car" |
| rowspan="3" | 2004
| My Life, Inc. | Kris Kirkwood | Television film |
| Still Standing
| Gilbert's Father | Episode: "Still Winning" |
| That '70s Show
| Milkman | Episode: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" |
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| Uncommon Sense | Bellman | rowspan="2" | Television film |
| The Commuters
| Poker Champ |
| 2006
| Co-Worker No. 1 | Episode: "Surprise Party" |
| 2006–2009
| Mr. Kelpman, Mr. Lasley, 1950's Filmstrip Narrator (voices) | 3 episodes |
| 2007
| The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Pete | Episode: "Aptitude" |
| 2008
| My Best Friend's Girl | Customer | Television film |
| 2008–2018
| Chip's Money Tips | {{n/a}} | 31 episodes |
| 2009–2010
| Ryan | 2 episodes |
| 2011
| Wilfred | Stanley | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 2013
| Randy | Episode: "Cupcake" |
| Crash & Bernstein
| Coach Urkhart | 5 episodes |
| Anger Management
| Jimmy | Episode: "Charlie Does It for Science" |
| 2014
| Coach Gill | Episode: "Drug/Bust" |
| 2015
| Clark | Episode: "While You Were Sleeping" |
| 2016
| Various voices | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="7" | 2017
| Mom | Dave | Episode: "Roast Chicken and a Funny Story" |
| Chelsea
| Narrator (voice) | Episode: "Answer Me This" |
| NCIS
| NCIS Employee Rodney Spence | Episode: "House Divided" |
| Speechless
| Mr. McHugh | Episode: "W-E-- WE'RE B-A-- BACK!" |
| American Horror Story
| Leland Candoli | Episode: "Mid-Western Assassin" |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine
| Don | Episode: "Bad Beat" |
| Life in Pieces
| Dustin | Episode: "Waffle Permission Kidless Boyfriend" |
| rowspan="3" | 2018
| New Girl | Ben | Episode: "Tuesday Meeting" |
| I Feel Bad
| Officer Young | Episode: "I Get Sick of Being Needed" |
| The Kids Are Alright
| Bob | Episode: "Behind the Counter" |
| rowspan="7" | 2019
| Bob | Episode: "The Propagation Proposition" |
| Fam
| Announcer (voice) | Episode: "Freddy Returns" |
| The Goldbergs
| Bruce Kaczander | Episode: "There Can Be Only One Highlander Club" |
| Good Girls
| Mattress King | Episode: "King" |
| The Conners
| Tony | Episode: "Lanford, Toilet of Sin" |
| Shameless
| Larry Seaver | Episode: "Adios Gringos" |
| Like Magic
| Announcer | Television film |
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders | Pirates (voice) | Episode: "King Burple" |
| Homecoming
| Attending Cop | 2 episodes |
| 2021
| The Upshaws | Malcolm | Episode: "Big Plans" |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1999 |
Discography
- You Might Be A Redhead (1999)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.chipchinery.com/ Chip Chinery's website]
- [http://www.chipsmoneytips.com/ Chip's Money Tips website]
- {{IMDb name|0157842}}
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