Chris Mulkey
{{short description|American film and television actor (born 1948)}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Chris Mulkey
| image =
| birth_name = Christian Mulkey
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|5|3|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Viroqua, Wisconsin, U.S.
| website = {{URL|chrismulkeymusic.com}}
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1975-present
}}
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, Against the Wall, Cloverfield, the NBC TV movie Knight Rider, 24, Boardwalk Empire, Friday Night Lights, Boomtown, Justified, Baretta, and Twin Peaks.{{cite web|title=Actor Chris Mulkey shares musical side with Nashville at 'Let Freedom Sing!'|work=The Tennessean|date=July 4, 2013|first=Dave|last=Paulson|url=http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2013/07/04/actor-chris-mulkey-shares-musical-side-with-nashville-at-let-freedom-sing|access-date=December 4, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131015074714/http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2013/07/04/actor-chris-mulkey-shares-musical-side-with-nashville-at-let-freedom-sing/|archive-date=October 15, 2013|url-status=dead}}
He played the main character in the controversial 1985 Supertramp music video "Brother Where You Bound".{{Cite book|last=Melhuish|first=Martin|title=The Supertramp Book|place=Toronto, Canada|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=1986|isbn=0-9691272-2-7|page=192}} 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.{{cite news |last=Wilmington |first=Michael |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-15-ca-24046-story.html |title=MOVIE REVIEW : Fire and Ice Fuel a Low-Budget, High-Intensity 'Patti Rocks' |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 15, 1988 |access-date=March 28, 2017}} He appeared in the science fiction action film The Hidden, and the 1989 sci-fi cop film K-9000.{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/103748/Chris-Mulkey/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621082254/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/103748/Chris-Mulkey/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 21, 2008|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|author=Sandra Brennan|date=2008|title=Chris Mulkey profile|access-date=June 24, 2013}} 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.
Filmography
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1975
| Loose Ends | Billy Regis | |
| 1977
| Tomcats | Cullen Garrett | |
| 1978
| The Boss' Son | Fred | |
| 1979
| Sunnyside | Reggie Flynn | |
| 1980
| Vernon Biggs | |
| 1981
| Russell Monk | |
| rowspan=3| 1982
| Deputy Ward | |
| 48 Hrs.
| Second Cop | |
| Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
| Daniels | |
| rowspan=2| 1984
| Finch | |
| Runaway
| David Johnson | |
| 1986
| "Red" | |
| 1987
| Jack DeVries | |
| rowspan=6| 1988
| 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 | |
| 1989
| Vietnam War Story: The Last Days | Griffin | Segment: "Dirty Work" |
| 1990
| Denial | Chad | |
| 1991
| Ambition | Man In Bookstore | |
| rowspan=2| 1992
| Raymond | |
| The Silencer
| George | |
| rowspan=2| 1993
| Bound and Gagged: A Love Story | Steve | |
| Ghost in the Machine
| Bram Walker | |
| 1995
| Dead Cold | Eric | |
| rowspan=5| 1996
| Major Hunt | |
| The Fan
| Tim | |
| Foxfire
| Dan Goldman | |
| Amanda
| Caleb Farnsworth | |
| Full Moon Rising
| Dirk Jaspers | |
| rowspan=3| 1997
| CIA Agent "Jonesy" Jones | |
| Sub Down
| Commander Kirsch | |
| Weapons of Mass Distraction
| Jerry Pascoe | |
| rowspan=2| 1998
| Bulworth | Cop #2 | |
| Twist of Fate
| Lennox | |
| rowspan=3| 1999
| Aaron | |
| Requiem for Murder
| Richard Poe | |
| Jimmy Zip
| Rick Conesco | |
| 2000
| Jacob McTeague | |
| 2002
| John Grubb | |
| rowspan=2| 2003
| Manhood | Travel Agent | |
| Radio
| Frank Clay | |
| 2004
| Mr. Lackey | |
| rowspan=2| 2005
| Earl Slangley | |
| Dirty
| Carlson | |
| rowspan=7| 2006
| 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 | |
| rowspan=4| 2007
| Nanking | Mills McCallum | |
| I Tried
| Strank | |
| D-War
| Agent Frank Pinsky | |
| Universal Groove
| The Agent | |
| rowspan=4| 2008
| Lieutenant Colonel Graff | |
| Older than America
| Paul Gunderson | |
| Dead*Line
| Hollis |
| Shattered!
| Dennis | |
| rowspan=2| 2009
| "Lucky" Haskins | |
| Dark Moon Rising
| John | |
| rowspan=3| 2011
| COLLAPSE | Robert | |
| Bad Actress
| Bernie Pillage | |
| The Levenger Tapes
| Stackman | |
| rowspan=2| 2012
| District Attorney Wilson | |
| Knife Fight
| Roger Fillmore | |
| rowspan=4| 2013
| Father | Segment: "Monsters are Real" |
| Decoding Annie Parker
| Ralph Parker | |
| The Purge
| Mr. Halverson | |
| Captain Phillips
| John Cronan | |
| rowspan=6| 2014
| The Jersey Devil | God | |
| Whiplash
| Uncle Frank | |
| The Identical
| William Hemsley (Older) | |
| Last Weekend
| Malcolm Green | |
| The Living
| Howard | |
| The Surface
| Kelly | |
| rowspan=3| 2015
| Truth | Maurice Udell | |
| Car Dogs
| Malcolm Chamberlain | |
| Call Me King
| Angelo | |
| rowspan=2| 2016
| Leary | |
| Wolves at the Door
| John | |
| 2017
| Tommy | |
| rowspan=7| 2018
| When I Sing | "Rock Doc" | |
| Gotti
| |
| Ouija House
| Tomas | |
| Gloria Bell
| Charlie | |
| The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
| Ford | |
| Spare Room
| Mac | |
| On the Basis of Sex
| Charles Moritz | |
| rowspan=2| 2019
| Todd Eason | |
| Rogue Warfare 2: The Hunt
| Commander Brisco | |
| rowspan=3| 2020
|Emerald Run | |
| How to Deter a Robber
| Andy Reynolds | |
| Killing Eleanor
| |
| 2023
| |
=Television=
| class = "wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1977, 1978
| Baretta | Dealer / Joshua | 2 episodes |
| 1978
| M*A*S*H | Soldier | Episode: "Tea and Empathy" |
| 1978
| Curt Davis | Episode: "Terror on a Quiet Afternoon" |
| 1979
| The Swindler | Episode: "The Yearning Point" |
| 1979
| Danny White | Episode: "Rodeo/Cop" |
| 1979
| Reggie Martin | Episode: "Angels on Skates" |
| 1980
| Radio Man | 2 episodes |
| 1980
| Roller | Episode: "The Prodigals" |
| 1980
| Ilya | Episode: "The Russians Are Coming" |
| 1980
| "Sticks" | Episode: "Jailbreak" |
| 1980
| Nurse Watkins |
| 1981
| CHiPs | Dave | Episode: "Forty Tons of Trouble" |
| 1981
| The Killing of Randy Webster | Sonny Manse | Television film |
| 1981
| Glickman | Episode: "Jungle Swamp Survival" |
| 1982
| Dangerous Company | Jeremy Blake | Television film |
| 1982
| Blaine Thomas | Episode: "The Survival Syndrome" |
| 1983, 1985
| Sharp / Billy Ray | 2 episodes |
| 1985
| Rhodes | Episode: "Steele Blushing" |
| 1985
| Tony, The "Repo Man" | Episode: "Blood and Honor" |
| 1987
| Ray Dobson | Episode: "The Junction" |
| 1987
| Sylvia's Ex-Boyfriend | Episode: "Dial L for Laundry" |
| 1987
| Richard Halloran | Television film |
| 1987
| Matlock | "Bones" Jennings | Episode: "The Country Boy" |
| 1987
| Danny Yates | Episode: "An Impossible Silence" |
| 1987
| The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains | Burn's Chicago Lawyer | Television film |
| 1988
| Tricks of the Trade | Lieutenant Stryker | Television film |
| 1989
| Max Hall | Episode: "Kitty Paws" |
| 1990
| Hometown Boy Makes Good | Al Swearinger | Television film |
| 1990
| Ira Rosenberg | Television film |
| 1990
| Angel of Death | Matt Hendricks | Television film |
| 1990–1991
| Hank Jennings | 13 episodes |
| 1990, 1994
| Al Wallace / Joey Freeman | Television film |
| 1991
| George | Episode: "The Difference Between Men and Women" |
| 1991
| K-9000 | Eddie Monroe | Television film |
| 1991
| Runaway Father | Richard | Television film |
| 1992
| Richard Foley | Episode: "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" |
| 1992
| Officer Pete Walsh | 5 episodes |
| 1992
| Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel | Charlie White | Television film |
| 1992
| Deadbolt | Jordan | Television film |
| 1993
| The Switch | Bill | Television film |
| 1993–1994
| Bill | 17 episodes |
| 1994
| Kurt Ross | Episode: "Pitch and Woo" |
| 1995
| Blossom | Dan | Episode: "It Happened One Night" |
| 1995
| Texas Justice | Lanny Shelton | Television film |
| 1997
| Foreman Cox | Episode: "A Woman's Place" |
| 1998
| Erskine Hughes | Episode: "Doodlebugs" |
| 1998
| Becker | Episode: "Imagine" |
| 1998
| The Cowboy and the Movie Star | Sheriff | Television film; uncredited |
| 1998
| Mike | Episode: "Black Box" |
| 1998–2002
| Colliar Sims | 83 episodes |
| 1999–2000
| Shriek / Walter Shreeve (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 2002
| Boomtown | Kevin Van Horn | Episode: "Reelin' in the Years" |
| 2003
| Leonard Murphy | Episode: "Forced Entry" |
| 2003
| JAG | Major Phelps | Episode: "The Boast" |
| 2003, 2011
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Maurice Gallows / Mr. Young | 2 episodes |
| 2004
| Martin Akins | Episode: "Love Lies Bleeding" |
| 2006
| Ed "Big Ears" Bywaters | Miniseries |
| 2006
| Lost | Mike | Episode: "Further Instructions" |
| 2006
| Bob | 2 episodes |
| 2007
| Pat Hall | Episode: "Shuffle, Ball Change" |
| 2007
| Smith | Donny | Episode: "Four" |
| 2007
| Coach Bill McGregor | 4 episodes |
| 2007–2010
| Doug Norman | 9 episodes |
| 2008
| Sheriff Ramsey | Episode: "Knight Rider" |
| 2008
| Sheriff Britt Hallum | Episode: "Elephant's Memory" |
| 2008
| Bill Rander | Television film |
| 2008
| Shark | Sheriff Griffin | Episode: "Wayne's World 3: Killer Shark" |
| 2008
| NCIS | Captain Richard Owens | Episode: "Agent Afloat" |
| 2008
| CSI: NY | Bernie Benton | Episode: "The Triangle" |
| 2009
| 24 | Doug Knowles | 2 episodes |
| 2009
| Karl Hogeland | Episode: "Duplicate Bridge" |
| 2009
| Judge Robert Maxen | Episode: "Just a Girl in the World" |
| 2010
| Detective Al Jenkins | Episode: "Run" |
| 2010
| Outlaw | Detective Hank Darby | Episode: "In Re: Tracy Vidalin" |
| 2010
| Castle | Wilbur Pittorino | Episode: "Last Call" |
| 2010–2011
| Boss Frank Hague | 4 episodes |
| 2011
| Walt McCready | 2 episodes |
| 2011
| Frank Morgan | Episode: "Lost and Found" |
| 2012
| Bendix Darby | Episode: "Trophy Wife" |
| 2012
| Captain N. Goepp | Episode: "Summer Girls" |
| 2013
| Tom Crayhew | Episode: "The Red Barn" |
| 2014
| Grimm | Bart | 3 episodes |
| 2014
| Gary | Episode: "Adventure" |
| 2014
| Legends | Adviser to The President | Episode: "Betrayal" |
| 2014
| Scorpion | Ronny | Episode: "Shorthanded" |
| 2015
| Scandal | Chief Conners | Episode: "The Lawn Chair" |
| 2015
| Henry Briggs | Episode: "Mama's Boy" |
| 2015
| Ed Nestly | 3 episodes |
| 2015
| Impastor | Roger Kerry | Episode: "Honor Thy Boyfriend's Father and Mother" |
| 2016
| Mayor Cavanaugh | Episode: "Going Viral" |
| 2016
| Uncle Bud Schultz | Episode: "Smoke & Mirrors" |
| 2016
| Elliot Vaughn | Episode: "Prisoner of Love" |
| 2016
| Timeless | Episode: "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde" |
| 2017
| Mr. Nichols | Episode: "Friendly Fire" |
| 2017
| Billy Gatwood | Episode: "Fall" |
| 2018
| Lucifer | Gil | Episode: "City of Angels?" |
| 2018
| Liberty Crossing | Terry Szymanski | 7 episodes |
| 2018
| Disillusioned | Vincent | Television film |
| 2018
| Pettifer | Episode: "Pua a'e la ka uwahi o ka moe" |
| 2019
| Jed | 2 episodes |
| 2019
| Calvin Strucker | Episode: "First Time in Saint Disgrace" |
| 2019
| Clay | 5 episodes |
| 2021
| Robert Enright | 10 episodes |
| 2021
| Frank (voice) | Episode: "Funeral" |
References
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External links
- [http://www.chrismulkeymusic.com Official website]
- {{IMDb name|id=0611889}}
- [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/chris-mulkey Chris Mulkey Interview] at NAMM Oral History Collection (2019)
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