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Chris Mulkey | |
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| Born | Christian Mulkey May 3, 1948 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1975-present |
| Spouses | Lorraine Smith (m. 1972;div. 1978)Karen Landry (m. 1981;died 2015) |
| Website | chrismulkeymusic |
Chris Mulkey (born May 3, 1948) is an American film and television actor and blues and Americana singer-songwriter.
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.
Mulkey was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin. He married actress Karen Landry in 1981, they had two daughters. Karen Laundry Mulkey passed away from cancer on new years day, 2015. []
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1975 | Loose Ends | Billy Regis | |
| 1977 | Tomcats | Cullen Garrett | |
| 1978 | The Boss' Son | Fred | |
| 1979 | Sunnyside | Reggie Flynn | |
| 1980 | The Long Riders | Vernon Biggs | |
| 1981 | All Night Long | Russell Monk | |
| 1982 | First Blood | Deputy Ward | |
| 1982 | 48 Hrs. | Second Cop | |
| 1982 | Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann | Daniels | |
| 1984 | Dreamscape | Finch | |
| 1984 | Runaway | David Johnson | |
| 1986 | Quiet Cool | 'Red' | |
| 1987 | The Hidden | Jack DeVries | |
| 1988 | Patti Rocks | Billy Regis | |
| 1988 | Under the Gun | Larry | |
| 1988 | Jack's Back | Scott Morofsky | |
| 1988 | In Dangerous Company | Chris | |
| 1988 | Heartbreak Hotel | Steve Ayres | |
| 1988 | 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 | |
| 1992 | Gas Food Lodging | Raymond | |
| 1992 | The Silencer | George | |
| 1993 | Bound and Gagged: A Love Story | Steve | |
| 1993 | Ghost in the Machine | Bram Walker | |
| 1995 | Dead Cold | Eric | |
| 1996 | Broken Arrow | Major Hunt | |
| 1996 | The Fan | Tim | |
| 1996 | Foxfire | Dan Goldman | |
| 1996 | Amanda | Caleb Farnsworth | |
| 1996 | Full Moon Rising | Dirk Jaspers | |
| 1997 | Behind Enemy Lines | CIA Agent 'Jonesy' Jones | |
| 1997 | Sub Down | Commander Kirsch | |
| 1997 | Weapons of Mass Distraction | Jerry Pascoe | |
| 1998 | Bulworth | Cop #2 | |
| 1998 | Twist of Fate | Lennox | |
| 1999 | Sugar Town | Aaron | |
| 1999 | Requiem for Murder | Richard Poe | |
| 1999 | Jimmy Zip | Rick Conesco | |
| 2000 | Slow Burn | Jacob McTeague | |
| 2002 | American Girl | John Grubb | |
| 2003 | Manhood | Travel Agent | |
| 2003 | Radio | Frank Clay | |
| 2004 | Mysterious Skin | Mr. Lackey | |
| 2005 | North Country | Earl Slangley | |
| 2005 | Dirty | Carlson | |
| 2006 | Dreamland | Herb | |
| 2006 | Wasted | Father Collins | |
| 2006 | Love & Debate | Austin | |
| 2006 | Little Chenier | Sheriff Kline LeBauve | |
| 2006 | The Curiosity of Chance | Sir | |
| 2006 | Unknown | Detective James Curtis | |
| 2006 | One Night with You | Detective Brown | |
| 2007 | Nanking | Mills McCallum | |
| 2007 | I Tried | Strank | |
| 2007 | D-War | Agent Frank Pinsky | |
| 2007 | Universal Groove | The Agent | |
| 2008 | Cloverfield | Lieutenant Colonel Graff | |
| 2008 | Older than America | Paul Gunderson | |
| 2008 | Dead*Line | Hollis | Short film |
| 2008 | Shattered! | Dennis | |
| 2009 | The Perfect Game | 'Lucky' Haskins | |
| 2009 | Dark Moon Rising | John | |
| 2011 | COLLAPSE | Robert | |
| 2011 | Bad Actress | Bernie Pillage | |
| 2011 | The Levenger Tapes | Stackman | |
| 2012 | Any Day Now | District Attorney Wilson | |
| 2012 | Knife Fight | Roger Fillmore | |
| 2013 | Sanitarium | Father | Segment: "Monsters are Real" |
| 2013 | Decoding Annie Parker | Ralph Parker | |
| 2013 | The Purge | Mr. Halverson | |
| 2013 | Captain Phillips | John Cronan | |
| 2014 | The Jersey Devil | God | |
| 2014 | Whiplash | Uncle Frank | |
| 2014 | The Identical | William Hemsley (Older) | |
| 2014 | Last Weekend | Malcolm Green | |
| 2014 | The Living | Howard | |
| 2014 | The Surface | Kelly | |
| 2015 | Truth | Maurice Udell | |
| 2015 | Car Dogs | Malcolm Chamberlain | |
| 2015 | Call Me King | Angelo | |
| 2016 | Message from the King | Leary | |
| 2016 | Wolves at the Door | John | |
| 2017 | Mad Families | Tommy | |
| 2018 | When I Sing | Rock Doc | |
| 2018 | Gotti | Frank DeCicco | |
| 2018 | Ouija House | Tomas | |
| 2018 | Gloria Bell | Charlie | |
| 2018 | The Standoff at Sparrow Creek | Ford | |
| 2018 | Spare Room | Mac | |
| 2018 | On the Basis of Sex | Charles Moritz | |
| 2019 | Above Suspicion | Todd Eason | |
| 2020 | How to Deter a Robber | Andy Reynolds |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977, 1978 | Baretta | Dealer / Joshua | 2 episodes |
| 1978 | M*A*S*H | Soldier | Episode: "Tea and Empathy" |
| 1978 | Barnaby Jones | Curt Davis | Episode: "Terror on a Quiet Afternoon" |
| 1979 | Eight Is Enough | The Swindler | Episode: "The Yearning Point" |
| 1979 | Time Express | Danny White | Episode: "Rodeo/Cop" |
| 1979 | Charlie's Angels | Reggie Martin | Episode: "Angels on Skates" |
| 1980 | A Rumor of War | Radio Man | 2 episodes |
| 1980 | The Waltons | Roller | Episode: "The Prodigals" |
| 1980 | The White Shadow | Ilya | Episode: "The Russians Are Coming" |
| 1980 | Here's Boomer | Sticks | Episode: "Jailbreak" |
| 1980 | Act of Love | Nurse Watkins | Television film |
| 1981 | CHiPs | Dave | Episode: "Forty Tons of Trouble" |
| 1981 | The Killing of Randy Webster | Sonny Manse | Television film |
| 1981 | Private Benjamin | Glickman | Episode: "Jungle Swamp Survival" |
| 1982 | Dangerous Company | Jeremy Blake | Television film |
| 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" |
| 1985 | Magnum, P.I. | Tony, the "Repo Man" | Episode: "Blood and Honor" |
| 1987 | The Twilight Zone | Ray Dobson | Episode: "The Junction" |
| 1987 | It's Garry Shandling's Show | Sylvia's Ex-Boyfriend | Episode: "Dial L for Laundry" |
| 1987 | Deadly Care | Richard Halloran | Television film |
| 1987 | Matlock | Bones Jennings | Episode: "The Country Boy" |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast | 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 | Lt. Stryker | Television film |
| 1989 | A Peaceable Kingdom | Max Hall | Episode: "Kitty Paws" |
| 1990 | Hometown Boy Makes Good | Al Swearinger | Television film |
| 1990 | Rainbow Drive | Ira Rosenberg | Television film |
| 1990 | Angel of Death | Matt Hendricks | Television film |
| 1990–1991 | Twin Peaks | Hank Jennings | 13 episodes |
| 1990, 1994 | Murder, She Wrote | Al Wallace / Joey Freeman | Television film |
| 1991 | Thirtysomething | George | Episode: "The Difference Between Men and Women" |
| 1991 | K-9000 | Eddie Monroe | Television film |
| 1991 | Runaway Father | Richard | Television film |
| 1992 | Civil Wars | Richard Foley | Episode: "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" |
| 1992 | Arresting Behavior | 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 | Bakersfield P.D. | Bill | 17 episodes |
| 1994 | Grace Under Fire | Kurt Ross | Episode: "Pitch and Woo" |
| 1995 | Blossom | Dan | Episode: "It Happened One Night" |
| 1995 | Texas Justice | Lanny Shelton | Television film |
| 1997 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Foreman Cox | Episode: "A Woman's Place" |
| 1998 | Touched by an Angel | Erskine Hughes | Episode: "Doodlebugs" |
| 1998 | Michael Hayes | Becker | Episode: "Imagine" |
| 1998 | The Cowboy and the Movie Star | Sheriff | Television film; uncredited |
| 1998 | 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" |
| 2003 | 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 | Broken Trail | Big Ears | Miniseries |
| 2006 | Lost | Mike | Episode: "Further Instructions" |
| 2006 | Sleeper Cell | Bob | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Cold Case | Pat Hall | Episode: "Shuffle, Ball Change" |
| 2007 | Smith | Donny | Episode: "Four" |
| 2007 | Friday Night Lights | Coach Bill McGregor | 4 episodes |
| 2007–2010 | Saving Grace | Doug Norman | 9 episodes |
| 2008 | Knight Rider | Sheriff Ramsey | Episode: "Knight Rider" |
| 2008 | Criminal Minds | Sheriff Britt Hallum | Episode: "Elephant's Memory" |
| 2008 | A Teacher's Crime | 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 | In Plain Sight | Karl Hogeland | Episode: "Duplicate Bridge" |
| 2009 | Law & Order | Judge Robert Maxen | Episode: "Just a Girl in the World" |
| 2010 | Human Target | Detective Al Jenkins | Episode: "Run" |
| 2010 | Outlaw | Detective Hank Darby | Episode: "In Re: Tracy Vidalin" |
| 2010 | Castle | Wilbur Pittorino | Episode: "Last Call" |
| 2010–2011 | Boardwalk Empire | Boss Frank Hague | 4 episodes |
| 2011 | Justified | Walt McCready | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | The Glades | Frank Morgan | Episode: "Lost and Found" |
| 2012 | Femme Fatales | Bendix Darby | Episode: "Trophy Wife" |
| 2012 | Franklin & Bash | Captain N. Goepp | Episode: "Summer Girls" |
| 2013 | The Mentalist | Tom Crayhew | Episode: "The Red Barn" |
| 2014 | Grimm | Bart | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Halt and Catch Fire | 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 | Battle Creek | Henry Briggs | Episode: "Mama's Boy" |
| 2015 | The Spoils Before Dying | Ed Nestly | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Impastor | Roger Kerry | Episode: "Honor Thy Boyfriend's Father and Mother" |
| 2016 | CSI: Cyber | Mayor Cavanaugh | Episode: "Going Viral" |
| 2016 | Agent Carter | Uncle Bud Schultz | Episode: "Smoke & Mirrors" |
| 2016 | Rush Hour | Elliot Vaughn | Episode: "Prisoner of Love" |
| 2016 | Timeless | Frank Hamer | Episode: "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde" |
| 2017 | Chicago Justice | Mr. Nichols | Episode: "Friendly Fire" |
| 2017 | Better Call Saul | Billy Gatwood | Episode: "Fall" |
| 2018 | Lucifer | Gil | Episode: "City of Angels?" |
| 2018 | Liberty Crossing | Terry Szymanski | 7 episodes |
| 2018 | Disillusioned | Vincent | Television film |
| 2018 | Hawaii Five-0 | Pettifer | Episode: "Pua a'e la ka uwahi o ka moe" |
| 2019 | Animal Kingdom | Jed | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Briarpatch | Calvin Strucker | Episode: "First Time in Saint Disgrace" |
| 2019 | Castle Rock | Clay | 5 episodes |
| 2021 | Kaljave gume [5] | Robert Enright | 10 episodes |
| 2021 | Mr. Corman | Frank (voice) | Episode: "Funeral" |
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