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Charles Parnell is an American actor best known for being the second actor to portray Police Chief Derek Frye on All My Children. Parnell took over the role previously played by actor William Christian. He joined the cast of the show on September 8, 2005, and made his final appearance on September 24, 2007. Parnell also provides the voice of Jefferson Twilight on Cartoon Network's The Venture Bros. He also played the role of Master Chief Russ Jeter on the TNT show The Last Ship, which has been renewed for season 5.
Born
Monday, 26 October 1964
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two | NRO | 2025 |
| Extended Family | Governor Devon Monahan | 2023 |
| The Killer | The Lawyer - Hodges | 2023 |
| The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart | Jefferson Twilight / Jefferson Twilight (voice) | 2023 |
| Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | NRO | 2023 |
| Kindred | Alan | 2022 |
| Spiderhead | Knowles | 2022 |
| Top Gun: Maverick | Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates | 2022 |
| Grand Crew | Franklin | 2021 |
| Good People | Coach Bishop | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two | NRO | 2025 |
| Extended Family | Governor Devon Monahan | 2023 |
| The Killer | The Lawyer - Hodges | 2023 |
| The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart | Jefferson Twilight / Jefferson Twilight (voice) | 2023 |
| Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | NRO | 2023 |
| Kindred | Alan | 2022 |
| Spiderhead | Knowles | 2022 |
| Top Gun: Maverick | Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates | 2022 |
| Grand Crew | Franklin | 2021 |
| Good People | Coach Bishop | 2020 |
| The Mandalorian | Survivor Captain | 2019 |
| Briarpatch | Cyrus | 2019 |
| A Million Little Pieces | Miles | 2019 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Barry | DA Buckner | 2018 |
| Better Things | Ned | 2016 |
| Elena of Avalor | 2016 | |
| Constantine | Nommo | 2014 |
| Transformers: Age of Extinction | CIA Director | 2014 |
| The Last Ship | Russell Jeter / CMC Jeter | 2014 |
| The Last Ship Prequel: Dr. Scott's Video Journal | Russell Jeter | 2014 |
| Apollo Night LA | Self - Celebrity Guest | 2013 |
| 42 | Herbert T. Miller | 2013 |
| Longmire | Agent Stanley | 2012 |
| North Woods Law | Narrator | 2012 |
| Pariah | Arthur | 2011 |
| The Exorcist Files | Self - Narrator | 2011 |
| The Forgotten | Dan Freeman / Man | 2009 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Navy Commander David Forbes | 2009 |
| How Bruce Lee Changed the World | Narrator | 2009 |
| Lie to Me | Major Harris | 2009 |
| Mississippi Damned | Willie Roy | 2009 |
| Crash | Sean Adams | 2008 |
| The Mentalist | Captain Cutright | 2008 |
| Fringe | Dr. James Falcon | 2008 |
| 90210 | Franklin Whitney | 2008 |
| We Pedal Uphill | Horton | 2008 |
| Diminished Capacity | Merkel Guard #2 | 2008 |
| The Education of Charlie Banks | Asst. DA Worsheck | 2007 |
| Everyone's Hero | Additional Voices (voice) / Additional Voices | 2006 |
| Bones | Captain Blake | 2005 |
| Mind the Gap | John McCabe | 2004 |
| Whoopi | Minister | 2003 |
| NCIS | Colonel Dick Jestern | 2003 |
| The Venture Bros. | Jefferson Twilight / Mandalay / Mister 1 | 2003 |
| Hack | Officer | 2002 |
| CSI: Miami | Gavin Webb / FBI Agent Jacobs | 2002 |
| Without a Trace | Nuru | 2002 |
| Third Watch | Joe Thomas | 1999 |
| Sex and the City | Salesman / Business Guy | 1998 |
| Law & Order | Jonas Durning / A.U.S.A. Mike Warner | 1990 |
| P.O.V. | Self / Narrator | 1988 |
