Chris Elliott
Chris Elliott was born in New York City, New York, United States on May 31st, 1960 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 63, Chris Elliott biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Christopher Nash Elliott (born May 31, 1960) is an American actor, comedian, and writer.
He is best known for his comedic sketches on Late Night with David Letterman, starring Fox TV and Eagleheart on Adult Swim, as well as his recurring roles as Peter MacDougall on Everybody Loves Raymond and as Mickey Aldrin on How I Met Your Mother.
He has appeared in Cabin Boy, There's Something About Mary, Scary Movie 2, and Groundhog Day.
Roland Schitt's Creek, CBC Television's Schitt's Creek, is currently starring him.
Early life
Elliott was born in New York City and is the youngest of five children of Lee (née Peppers), a film and TV producer, and Bob Elliott, who was a member of the popular comedy team Bob and Ray. He grew up on the Upper East Side. For a year, he attended the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.
Personal life
Elliott has been married to Paula Niedert since 1986. When they first met, Niedert served as a talent coordinator on Late Night with David Letterman. They have two children, Abby and Bridey. From 2008 to 2012, Abby was a cast member of Saturday Night Live, making her the first SNL cast member to be the daughter of a former cast member. In the 1978–1979 (fourth) season, Bob Elliott, of the famous comedy team Bob & Ray, appeared on an SNL Christmas episode, thus extending Elliotts on SNL for three generations.
Career
Elliott was hired as a production assistant on Late Night with David Letterman, and he appeared on Late Night with David Letterman from the start of 1982. He was on camera irregularly, often in small sketch roles during the first year of the exhibition, and mainly in small sketch roles. Elliott became a writer on the program in 1983, and his on-camera appearances became more popular. He became well-known on Late Night in the mid-to-late 1980s for a slew of recurring, oddball characters.His characters on the show included:
Elliott appeared in a short film focusing on short films, "A Television Miracle" in which he mentioned that he was actually an animatronic being created for the TV show. The "miracle" was the behind-the-scenes reconstruction that was needed to bring his character to life and others.
Elliott performed small film roles in late night comedies, including Michael Mann's Manhunter and James Cameron's The Abyss, as his fame on Late Night grew. In addition, he appears in a small supporting role in a Miami Vice episode.
Elliott co-wrote and starred in the Cinemax's special FDR: A One Man Show, a spoof comedy about the president's life and times in 1986. Elliott sounded nothing like the man; he portrayed events from Roosevelt's life, such as a Japanese bombing of the White House and a rowboat crossing the Potomac. He had appeared Gallagher's shtick of smashing watermelons and other soft fruits on stage by the end of the program.
Elliott left Late Night in early 1990, but he would reprise as a guest interview subject on Late Night and Letterman's subsequent talk show The Late Show with David Letterman many times.
Elliott created and starred in his own sitcom called Get a Life in 1990, about a 30-year-old paperboy named Chris Peterson who lived at home with his parents. Bob Elliott, Elliott's real-life dad, appeared on the program as Chris' father. The "Zoo Animals on Wheels" episode in January 1999 was the 19th funniest TV moment of all time.
Elliott co-produced a string of critically acclaimed short films with producer Brad Hall in 1993. In addition, he appeared in the Harold Ramis film Groundhog Day as a news camera man.
Elliott joined Saturday Night Live in 1994 and became a cast member. Elliott appeared in his first film, Entitled Cabin Boy, also featuring a short appearance by Elliott's old boss, David Letterman, and was directed by Tim Burton. He was selected for the Worst New Star award by a Razzie Award.
Elliott appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman and Gerard Mulligan, a fellow Letterman writer. These bits appeared about every month on average.
His other television appearances include: the chowder taster on Throwdown with Bobby Flay, airdate 9/2/09, and Dogbert's voice on the short-run show Dilbert for UPN. In the series "The Hunter, Hunted" and "The Greatest Detectives in the World" from season six, he appeared as a serial killer. In the last three seasons of Everybody Loves Raymond and a role in a CBS semi-autobiographical sitcom pilot named You've Reached the Elliotts, Peter portrayed a man who is attempting to strike a balance between a modest show business career and his personal life. Elliott played the unidentified father of How I Met Your Mother, Lily Aldrin, whose relationship grew as the series progressed. Elliott appeared on Late Show, That '70s Show" in the episode "2000 Light Years From Home" as well as several appearances on The King of Queens. Elliott appeared in the Adult Swim series Eagleheart, produced by Conan O'Brien's production firm, Conaco, from February 3, 2011 to January 16, 2014.
In 2015, he appeared in NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Roland Schitt and began a starring role in Schitt's Creek. He co-starred with Amy Sedaris on the Sony Crackle show Thanksgiving in 2016. Elliott was also working in an Avocados from Mexico commercial in February 2018.
He appeared in Maggie, a sitcom pilot starring Rebecca Rittenhouse that ABC ordered as a series for the upcoming season, and he performed Rocket in Marvel's Wastelanders: Star-Lord, alongside Timothy Busfield, Patrick Page, Vanessa Williams, and Danny Glover.