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Ellis played fictional NASA Mission Control when he played a flight director in 1998's Armageddon. Additional Ellis appearances include Bean: The Movie , Home Fries , Jessabelle , Gospel Hill , October Sky , Live Free or Die Hard , Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes and Transformers .
Chris Ellis is an American actor born in 1956 in Dallas, Texas. He has appeared in movies such as Armageddon, The Island and Transformers, and TV shows such as Young Sheldon and The Oath.
- January 1, 1
- 1.83 m
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Chris Ellis is an American film and television actor who was born April 14, 1956 in Dallas, Texas. Ellis always wanted to be an actor because of television. He grew up in the 50's in the deep south in a "world of privation and violence", but saw on television people who seemed to have lives of ease and privilege.
Chris Ellis is an American actor born in 1956 in Dallas, Texas. He has appeared in movies such as Armageddon, The Island and Transformers, often playing authority figures.
- April 14, 1956
A go-to character actor for tough authority figures for nearly two decades, Chris Ellis distinguished himself through small but memorable turns in features like "Days of Thunder" (1990),...
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCredit62%67%Mr. Adler (Character)62%39%Hank (Character)10%39%Keller (Character)No Score Yet64%Senator Thaddeus (Character)1. October Sky (1999) PG | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Family. 7.8. Rate. 71 Metascore. The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes. Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen. Votes: 98,079 | Gross: $32.48M
A go-to character actor for tough authority figures for nearly two decades, Chris Ellis distinguished himself through small but memorable turns in features like "Days of Thunder" (1990), "Apollo 13" (1995), "Catch Me If You Can" (2002) and countless television shows.
