Charles Parnell

• Name — Charles Parnell • Birthplace — Chicago, Illinois, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1999–present

Parnell was born and raised in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. He attended high school at the Kenwood Academy, and trained as an actor at the Piven Theatre Workshop in nearby Evanston. He relocated to New York in 1994 before eventually settling in Los Angeles.

Before taking the role of Derek Frye, Parnell played Achilles in Iphigeneia at Aulis, a play by Euripides translated and adapted by Kenneth Cavander at the Yale Repertory Theater in New Haven, Connecticut. Parnell took over the role of Frye on All My Children, 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. He voices Jefferson Twilight on Cartoon Network's The Venture Bros.. Other appearances include the role of Master Chief Russell "Russ" Jeter on the TNT show The Last Ship from 2014 to 2018, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), its sequel Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025), and The Killer (2023).

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1999 — Sex and the City — Business Guy — Episode: "Old Dogs, New Dicks" • 2003 — Hack — Officer — Episode: "A Dangerous Game" • 2004–2022 — Law & Order — Various — 3 episodes • 2004–2018 — The Venture Bros. — Jefferson Twilight, Mister 1, Mandalay (voices) — 14 episodes • 2005 — Without a Trace — Nuru — Episode: "Showdown" • 2005–2008 — All My Children — Derek Frye — 79 episodes • 2008 — CSI: Miami — FBI Agent Jacobs — Episode: "Gone Baby Gone" • Crash — Sean Adams — 4 episodes • Bones — Captain Blake — Episode: "The Passenger in the Oven" • 2009 — 90210 — Franklin Whitley — Episode: "Hello, Goodbye, Amen" • Lie to Me — Major Harris — Episode: "Moral Waiver" • NCIS — Marine Colonel Dick Jestern — Episode: "Reunion" • CSI: Miami — Gavin Webb — Episode: "Bad Seed" • 2010 — The Forgotten — Man — Episode: "Designer Jane" • Dan Freeman — Episode: "Living Doe" • 2011 — Fringe — Dr. James Falcon — Episode: "Reciprocity" • 2012–2016 — North Woods Law — Narrator — 75 episodes • 2013 — Longmire — Agent Stanley — Episode: "Unquiet Mind' • 2014 — Constantine — Nommo — Episode: "A Feast of Friends" • 2014–2018 — The Last Ship — CMDCM Russ Jeter, USN — 46 episodes • 2016 — Better Things — Ned — Episode: "Duke's Chorus" • 2019–2020 — Briarpatch — Cyrus — 7 episodes • 2022 — Grand Crew — Franklin — Episode: "Wine & Pie" • Kindred — Alan — 3 episodes • 2023 — The Mandalorian — Survivor Captain — 2 episodes • Barry — District Attorney Buckner — Recurring (Season 4) • 2025 — Butterfly — Senator Dawson — 5 episodes • 2026 — Universal Basic Guys — Brooks Coleman (voice) — Episode: "That Dog in You"

• Year — Title — Role • 2005 — The Warriors — Masai • 2007 — Manhunt 2 — The Legion • 2008 — Grand Theft Auto IV — The Crowd of Liberty City • 2013 — Grand Theft Auto V — The Local Population • 2014 — Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare — Additional Voices • The Crew — Harry • 2017 — Mass Effect: Andromeda — August Bradley • 2020 — Avengers — Nick Fury, Senator