Born
Christian Mulkey
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1975-present
Spouses
Lorraine Smith
(m. 1972; div. 1978)Karen Landry
(m. 1981; died 2015)Website
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, Amelia and Elizabeth. Karen Landry Mulkey died from cancer on 1 January 2015.[5]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1975
Loose Ends
Billy Regis
1977
Cullen Garrett
1978
The Boss' Son
Fred
1979
Sunnyside
Reggie Flynn
1980
Vernon Biggs
1981
Russell Monk
1982
Deputy Ward
1982
Second Cop
1982
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Daniels
1984
Finch
1984
David Johnson
1986
'Red'
1987
Jack DeVries
1988
Billy Regis
1988
Under the Gun
Larry
1988
Scott Morofsky
1988
In Dangerous Company
Chris
1988
Steve Ayres
1988
From Hollywood to Deadwood
Nick Detroit
1989
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days
Griffin
Segment: "Dirty Work"
1990
Chad
1991
Man In Bookstore
1992
Raymond
1992
The Silencer
George
1993
Bound and Gagged: A Love Story
Steve
1993
Bram Walker
1995
Dead Cold
Eric
1996
Major Hunt
1996
Tim
1996
Dan Goldman
1996
Amanda
Caleb Farnsworth
1996
Full Moon Rising
Dirk Jaspers
1997
CIA Agent 'Jonesy' Jones
1997
Sub Down
Commander Kirsch
1997
Jerry Pascoe
1998
Cop #2
1998
Twist of Fate
Lennox
1999
Aaron
1999
Requiem for Murder
Richard Poe
1999
Rick Conesco
2000
Jacob McTeague
2002
John Grubb
2003
Travel Agent
2003
Frank Clay
2004
Mr. Lackey
2005
Earl Slangley
2005
Carlson
2006
Herb
2006
Wasted
Father Collins
2006
Austin
2006
Sheriff Kline LeBauve
2006
Sir
2006
Detective James Curtis
2006
One Night with You
Detective Brown
2007
Mills McCallum
2007
I Tried
Strank
2007
Agent Frank Pinsky
2007
Universal Groove
The Agent
2008
Lieutenant Colonel Graff
2008
Paul Gunderson
2008
Dead*Line
Hollis
2008
Shattered!
Dennis
2009
'Lucky' Haskins
2009
John
2011
COLLAPSE
Robert
2011
Bernie Pillage
2011
Stackman
2012
District Attorney Wilson
2012
Roger Fillmore
2013
Father
Segment: "Monsters are Real"
2013
Ralph Parker
2013
Mr. Halverson
2013
John Cronan
2014
The Jersey Devil
God
2014
Uncle Frank
2014
William Hemsley (Older)
2014
Malcolm Green
2014
Howard
2014
Kelly
2015
Maurice Udell
2015
Malcolm Chamberlain
2015
Angelo
2016
Leary
2016
John
2017
Tommy
2018
When I Sing
Rock Doc
2018
2018
Tomas
2018
Charlie
2018
Ford
2018
Spare Room
Mac
2018
Charles Moritz
2019
Todd Eason
2020
Andy Reynolds
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1977, 1978
Dealer / Joshua
2 episodes
1978
Soldier
Episode: "Tea and Empathy"
1978
Curt Davis
Episode: "Terror on a Quiet Afternoon"
1979
The Swindler
Episode: "The Yearning Point"
1979
Danny White
Episode: "Rodeo/Cop"
1979
Reggie Martin
Episode: "Angels on Skates"
1980
Radio Man
2 episodes
1980
Roller
Episode: "The Prodigals"
1980
Ilya
Episode: "The Russians Are Coming"
1980
Sticks
Episode: "Jailbreak"
1980
Nurse Watkins
1981
Dave
Episode: "Forty Tons of Trouble"
1981
Sonny Manse
Television film
1981
Glickman
Episode: "Jungle Swamp Survival"
1982
Dangerous Company
Jeremy Blake
Television film
1982
Blaine Thomas
Episode: "The Survival Syndrome"
1983, 1985
Sharp / Billy Ray
2 episodes
1985
Rhodes
Episode: "Steele Blushing"
1985
Tony, the "Repo Man"
Episode: "Blood and Honor"
1987
Ray Dobson
Episode: "The Junction"
1987
Sylvia's Ex-Boyfriend
Episode: "Dial L for Laundry"
1987
Richard Halloran
Television film
1987
Bones Jennings
Episode: "The Country Boy"
1987
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
Max Hall
Episode: "Kitty Paws"
1990
Hometown Boy Makes Good
Al Swearinger
Television film
1990
Ira Rosenberg
Television film
1990
Angel of Death
Matt Hendricks
Television film
1990–1991
Hank Jennings
13 episodes
1990, 1994
Al Wallace / Joey Freeman
Television film
1991
George
Episode: "The Difference Between Men and Women"
1991
Eddie Monroe
Television film
1991
Runaway Father
Richard
Television film
1992
Richard Foley
Episode: "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense"
1992
Officer Pete Walsh
5 episodes
1992
Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
Charlie White
Television film
1992
Jordan
Television film
1993
The Switch
Bill
Television film
1993–1994
Bill
17 episodes
1994
Kurt Ross
Episode: "Pitch and Woo"
1995
Dan
Episode: "It Happened One Night"
1995
Texas Justice
Lanny Shelton
Television film
1997
Foreman Cox
Episode: "A Woman's Place"
1998
Erskine Hughes
Episode: "Doodlebugs"
1998
Becker
Episode: "Imagine"
1998
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
Sheriff
Television film; uncredited
1998
Mike
Episode: "Black Box"
1998–2002
Colliar Sims
83 episodes
1999–2000
Shriek / Walter Shreeve (voice)
3 episodes
2002
Kevin Van Horn
Episode: "Reelin' in the Years"
2003
Leonard Murphy
Episode: "Forced Entry"
2003
Major Phelps
Episode: "The Boast"
2003, 2011
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Maurice Gallows / Mr. Young
2 episodes
2004
Martin Akins
Episode: "Love Lies Bleeding"
2006
Big Ears
Miniseries
2006
Mike
Episode: "Further Instructions"
2006
Bob
2 episodes
2007
Pat Hall
Episode: "Shuffle, Ball Change"
2007
Donny
Episode: "Four"
2007
Coach Bill McGregor
4 episodes
2007–2010
Doug Norman
9 episodes
2008
Sheriff Ramsey
Episode: "Knight Rider"
2008
Sheriff Britt Hallum
Episode: "Elephant's Memory"
2008
Bill Rander
Television film
2008
Sheriff Griffin
Episode: "Wayne's World 3: Killer Shark"
2008
Captain Richard Owens
Episode: "Agent Afloat"
2008
Bernie Benton
Episode: "The Triangle"
2009
Doug Knowles
2 episodes
2009
Karl Hogeland
Episode: "Duplicate Bridge"
2009
Judge Robert Maxen
Episode: "Just a Girl in the World"
2010
Detective Al Jenkins
Episode: "Run"
2010
Detective Hank Darby
Episode: "In Re: Tracy Vidalin"
2010
Wilbur Pittorino
Episode: "Last Call"
2010–2011
Boss Frank Hague
4 episodes
2011
Walt McCready
2 episodes
2011
Frank Morgan
Episode: "Lost and Found"
2012
Bendix Darby
Episode: "Trophy Wife"
2012
Captain N. Goepp
Episode: "Summer Girls"
2013
Tom Crayhew
Episode: "The Red Barn"
2014
Bart
3 episodes
2014
Gary
Episode: "Adventure"
2014
Adviser to the President
Episode: "Betrayal"
2014
Ronny
Episode: "Shorthanded"
2015
Chief Conners
Episode: "The Lawn Chair"
2015
Henry Briggs
Episode: "Mama's Boy"
2015
Ed Nestly
3 episodes
2015
Roger Kerry
Episode: "Honor Thy Boyfriend's Father and Mother"
2016
Mayor Cavanaugh
Episode: "Going Viral"
2016
Uncle Bud Schultz
Episode: "Smoke & Mirrors"
2016
Elliot Vaughn
Episode: "Prisoner of Love"
2016
Frank Hamer
Episode: "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde"
2017
Mr. Nichols
Episode: "Friendly Fire"
2017
Billy Gatwood
Episode: "Fall"
2018
Gil
Episode: "City of Angels?"
2018
Liberty Crossing
Terry Szymanski
7 episodes
2018
Disillusioned
Vincent
Television film
2018
Pettifer
Episode: "Pua a'e la ka uwahi o ka moe"
2019
Jed
2 episodes
2019
Calvin Strucker
Episode: "First Time in Saint Disgrace"
2019
Clay
5 episodes
2021
Kaljave gume[6]
Robert Enright
10 episodes
2021
Frank (voice)
Episode: "Funeral"
International
National
Artists
Other
