Portrait of Chris Elliott

Acting

Chris Elliott

Career

Active from 1982 to 2026, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
14
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Schitt's Creek
Schitt's Creek
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 73 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 5.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Chris Elliott Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Tension
    3.7, average 6.0
  • Historical
    0.5, average 2.6
  • Mystery
    2.1, average 4.0
  • Melancholy
    3.0, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Gross-Out Humor 2
  • Slapstick 2
  • 90s Nostalgia 2
  • Romantic Comedy 2
  • Heartwarming 2
  • Absurdist Humor 2
  • Cringe Humor 2
  • Retro TV Aesthetic 2
  • Slice-of-Life 2
  • Pop Culture Commentary 2
  • Lighthearted 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

91
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Flubber
Flubber

as Professor K. Dingleberries

Inside Job
Inside Job

as J.R. Scheimpough

Bad Day For Bigfoot
Bad Day For Bigfoot

Executive Producer

2020s

10 titles · average score 55
Scary Movie
Scary Movie (2026)
GoodWatch score 43

as Shorthand

Busboys
Busboys (2026)
GoodWatch score 45

as Troy

Strip Law
Strip Law (2026)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as (voice)

Love - Love
Love - Love (2026)

as Bruce Lunney

Deli Boys
Deli Boys (2025)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Sergeant Testicola

Carved
Carved (2024)
GoodWatch score 43

as Earl

Welcome to Redville
Welcome to Redville (2023)
GoodWatch score 36

as Sheriff Brooks

Agent Elvis
Agent Elvis (2023)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Timothy Leary (voice)

Maggie
Maggie (2022)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Jack

Christmas vs The Walters
Christmas vs The Walters (2021)
GoodWatch score 55

as Dr. Tom

2010s

20 titles · average score 62
Clara's Ghost
Clara's Ghost (2018)
GoodWatch score 50

as Ted Reynolds

How to Get Girls
How to Get Girls (2017)
GoodWatch score 41

as Mr. P

Frat Star
Frat Star (2017)
GoodWatch score 37

as Eugene Cooper

Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving (2016)

TV show · as Don Morgan

Better Off Single
Better Off Single (2016)
GoodWatch score 34

as Angela's Dad

Schitt's Creek
Schitt's Creek (2015)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Roland Schitt

Fresh Off the Boat
Fresh Off the Boat (2015)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Adam

Difficult People
Difficult People (2015)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Rick

The Rewrite
The Rewrite (2014)
GoodWatch score 58

as Jim Harper

The Dictator
The Dictator (2012)
GoodWatch score 58

as Mr. Ogden

Eagleheart
Eagleheart (2011)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Chris Monsanto

Hot in Cleveland
Hot in Cleveland (2010)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Luke

2000s

20 titles · average score 58
The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Adrian Fluke

Community
Community (2009)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Russell Borchert

Nurse Jackie
Nurse Jackie (2009)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Vigilante Jones

Christmas Cottage
Christmas Cottage (2008)
GoodWatch score 62

as Ernie

Scary Movie 4
Scary Movie 4 (2006)
GoodWatch score 44

as Ezekiel

How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Mickey Aldrin

Still Standing
Still Standing (2002)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show · as Jeff Hackman

According to Jim
According to Jim (2001)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Reverend Pierson

Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
GoodWatch score 38

as Hanson

Snow Day
Snow Day (2000)
GoodWatch score 40

as Roger the Snowplowman

The Weber Show
The Weber Show (2000)

TV show · as Larry Heckman

Ed
Ed (2000)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Chet Bellafiore

1990s

26 titles · average score 71
Dilbert
Dilbert (1999)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Dogbert (voice)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Pete Matthews / Anton Thibodeaux

Futurama
Futurama (1999)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as V-Giny (voice)

There's Something About Mary
There's Something About Mary (1998)
GoodWatch score 71

as Dom Woganowski

That '70s Show
That '70s Show (1998)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Mr. Bray

King of the Hill
King of the Hill (1997)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Rob Holguin (voice) / Ed Burnett (voice)

Kingpin
Kingpin (1996)
GoodWatch score 58

as The Gambler

Cabin Boy
Cabin Boy (1994)
GoodWatch score 42

as Nathanial Mayweather

Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day (1993)
GoodWatch score 81

as Larry

CB4
CB4 (1993)
GoodWatch score 55

as A. White

Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful
Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful (1991)
GoodWatch score 75

as Andy

Get a Life
Get a Life (1990)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Chris Peterson

1980s

12 titles · average score 67
The Abyss
The Abyss (1989)
GoodWatch score 72

as Bendix

New York Stories
New York Stories (1989)
GoodWatch score 69

as Robber

Tattingers
Tattingers (1988)

TV show

Chris Elliott's FDR -- A One-Man Show
Chris Elliott's FDR -- A One-Man Show (1987)

as Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Action Family
Action Family (1987)
GoodWatch score 72

as Chris

Manhunter
Manhunter (1986)
GoodWatch score 74

as Zeller

The Equalizer
The Equalizer (1985)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Rags Maloney

My Man Adam
My Man Adam (1985)
GoodWatch score 36

as Mr. Spooner

Hyperspace
Hyperspace (1984)
GoodWatch score 66

as Hopper

Miami Vice
Miami Vice (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Danny Allred the Cryptographer

Lianna
Lianna (1983)
GoodWatch score 72

as Lighting Assistant

Late Night with David Letterman
Late Night with David Letterman (1982)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as The Regulator Guy / The Guy Under the Seats