Chris ElliottFilmography

Scary Movie V

The happily-married parents of a newborn boy seek the assistance of paranormal investigators in ridding their home of evil in...

The Dictator

Comic Sacha Baron Cohen re-teams with director Larry Charles (Borat, Bruno) for this satirical tale of an oppressive,...

Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

Long before hot-headed guests were trading blows on The Jerry Springer Show, Morton Downey, Jr. was transforming daytime...

Eagleheart: Season 01

Speed-Dating

Lonely bachelors Dog (Chico Benymon) and Beaver (Leonard Armond Robinson) realize they've been playing the game all wrong...

Dance Flick

A privileged white girl from the suburbs moves to the inner city and attempts to perfect her notoriously clumsy dance moves...

Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage

Inspired by the picturesque paintings of Thomas Kinkade, Christmas Cottage tells the semi-autobiographical tale of how a...

I'll Believe You

David Alan Basche (Carry Me Home, crazylove) stars in I'll Believe You, as Dale Sweeney, the radio host of an immensely...

Scary Movie 4

Spoof series torch-bearer and Airplane! mastermind David Zucker steps back into the captain's chair for yet another round of...

Osmosis Jones

Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly, the impish impresarios of gross-out comedy, take their body function-inspired humor to new...

Scary Movie 2

This sequel to a box-office sleeper hit that spoofed teen slasher flicks takes its cues from haunted house and possession...

Snow Day

It's the day children dream of and parents dread: a sudden snowstorm causes the cancellation of school, giving kids a day off...

The Sky Is Falling

Just how bad are things going to get for Emily Hall (Dedee Pfeiffer)? At 28, she's finally finished her first novel only to...

Dilbert [Animated TV Series]

There's Something About Mary

The Farrelly Brothers set this romantic comedy in their home state of Rhode Island. In 1985, when teen-nerd Ted Stroehmann...

Murphy Brown: Underdogs

With Miller Redfield's "Q" ratings in the toilet, Murphy (Candice Bergen) at last sees a chance to get rid of her hated...

Kingpin

In the '70s, Roy Munsen (Woody Harrelson) was a bowling phenomenon. He was none too sharp about picking friends, though, and...

Wings: ...Like a Neighbor Scorned

Chris Elliott and Kelly Coffield guest-star as Steve and Barbara, the new next-door neighbors of Joe (Tim Daly) and Helen...

The Barefoot Executive

Jason London, Terri Ivens, and Chris Elliot star in this remake of the Disney classic. A low-level television executive finds...

The Larry Sanders Show: Larry's Sitcom

In the midst of contract negotiations, Larry's (Garry Shandling) agent, Stevie (Bob Odenkirk), is able to work a sitcom deal...

Murphy Brown: The Ten Percent Solution

Dropping her longtime agent Steve (Chris Elliott), Murphy (Candice Bergen) signs on with the agent representing her coanchor...

Saturday Night Live: Season 20

Cabin Boy

Former NBC intern and Get a Life creator Chris Elliott stars as the title character, a recent graduate of the exclusive Fancy...

CB4: The Movie

Comedian Chris Rock stars in this scattershot satire of rap music in the vein of This Is Spinal Tap. This film within a film...

Groundhog Day

Bill Murray plays Phil, a TV weatherman working for a local station in Pennsylvania but convinced that national news stardom...

Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful

Comedienne extraordinaire Julie Brown writes and directs Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful, a direct spoof of the documentary...

Get a Life: 1977 2000

During the tragically brief run of Get a Life, the show often transcended mere sitcom parody brilliance and became something...

Get a Life: Clip Show

"Clip Show" opens with Chris (Chris Elliott) sitting on an airplane, in mid-flight, excited about his journey to Iraq, which...

Get a Life: Bad Fish

An exceptionally surreal episode written by Bob Odenkirk of Mr. Show fame, this one starts with Chris (Chris Elliott)...

Get a Life: SPEWEY and Me

In what is perhaps the most-beloved Get a Life episode ever aired, and a heartfelt homage to Steven Spielberg's E.T., Chris...

Get a Life: Chris' Brain

Chris (Chris Elliott) and Gus (Brian Doyle-Murray) ignore warnings about toxic waste in their neighborhood and develop super...

Get a Life: Girlfriend 2000

The trouble all starts when Chris (Chris Elliott) is standing in the street in front of his house and gets hit by a car. When...

Get a Life: Roots

The trouble starts when Chris (Chris Elliott) and his best friend, Larry (Sam Robards), are going through a box of...

Get a Life: Chris Moves Out

Season two of the bizarrely hilarious TV series Get a Life begins with Chris (Chris Elliott) walking into the kitchen of his...

Get a Life: The Big City

In this charming homage to Meet John Doe, Chris (Chris Elliott) sleepwalks into his parents' kitchen to tell them he's saved...

Get a Life: The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives

"The One Where Chris and Larry Switch Lives" finds the intrepid hero, Chris Peterson (Chris Elliott), and his best friend,...

Get a Life: Chris Becomes a Male Escort

Chris Peterson (Chris Elliott) wakes up one morning and tells his beloved landlord, Gus (Brian Doyle-Murray), that he's going...

Get a Life: Camping 2000

After some pestering, Fred (Bob Elliott) reluctantly agrees to take his son, Chris (Chris Elliott), on his annual weekend...

Get a Life: Season 02

Season two of the blithely surrealistic Fox sitcom Get a Life begins as over-aged paperboy Chris Peterson (Chris Elliott)...

Get a Life: Chris Wins a Celebrity

Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight" is the unofficial theme song of this episode, as little Chris Peterson (Chris...

Get a Life: Houseboy 2000

The trouble begins when Chris (Chris Elliott) tries to cook something in the Potter kitchen, and ends up setting the place on...

Get a Life: The Counterfeit Watch Story

Chris Peterson (Chris Elliott) buys a defective watch and ends up taking part in a dangerous undercover police sting...

Get a Life: The Construction Worker Show

This episode is told completely through flashbacks, as Chris (Chris Elliott) writes in his diary about his encounter with...

Get a Life: Neptune 2000

An adventure on the brink of death brings Chris (Chris Elliott) and his dad, Fred (Bob Elliott), closer together in the...

Get a Life: Larry on the Loose

Funnyman Bob Odenkirk (later to star on HBO's Mr. Show) wrote this episode of Get a Life, in which Larry (Sam Robards) runs...

Get a Life: Prisoner of Love

Brilliant screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, who also wrote the time-travel episode, "1977 2000," and went on to write...

Get a Life: Meat Locker 2000

When lifelong enemies Chris (Chris Elliott) and Sharon (Robin Riker) get trapped in a meat locker together, unlikely romance...

Get a Life: Health Inspector 2000

Chris (Chris Elliott) gets a job as a health inspector and ends up testifying before a senate subcommittee in this shocking...

Get a Life: Chris vs. Donald

It's time for the Peterson family reunion, and Fred (Bob Elliott) is stuck hosting the event this year. Fred and Gladys...

Get a Life: Chris Gets His Tonsils Out

This episode opens with Chris (Chris Elliott) undergoing a makeshift medical exam. Gus (Brian Doyle-Murray) is using a...

Get a Life: The Prettiest Week of My Life

In "The Prettiest Week of My Life," one of the more memorable episodes of Get a Life, Chris Peterson (Chris Elliott) pursues...

Get a Life: Bored Straight

Chris Peterson (Chris Elliott) tries to teach a group of thugs how to behave, and learns a valuable lesson himself in "Bored...

Get a Life [TV Series]

In 1990, the upstart Fox network took a chance on a chubby, balding thirty-ish kid with a big dream, and began airing Get a...

Get a Life: Zoo Animals on Wheels

An intoxicating tribute to the joys of musical theater, this episode begins with Chris Peterson (Chris Elliott) telling his...

Get a Life: Terror on the Hell Loop 2000

All the craziness of Get a Life started with this episode: "Terror on the Hell Loop 2000." Chris Peterson (Chris Elliott) is...

Get a Life: A Family Affair

Will Chris Peterson (Chris Elliott) find true love with Charleene (Blair Tefkin)? Not if Charleene's sister, Sharon Potter...

Get a Life: Pile of Death

This slightly less than brilliant episode of the generally brilliant TV series begins when Chris (Chris Elliott) discovers...

Get a Life: Paperboy 2000

After 18 years as a paperboy, Chris (Chris Elliott) faces his own obsolescence in this episode. Called in for a meeting with...

Get a Life: Season 01

Chris Peterson (Chris Elliott) undergoes the sort of bizarre, surrealistic life experiences that are all too typical for...

Get a Life: Dadicus

Chris (Chris Elliott) is down at the coffee shop, regaling his fellow newsboys with tales of his sexual conquests, when the...

Hyperspace

This parody of Star Wars was made long before it was actually released. Making its debut in LA at a 3-D film festival; the...

Get a Life: Drivers License

When Chris Peterson (Chris Elliott) sees the new waitress at the diner, he's instantly smitten. Jane (Anastasia Barzee, who...

The Abyss

The crew of an experimental, high-tech submersible is called into action to investigate a mysterious nuclear submarine...

New York Stories

The omnibus film New York Stories is the product of three powerhouse filmmakers. The film is divided into three stories, each...

Chris Elliott: "FDR, a One-Man Show" and "Action Family"

TV addicts of the 1980s and 1990s know Chris Elliot as the "man behind the chair" on Late Night With David Letterman. Sitcom...

Manhunter

Red Dragon, the Thomas Harris novel that introduced serial killer Hannibal Lecter to the world, was adapted for the screen by...

My Man Adam

Adam Swit (Raphael Sbarge) is hounded by his consumer parents in their plush L.A. home, beset by his sexually deprived...

Lianna

After helping to kick-start the independent film movement in America with The Return of the Secaucus Seven, John Sayles...