Charles Parnell

Biography

Charles Parnell (born October 26, 1964) is an American actor. He is best known for being the second actor to portray Police Chief Derek Frye on All My Children, the role of Master Chief Russ Jeter on the TNT show The Last Ship, and the role of Solomon "Warlock" Bates in Top Gun: Maverick. 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. Parnell also provides the voice of Jefferson Twilight on Cartoon Network's The Venture Bros.

Known for

Transformers: Age of Extinction

25 June 2014

The Mentalist

23 September 2008

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2025	Mission: Impossible 8	NRO
2023	Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One	NRO
2023	The Killer	The Lawyer - Hodges
2023	The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart	Jefferson Twilight (voice)
2022	Top Gun: Maverick	Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
2020	Briarpatch	Cyrus
2019	The Mandalorian	Survivor Captain
2019	A Million Little Pieces	Miles
2018	Barry	DA Buckner
2018	Swim	Coach Moss
2017	Game	Sherman Green
2014	Transformers: Age of Extinction	CIA Director
2014	Constantine	Nommo
2014	The Last Ship	CMC Jeter
2012	Longmire	Stanley
2011	Pariah	Arthur
2009	Lie to Me	Major Harris
2009	How Bruce Lee Changed the World	Narrator (voice)
2009	The Forgotten	Dan Freeman
2008	The Mentalist	Captain Cutright
2008	Fringe	Dr. James Falcon
2008	90210	Franklin Whitney
2006	Everyone's Hero	Additional Voices (voice)
2005	Bones	Captain Blake
2004	The Venture Bros.	Mandalay (voice)
2004	The Venture Bros.	Jefferson Twilight (voice)
2004	Mind the Gap	John McCabe
2003	NCIS	Colonel Dick Jestern
2003	Whoopi	Minister
2002	CSI: Miami
2002	Without a Trace	Nuru
1998	Sex and the City	Business Guy
1998	Sex and the City	Salesman
1990	Law & Order	A.U.S.A. Mike Warner
1990	Law & Order	Ezra Nichols
1990	Law & Order	Jonas Durning