Actor
Charles Parnell
Born October 26, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois, USA14 films
Charles Parnell (born October 26, 1964) is an American actor. He is best known for the role of Rear Admiral Solomon "Warlock" Bates in the film Top Gun: Maverick (2022). He was the second actor to portray Police Chief Derek Frye on All My Children (2004-2008). Other appearances include the role of Master Chief Russ Jeter on the TNT show The Last Ship from 2014 to 2018, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), and The Killer (2023).
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Parnell took over the role of Frye on All My Children, previously played by actor William Christian. He joined the show's cast on September 8, 2005, and made his final appearance on September 24, 2007. He voices Jefferson Twilight on Cartoon Network's The Venture Bros..
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First watchTop Gun: Maverick20228.2as Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' BatesAfter more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a…View filmEssential films
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14 films as actor- TBAEnemies
- 2025Mission: Impossible - The Final ReckoningRichards
- 2023The KillerThe Lawyer - Hodges
- 2023The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon HeartJefferson Twilight / OSI Agent (voice)
- 2023Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part OneNRO
- 2022Top Gun: MaverickAdm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
- 2019A Million Little PiecesMiles
- 2018SwimCoach Moss
- 2017GameSherman Green
- 2017Brothers BloodEddy
- 2014Transformers: Age of ExtinctionCIA Director
- 2011PariahArthur
- 2006Everyone's HeroAdditional Voices (voice)
- 2004Mind the GapJohn McCabe