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). 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.. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Charles Parnell (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• Butterfly — Senator George Dawson
• 2025Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning — Richards
• Extended Family — Governor Devon Monahan
• 2023Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One — NRO
• 2023The Killer — The Lawyer - Hodges
• 2023The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart — Jefferson Twilight / OSI Agent (voice)
• 2022Top Gun: Maverick — Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
• Grand Crew — Franklin
• Briarpatch — Cyrus
• 2019A Million Little Pieces — Miles
• The Mandalorian — Survivor Captain
• Barry — DA Buckner
• 2018Swim — Coach Moss
• 2017Brothers Blood — Eddy
• 2017Game — Sherman Green
• Constantine — Nommo
• The Last Ship — CMC Jeter
• 2014Transformers: Age of Extinction — CIA Director
• Longmire — Stanley
• 2011Pariah — Arthur
• 2009How Bruce Lee Changed the World — Narrator (voice)
• Lie to Me — Major Harris
• NCIS: Los Angeles — Navy Commander David Forbes
• The Forgotten — Dan Freeman
• 90210 — Franklin Whitney
• Fringe — Dr. James Falcon
• The Mentalist — Captain Cutright
• 2006Everyone's Hero — Additional Voices (voice)
• Bones — Captain Blake
• 2004Mind the Gap — John McCabe
• The Venture Bros. — Mandalay (voice), Jefferson Twilight (voice), Mister 1 (voice)
• NCIS — Dick Jestern
• Whoopi — Minister
• CSI: Miami — Gavin Webb
• Without a Trace — Nuru
• Third Watch — Joe Thomas
• Sex and the City — Business Guy, Salesman
• Law & Order — A.U.S.A. Mike Warner, Ezra Nichols, Jonas Durning
• Enemies

Appearances as themselves (1)

• The Oscars — Self