Chris Elliott is a film/television actor and author who has had major roles in There's Something About Mary, Groundhog Day and the television show Get A Life!. He got his start writing and performing on the The Late Show with David Letterman in the early 1980s and developed several recurring characters. Chris Elliott was also a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1994-1995, the same year his first movie Cabin Boy debuted.

Chris Elliott became a regular character act on The Late Show with David Letterman in the early 1980s. His span of many characters included:

• The Regulator Guy: parody of the Mad Max film series
• The Fugitive Guy: parody of The Fugitive television show
• The Guy Under the Seats: comedic adaptation of a submarine captain
• Marlon Brando: parody of famous celebrity Marlon Brando

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• May 31, 1960: Born

• 1982: Late Night With David Letterman

• 1984: Hyperspace

• 1986: FDR: A One Man Show

• 1986: Manhunter

• 1989: New York Stories

• 1989: The Abyss

• 1990 - 1992: Get A Life

• 1993: Groundhog Day

• 1994 - 1995: Saturday Night Live

• 1996: Kingpin

• 1999 - 2000: Dilbert

• 2001: The Swinger

• 2001: Scary Movie 2

• 2003 - 2004: Everybody Loves Raymond

• 2004: Scary Movie 4

• 2007: I'll Believe You

• 2008: Thomas Kinkade's Home for Christmas

• 2009: Dance Flick

• 2009: Renaissance Girl