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Chris Mulkey

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chris Mulkey (born May 3, 1948) is an American actor who most recently appeared in Cloverfield, the NBC TV movie Knight Rider, and as a corporate executive in season 7 of 24. He has also played a coach in four episodes of Friday Night Lights, and appeared in numerous TV shows and movies as far back the mid 1970s, such as Baretta and early '90s cult classic Twin Peaks. Finally, he is well known to fans of the Wing Commander franchise as Col. Jacob "Hawk" Manley. In the science fiction action film The Hidden, he portrayed a man named Jack, who is possessed by the parasitic alien antagonist in the beginning of the movie. Mulkey was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin and is married to actress Karen Landry. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Mulkey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2025
Long Shadows

as Roy Holt

Movie
2025
The Long Game

as Chris Valente

Movie
2014
Whiplash

as Uncle Frank

Movie
2013
Captain Phillips

as John Cronan

Movie
2013
The Purge

as Mr. Halverson

Movie
2005
Mysterious Skin

as Mr. Lackey

Movie
2003
Radio

as Frank

Movie
1984
Dreamscape

as Finch

Movie
1982
First Blood

as Deputy Ward

Movie
1990
Twin Peaks

as Hank Jennings

TV Show
1979
The Dukes of Hazzard

as Billy Ray

TV Show