Chris Mulkey (born May 3, 1948) is an American film and television actor and

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and Americana singer-songwriter.

Career

Mulkey played the supporting role of husband to Annie Potts's character in '' Any Day Now'' from 1998 to 2002. He has also appeared in '' Captain Phillips'', '' Against the Wall'', '' Cloverfield'', the NBC TV movie '' Knight Rider'', '' 24'', '' Boardwalk Empire'', '' Friday Night Lights'', ''

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'', '' Justified'', '' Baretta'', and ''

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''. He played the main character in the controversial 1985 Supertramp music video " Brother Where You Bound". He appeared in the '' Wing Commander'' franchise as Jacob "Hawk" Manley. He costarred with John Jenkins and Karen Landry in the 1988 indie film '' Patti Rocks''. He appeared in the

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action film '' The Hidden'', and the 1989 sci-fi cop film '' K-9000''. He has appeared in more recent films as '' The Purge'', '' Slow Burn'', '' Sanitarium'', '' The Identical'' and '' On the Basis of Sex''. In 2014, he had a cameo role in '' Whiplash''. His southern blues band is called Chris Mulkey and Blue Highway.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

Official website
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Chris Mulkey Interview
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