Quick Facts
Biography
Chris Mulkey (born May 3, 1948) is an American film and television actor.
Career
Mulkey played the supporting role of husband to Annie Potts's character in Any Day Now from 1998-2002. He has also appeared in Captain Phillips, Patti Rocks, Against the Wall, Cloverfield, the NBC TV movie Knight Rider, and 24. He appeared on Boardwalk Empire, Friday Night Lights, Boomtown and Justified, and has acted since the mid-1970s, such as Baretta and Twin Peaks.
He played the main character in the controversial music video to Supertramp's 1985 song "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 science fiction 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 and The Identical. In 2014, he had a cameo role in Whiplash. He has a southern blues band Chris Mulkey and the Seekers.
Personal life
Mulkey was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin and was married to actress Karen Landry until her death in 2015.
