2005
All My Children
Derek Frye
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From Chicago theatre to the flight deck
The American actor has worked on stage and screen, including roles in The Last Ship and Top Gun: Maverick.
A career from stage to screen
Charles Parnell is an American actor from Chicago. His work spans theatre, television, film and voice performance.
His television credits include police chief Derek Frye in All My Children and Russell “Russ” Jeter in The Last Ship. The latter follows the crew of a naval vessel amid a global crisis.
In Top Gun: Maverick, Parnell played Rear Admiral Solomon “Warlock” Bates, an officer involved in the pilots’ mission. His scenes place him alongside Maverick and the training team.
His screen work also includes The Killer and the Mission: Impossible films Dead Reckoning and The Final Reckoning, extending a career that moves between continuing series and feature films.
The films below are those currently available on FLM.RED, not a complete list of his work.
Selected roles
2014
The Last Ship
Russell Jeter
2022
Top Gun: Maverick
Solomon “Warlock” Bates
2023
The Killer
Hodges
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- Cannes — production biography
- Chicago Sun-Times — interview
- Apple TV — career
- Rotten Tomatoes — filmography
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.