Chris Mulkey is an American actor who most recently appeared in Against the Wall

Against the Wall (TV series)

Against the Wall is an American drama television series created by Annie Brunner. The series stars Rachael Carpani as Abby Kowalski, a police detective who recently joined the Internal Affairs division of the Chicago Police Department....

, Cloverfield

Cloverfield

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, the NBC

NBC

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 TV movie Knight Rider

Knight Rider (2008 film)

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, and as a corporate executive in season 7 of 24

24 (TV series)

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. He has also played a coach in four episodes of Friday Night Lights

Friday Night Lights (TV series)

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, and appeared in numerous TV shows and movies as far back the mid 1970s, such as Baretta

Baretta

Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma...

and early '90s cult classic

Cult Classic

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 Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper , of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer...

. Finally, he is well known to fans of the Wing Commander

Wing Commander (franchise)

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franchise as Col. Jacob "Hawk" Manley. In the science fiction

Science fiction film

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 action

Action film

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 film The Hidden, he portrayed a man named Jack DeVries, who is possessed

Possession

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 by the parasitic alien antagonist in the beginning of the movie.

Mulkey was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin

Viroqua, Wisconsin

Viroqua is the county seat of Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,079 at the 2010 census. The city is located within the Town of Viroqua.-History:...

 and is married to actress Karen Landry.

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