Chip Chinery

Chip Chinery (born August 10, 1964) is an American actor and stand-up comedian.

Chip Chinery
Born	Lawrence Adams Chinery (1964-08-10) August 10, 1964 (age 61) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Occupations	Actor stand-up comedian
Years active	1980–present
Comedy career
Medium	Stand-up, film, television
Genre	Sketch comedy
Website	www.chipchinery.com

Early life

Chinery was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. At age 16, he made his stand-up comedy debut at a bar called d.w.eye.^[1][2] He graduated from Miami University with his bachelor's degree in business psychology. Chinery worked at WCPO-TV as a cameraman, then at TheBankMart in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Career

In 1993, he won an Emmy for "On-Air Performer" in the Midwest region for his work on Frog News and Cincinnati's Comedy Relief.^[3]

In 1999, Chinery released his very first comedy album, You Might Be A Redhead.^[4]

As an actor, he has guest-starred on over 50 different TV shows and films, including Seinfeld, Friends, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Better Off Ted, Rules of Engagement, Anger Management, and Coyote Ugly. He plays recurring characters on Crash & Bernstein and Wilfred.

He also provided the voice of Crash Bandicoot in the video game Crash Team Racing, replacing Brendan O'Brien.^[5]

Chinery's award-winning Chip's Money Tips, debuted in 2008,^[6] to give "Money Tips in a Candy-Coated Shell" through humorous, entertaining and informative videos and written posts.^[7] Chinery says, "Most people are clueless about money. Not you - them. Other people."

He also works as a personal finance advisor.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Dill Scallion	Reporter
	Hee/r	Buck Owens, Dr. Green	Short film
2000	The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle	Security Guard
	Coyote Ugly	Cop
	Space Cowboys	Tom	Uncredited
2001	Pearl Harbor II: Pearlmageddo	Advisory	Short film
2002	Hip, Edgy, Sexy, Cool	Sexy Cop #1
	The Country Bears	Tom Tamina
	Dan Danger	Steve Markus, Mark Stephens, Pilot
2004	The Old Man and the Studio	Security Guard	Short film
	Fellowship 9/11	Recruiter
2005	The Good Part	Classmate
2017	Battle of the Sexes	Roone Arledge

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	The Jenny McCarthy Show	Various	1 episode
1997–1999	3rd Rock from the Sun	Janitor, Guy, Workman	4 episodes
1998	Friends	Another Scientist	Episode: "The One with Phoebe's Uterus"
	Seinfeld	Co-Worker #1	Episode: "The Maid"
	Oh Yeah! Cartoons	Kid #2, Pilot, Steve (voices)	Segment: "The Dan Danger Show"
	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Various characters	1 episode
	Prime Time Comedy	Various characters	Television film
1999	Oh Baby	Waiter	Episode: "Birth: Part 1"
	The Drew Carey Show	Jerry the Bowler	Episode: "Do the Hustle"
2000	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Newspaper Boy	Episode: "Salem's Daughter"
	The Wonderful World of Disney	Chip	Episode: "Mail to the Chief"
	Providence	Pet Store Salesman	Episode: "Family Ties"
2001	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Car Customer #1	Episode: "The Car Salesman"
	Dead Last	Public Defender	Episode: "He Who Smelt It"
	Sketch Pad	Magicop	1 episode
2002	For Your Love	Mr. Arledge	Episode: "The Sexual Evolution"
	Becker	Mr. Lester	Episode: "Picture Imperfect"
	Reba	Jeff	Episode: "Skating Away"
2003	Whoopi	Guest #1	Episode: "Pilot"
2003	All That	Officer Kropke	2 episodes
2003	Married to the Kellys	Rodney the Car Salesman	Episode: "The New Car"
2004	My Life, Inc.	Kris Kirkwood	Television film
	Still Standing	Gilbert's Father	Episode: "Still Winning"
	That '70s Show	Milkman	Episode: "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
2005	Uncommon Sense	Bellman	Television film
	The Commuters	Poker Champ
2006	Sons & Daughters	Co-Worker No. 1	Episode: "Surprise Party"
2006–2009	The Replacements	Mr. Kelpman, Mr. Lasley, 1950's Filmstrip Narrator (voices)	3 episodes
2007	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Pete	Episode: "Aptitude"
2008	My Best Friend's Girl	Customer	Television film
2008–2018	Chip's Money Tips	—N/a	31 episodes
2009–2010	Better Off Ted	Ryan	2 episodes
2011	Wilfred	Stanley	2 episodes
2013	Rules of Engagement	Randy	Episode: "Cupcake"
	Crash & Bernstein	Coach Urkhart	5 episodes
	Anger Management	Jimmy	Episode: "Charlie Does It for Science"
2014	Growing Up Fisher	Coach Gill	Episode: "Drug/Bust"
2015	The Middle	Clark	Episode: "While You Were Sleeping"
2016	Family Guy	Various voices	2 episodes
2017	Mom	Dave	Episode: "Roast Chicken and a Funny Story"
	Chelsea	Narrator (voice)	Episode: "Answer Me This"
	NCIS	NCIS Employee Rodney Spence	Episode: "House Divided"
	Speechless	Mr. McHugh	Episode: "W-E-- WE'RE B-A-- BACK!"
	American Horror Story	Leland Candoli	Episode: "Mid-Western Assassin"
	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Don	Episode: "Bad Beat"
	Life in Pieces	Dustin	Episode: "Waffle Permission Kidless Boyfriend"
2018	New Girl	Ben	Episode: "Tuesday Meeting"
	I Feel Bad	Officer Young	Episode: "I Get Sick of Being Needed"
	The Kids Are Alright	Bob	Episode: "Behind the Counter"
2019	The Big Bang Theory	Bob	Episode: "The Propagation Proposition"
	Fam	Announcer (voice)	Episode: "Freddy Returns"
	The Goldbergs	Bruce Kaczander	Episode: "There Can Be Only One Highlander Club"
	Good Girls	Mattress King	Episode: "King"
	The Conners	Tony	Episode: "Lanford, Toilet of Sin"
	Shameless	Larry Seaver	Episode: "Adios Gringos"
	Like Magic	Announcer	Television film
2020	DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders	Pirates (voice)	Episode: "King Burple"
	Homecoming	Attending Cop	2 episodes
2021	The Upshaws	Malcolm	Episode: "Big Plans"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Crash Team Racing	Crash Bandicoot	[9]

Discography

• You Might Be A Redhead (1999)