Chris Farley

Biography

Christopher Crosby "Chris" Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American comedian and actor. Farley was a member of Chicago's The Second City Theatre and cast member of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1995. He died on December 18, 1997 in Chicago of a cocaine intoxication and morphine overdose.

Career Overview

Chris Farley has 34 screen credits in a career dating back to 1975. Their work is anchored in the Wayne's World universe with 2 titles. Signature works include Beverly Hills Ninja, Tommy Boy, Almost Heroes. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

34

Birth Date

1964-02-15 00:00:00

Birth Place

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Known For

• 

  Beverly Hills Ninja
• 

  Tommy Boy
• 

  Almost Heroes
• 

  Black Sheep
• 

  Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
• 

  I Am Chris Farley

Associated Universes

• Wayne's World (2 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• John Farley (6 collaborations)
• Kevin Farley (5 collaborations)
• David Spade (4 collaborations)
• Dan Aykroyd (3 collaborations)
• Robin Shou (2 collaborations)
• Will Sasso (2 collaborations)
• Bo Derek (2 collaborations)
• Lorri Bagley (2 collaborations)
• Gary Busey (2 collaborations)
• Tom Farley (2 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (31 credits)

  • Lorne

    Self (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Tom Hanks: The Nomad

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • I Am Chris Farley

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • The Women of SNL

    Tom Arnold (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Just the Two of Us

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

    Self / Various (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • VH1 News Special: Grunge

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler

    Daryl (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live

    Self / Various (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Dirty Work

    Jimmy (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Almost Heroes

    Bartholomew Hunt

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Beverly Hills Ninja

    Haru

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Adam Sandler: What the Hell Happened to Me?

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Black Sheep

    Mike Donnelly

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Tommy Boy

    Thomas 'Tommy' Callahan III

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Billy Madison

    Bus Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Airheads

    Officer Wilson

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Wayne's World 2

    Milton

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Coneheads

    Ronnie the Mechanic

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Late Show with David Letterman

    - Sharon Stone, Chris Farley (1994) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    1993
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    - Chris Farley, Elisabeth Shue, Cracker (1993) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    1993
  • Wayne's World

    Security Guard

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Saturday Night Live

    - David Duchovny/Rod Stewart (1995) ... Self - Various Characters actor actors

    - Bob Saget/TLC (1995) ... Self - Various Characters actor actors

    - Courteney Cox/Dave Matthews Band (1995) ... Self - Various Characters actor actors

    - Damon Wayans/Dionne Farris (1995) ... Self - Various Characters actor actors

    - John Goodman/Tragically Hip (1995) ... Self - Various Characters actor actors
    1975
  • The Oscars

    - The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997) ... Self actor actors
    1953

• art (1 credits)

  • Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

    other

    art
    2003

• crew (1 credits)

  • Beverly Hills Ninja

    stunts

    crew
    1997

• production (1 credits)

  • Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

    production coordinator

    production
    1993