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Groundhog Day's Chris Elliott ~ Did Phil see his shadow?


Shoshana Bush, Chris Elliott in Dance Flick                                                                           (Photo/NCM)

Christopher Nash Elliott, "Chris Elliott," is an actor, comedian, voiceover artist and author.  He is known as Larry the cameraman in the film Groundhog Day with Andie MacDowell, Bill Murray and Phil the groundhog.

Groundhog (Photo/file)

Which by the way, Phil saw his shadow today, February 2, 2010, so there will be six more weeks of winter!

Chris Elliott often tends to play a smarmy character who thinks he is a ladies' man but is clueless to the fact that the women cannot stand him.

Elliott used that premise in a series of TV snack food ads, in which the women tell him "Get out of here!" - but he does not ever get it!

In the early 1980s, when he was a writer and performer on Late Night With David Letterman, Elliott played an assortment of recurring oddball characters. 

A few of Elliott's many television appearances have been that of a serial killer on the series Third Watch, Peter MacDougall of Everybody Loves Raymond, with Ray Romano and Patricia Heaton, King of Queens, the Late Show, That '70s Show, According to Jim...

Since 1983 Elliott has been on multiple film projects, some of them include The Abyss, Groundhog Day, Cabin Boy, There's Something About Mary, Snow Day, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Scary Movie (2 & 4), Thomas Kincade's Home for Christmas, Dance Flick...

Other talent Elliott has shared projects with or been associated in the entertainment business with: Randy Quaid, Ben Stiller, Chevy Chase, Andie MacDowell, Woody Allen, Eddie Murphy, Josh Peck, Cameron Diaz, Woody Harrelson...

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Deborah Smith Ford is an actress in the film and television industry, a celebrity lookalike/tribute artist and author of the children's book, The Little Apple - more books and films to follow!

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  • Chris 2 years ago

    Hey, couldn't stand this actor at first, but he grows on you. Really talented after all!

  • chris 2 years ago

    you're right, it's the characters he is know to portray that give him a bad rap, ha ha, but he can do it all.

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