Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase (born October 8, 1943) is an American comedian, writer, and television and film actor, born into a prominent entertainment industry family. Chase worked a plethora of odd jobs before moving into comedy acting with National Lampoon. He quickly became a key cast member in the inaugural season of Saturday Night Live, where his Weekend Update skit soon became a staple of the show. As both a performer and writer, he earned three Primetime Emmy Awards out of five nominations. Chase is also well-known for his portrayal of the character Clark Griswold in four National Lampoon's Vacation films, and for his roles in other successful comedies such as Caddyshack (1980), Fletch (1985), and ¡Three Amigos! (1986). He has hosted the Academy Awards twice (1987 and 1988) and briefly had his own late-night talk show, The Chevy Chase Show. He played the character Pierce Hawthorne on the NBC comedy series Community from 2009 to 2014.
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Primarily2025 CATnip
2025 SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
2024 The Christmas Letter as Norm De Plume
2024 Jim Henson Idea Man as Self (archive footage)
2023 Glisten and the Merry Mission as Santa (voice)
2023 Zombie Town as Mezmerian
2022 Starrcast V: The Roast of Ric Flair as Self
2021 Panda vs. Aliens as King Karoth (voice)
2020 The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee as Chevy
2020 Belushi as Self (archive footage)
2019 The Last Laugh as Al Hart
2018 Love, Gilda as Self
2018 The Last Movie Star as Sonny
2016 A Christmas in Vermont as Preston Bullock
2016 Bobby the Hedgehog as ThinkMan
2015 Vacation as Clark Griswold
2015 Hot Tub Time Machine 2 as Repairman
2015 Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead as Self - Actor
2014 Wishin' and Hopin' as Adult Felix
2014 Shelby: The Dog Who Saved Christmas as Grandpa Geoffrey
2014 Life Itself as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014 Lovesick as Lester Horn
2013 Before I Sleep as Gravedigger
2013 Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self (archive footage)
2011 Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis as Self
2011 A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! as Self - Interviewee
2011 Not Another Not Another Movie as Max Storm
2011 Someplace with a Mountain as Narrator (voice)
2011 Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation as Self Executive Producer
2010 The Women of SNL as Various (archive footage)
2010 Hot Tub Time Machine as Repairman
2010 Presidential Reunion as Gerald Ford
2010 Hotel Hell Vacation as Clark Griswold
2010 This Emotional Life as Self
2009 Jack and the Beanstalk as Antipode
2009 Stay Cool as Principal Marshall
2008 Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest as Clark Griswold (voice)
2007 Cutlass as Stan
2006 The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall as General Nuisance
2006 Zoom as Dr. Grant
2006 The Karate Dog as Cho-Cho
2006 Funny Money as Henry
2006 Doogal as Train (voice)
2006 Goose on the Loose as Congreve Maddox
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi as Self / Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005 Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live as Self
2005 Ellie Parker as Dennis Swartzbaum
2004 Celsius 41.11 as Self (archive footage)
2004 Our Italian Husband as Paul Parmesan
2004 Bad Meat as Congressman Bernard P. Greely
2003 Stealing Bess as Mr. Punch
2002 The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase as Self
2002 Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. as Self
2002 Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story as Narrator (voice)
2002 Orange County as Principal Harbert
2001 Ellie Parker as Dennis
2000 The Scrambled States of America as (voice)
2000 Snow Day as Tom Brandston
2000 Pete's a Pizza as Narrator
1999 Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
1999 Grass as Self (archive footage)
1999 Caddyshack: The 19th Hole as Self / Ty Webb
1998 Dirty Work as Dr. Farthing
1997 Vegas Vacation as Clark Griswold
1995 Man of the House as Jack Sturgess
1994 Cops & Robbersons as Norman Robberson
1994 A Century of Cinema as Self
1993 Last Action Hero as Self
1992 Hero as Deke - Channel 4 News Director
1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man as Nick Holloway
1992 The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team as Self
1991 Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros. as Self
1991 Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member
1991 Nothing but Trouble as Chris Thorne
1991 L.A. Story as Carlo Christopher (uncredited)
1990 The Earth Day Special as Vic's Buddy
1990 Life of Python as Self
1989 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation as Clark Griswold
1989 Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary as Self
1989 Fletch Lives as Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher
1988 Caddyshack II as Ty Webb
1988 Funny Farm as Andy Farmer
1988 The Couch Trip as Condom Father
1986 Barbra Streisand: One Voice as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1986 ¡Three Amigos! as Dusty Bottoms
1986 Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary as Self
1985 Spies Like Us as Emmett Fitz-Hume
1985 The Best of John Belushi as Various Characters
1985 Follow That Bird as Newscaster
1985 National Lampoon's European Vacation as Clark Griswold
1985 Live Aid as Self
1985 Fletch as Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher
1983 Deal of the Century as Eddie Muntz
1983 National Lampoon's Vacation as Clark Griswold
1981 Modern Problems as Max Fielder
1981 Under the Rainbow as Bruce Thorpe
1981 This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special as Self
1980 Seems Like Old Times as Nick Gardenia
1980 Caddyshack as Ty Webb
1980 Oh! Heavenly Dog as Browning
1979 The Chevy Chase National Humor Test Writer
1979 Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration as Self
1978 Foul Play as Tony Carlson
1978 Grease Day USA as Self
1977 The Paul Simon Special as Self Writer
1977 US Against the World as Self
1977 The Chevy Chase Show as Various
1976 Tunnel Vision as Chevy Chase
1974 The Groove Tube as The Fingers / Geritan / Four Leaf Clover
1973 Lemmings as Various