Charles "Chip" Esten (born Charles Esten Puskhar III, September 9, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, and musician best known for The Postman, Nashville, and Swing Vote.
He is married to Patty Hanson and they have three children.
Film Roles
- The Sleepwalker Killing as Mark Schall (TV Movie)
- The Postman as Michael
- Late Last Night as Beverly Hills Cop (TV Movie)
- Thirteen Days as Maj. Rudolf Anderson
- 61* as Kevin Marris 1998 (TV Movie)
- Ten Minutes Older The Trumpet as Bill
- Swing Vote as Lewis
Television Roles
- Sale of the Century as Himself/Contestant (4 episodes)
- On The Television as various (5 episodes)
- Scrabble as Himself/contestant (1 episode)
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Performer (recurring)
- Cheers as Unnamed Marine (1 episode)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Divok (1 episode)
- Murphy Brown as Secretary #67 (1 episode)
- The Crew 1995 as Randy Anderson
- Star Trek: Voyager as Dathan (1 episode)
- Diagnosis: Murder as Joe Carter (1 episode)
- Lois & Clark as Ethan Press (1 episode)
- JAG as Lt. Pete 'Pistol' Ayers (1 episode)
- Married... with Children as Lonnie (2 episodes)
- The Brian Benben Show as Chad Rockwell (7 episodes)
- Jesse as Tad (1 episode)
- Jack And Jill 1999 as Nick Seraph (1 episode)
- Providence as Ted Shannon (1 episode)
- Party of Five as Luke (7 episodes)
- The Drew Carey Show as Chip/Stall for Time player (2 episodes)
- The Hollywood Squares as Self (2 episodes)
- The Trouble With Normal as Carson (1 episode)
- The Guardian as Mark Hanson (1 episode)
- Rendez View as Self (1 episode)
- On The Spot as Himself
- Dragnet 2003 as Carl Savitsky (1 episode)
- Just Shoot Me! as Jake (1 episode)
- Rocket Power as Story Writer (1 episode)
- Drew Careys Green Screen Show as various (recurring)
- NYPD Blue as Tim Keating (1 episode)
- Green Screen Show as Self (2 episodes)
- Cold Case as John 'The Hawk' Hawkins (1 episode)
- The Office (US) as Josh Porter (7 episodes)
- Help Me Help You as Willis (1 episode)
- The Winner as Gary (1 episode)
- The New Adventures of Old Christine as Joe Campbell (2 episodes)
- ER as Dr. Barry Grossman (4 episodes)
- Big Love as Ray Henry (11 episodes)
- The Mentalist as Rick Bregman (1 episode)
- The Cleaner (2008) as Dr. Jake Slovak (1 episode)
- NCIS: Los Angeles as John Cole/Ethan Stanhope (1 episode)
- Wilfred as Nick (2 episodes)
- Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza as various
- Jessie as Morgan Ross (recurring)
- Enlightened as Damon Manning (6 episodes)
- Nashville as Deacon Claybourne
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? as Himself (2 episodes)
- Outer Banks as Ward Cameron
Video Game Roles
- Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom as Generic Cap #1
