Chelcie Claude Ross (born June 20, 1942) is an American character actor, most known for Above the Law, Major League, Basic Instinct, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, Hoosiers, Rudy, Trouble with the Curve and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
He served in Vietnam as an officer in the United States Air Force where he was awarded a Bronze Star, before leaving the service in 1970. He later earned an MFA from the Dallas Theater Center.
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In 2007, Ross appeared, along with Sean Astin and Charles S. Dutton, in an episode of My Name Is Earl that was a homage to the film Rudy. He played an appliance store manager whose relationship to Earl mirrors that of his relationship to Rudy.
In 2008, he played Beverly Weston in the National Theatre production of August: Osage County.
He also played a fictionalized Conrad Hilton in the award-winning series Mad Men.
In 2012 he appeared in Boss as the chief of the Chicago Police Department.