Christopher Scott Murphy is an American lawyer, author, and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Connecticut since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Connecticut's 5th congressional district from 2007 to 2013. Before being elected to Congress, Murphy was a member of both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly, serving two terms each in the Connecticut House of Representatives (1999–2003) and the Connecticut Senate (2003–2007).
Known For
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Cast Credits
The Briefing with Jen Psaki (2025)
Guest starring as Sen. Chris Murphy
- Episode 2025-06-04: Episode 18 (Jun 4, 2025)
The Weeknight (2025)
Guest starring as Sen. Chris Murphy
- Episode 2025-06-12: Episode 27 (Jun 12, 2025)
MSNBC Democratic National Convention (2024)
Guest starring as Sen. Chris Murphy
- Episode 1x03: A Fight for our Freedoms (Aug 21, 2024)
The Weekend (2024)
Guest starring as Sen. Chris Murphy
- Episode 2025-05-10: Episode 37 (May 10, 2025)
Inside with Jen Psaki (2023)
Guest starring as Sen. Chris Murphy
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2025-01-20: Episode 6 (Jan 20, 2025)
- Episode 2024-12-16: Episode 96 (Dec 16, 2024)
- Episode 2024-07-23: Episode 55 (Jul 23, 2024)
- Episode 2024-07-08: Episode 53 (Jul 8, 2024)
The Daily Show (2023)
Guest starring as Senator of Connecticut
- Episode 3x33: Chris Murphy (Mar 17, 2025)
Pod Save the World (2023)
Guest starring as Chris Murphy
- Episode 2023-10-25: America's Warning to Israel (Oct 25, 2023)
Alex Wagner Tonight (2022)
Guest starring as Sen. Chris Murphy
- Episode 2024-07-30: Episode 107 (Jul 30, 2024)
CBS Mornings (2021)
Guest starring as Senator
- Episode 2023-06-30: Sen. Chris Murphy, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Sen. Thom Tillis, Dan Reynolds, Tyler Glennlead (Jun 30, 2023)
The ReidOut (2020)
Guest starring as Sen. Chris Murphy
- Episode 2025-01-22: Episode 15 (Jan 22, 2025)
GMA3 (2020)
Guest starring as Arizona State Senator
- Episode 2x473: Sen. Chris Murphy, Kaitlin Mulhere, Melba Moore (Jul 18, 2022)
Pod Save America (2018)
Guest starring as Senator Chris Murphy
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2025-01-10: As LA Burns, Trump Plays Politics (Jan 10, 2025)
- Episode 2024-02-06: Trump Stokes Border Chaos (Feb 6, 2024)
Deadline: White House (2017)
Guest starring as Sen. Chris Murphy
(6 episodes)
- Episode 2025-06-25: Episode 125 (Jun 25, 2025)
- Episode 2025-05-13: Episode 94 (May 13, 2025)
- Episode 2025-04-01: Episode 64 (Apr 1, 2025)
- Episode 2025-01-28: Episode 19 (Jan 28, 2025)
- Episode 2025-01-20: Episode 13 (Jan 20, 2025)
- Episode 2024-12-18: Episode 246 (Dec 18, 2024)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Chris Murphy
- Episode 2022-05-25: Senator Chris Murphy, Chloe Fineman, Danielle Ponder, Ulf Mickael Wahlgren (May 25, 2022)
All In with Chris Hayes (2013)
Guest starring as Sen. Chris Murphy
(20 episodes)
- Episode 2025-09-10: Episode 139 (Sep 10, 2025)
- Episode 2025-08-27: Episode 131 (Aug 27, 2025)
- Episode 2025-07-24: Episode 113 (Jul 24, 2025)
- Episode 2025-06-24: Episode 95 (Jun 24, 2025)
- Episode 2025-05-27: Episode 78 (May 27, 2025)
- Episode 2025-04-24: Episode 61 (Apr 24, 2025)
- Episode 2025-04-04: Episode 50 (Apr 4, 2025)
- Episode 2025-03-06: Episode 33 (Mar 6, 2025)
- Episode 2025-02-27: Episode 30 (Feb 27, 2025)
- Episode 2025-02-05: Episode 19 (Feb 5, 2025)
- Episode 2025-01-03: Episode 2 (Jan 3, 2025)
- Episode 2024-12-10: Episode 168 (Dec 10, 2024)
- Episode 2024-11-13: Episode 155 (Nov 13, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-02: Episode 133 (Oct 2, 2024)
- Episode 2024-09-03: Episode 119 (Sep 3, 2024)
- Episode 2024-08-01: Episode 104 (Aug 1, 2024)
- Episode 2024-06-14: Episode 84 (Jun 14, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-03: Episode 48 (Apr 3, 2024)
- Episode 2024-03-12: Episode 35 (Mar 12, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-07: Episode 21 (Feb 7, 2024)
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell (2010)
Guest starring as Sen. Chris Murphy
- Episode 2024-02-29: Episode 41 (Feb 29, 2024)
State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash (2009)
Guest starring as Senator
(6 episodes)
- Episode 2025-06-01: Russell Vought, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Rep. Debbie Dingell, Sen. Chris Murphy (Jun 1, 2025)
- Episode 2025-03-02: Rep. Mike Johnson, Sen. Chris Murphy, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (Mar 2, 2025)
- Episode 2024-07-07: Sen. Chris Murphy, Sen. Marco Rubio, Rep. Debbie Dingell (Jul 7, 2024)
- Episode 2024-06-16: Sen. Tom Cotton, Sen. Chris Murphy (Jun 16, 2024)
- Episode 2024-05-12: Sen. Chris Murphy, Sen. JD Vance, Deanne Criswell (May 12, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-28: Sen. Chris Murphy, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Kristi Noem (Jan 28, 2024)
Morning Joe (2006)
Guest starring as Sen. Chris Murphy
(18 episodes)
- Episode 2025-08-15: Episode 161 (Aug 15, 2025)
- Episode 2025-06-13: Episode 117 (Jun 13, 2025)
- Episode 2025-06-09: Episode 113 (Jun 9, 2025)
- Episode 2025-05-12: Episode 93 (May 12, 2025)
- Episode 2025-05-01: Episode 86 (May 1, 2025)
- Episode 2025-03-27: Episode 61 (Mar 27, 2025)
- Episode 2025-03-03: Episode 43 (Mar 3, 2025)
- Episode 2025-02-05: Episode 25 (Feb 5, 2025)
- Episode 2024-12-17: Episode 248 (Dec 17, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-24: Episode 211 (Oct 24, 2024)
- Episode 2024-09-27: Episode 192 (Sep 27, 2024)
- Episode 2024-09-05: Episode 176 (Sep 5, 2024)
- Episode 2024-08-22: Episode 166 (Aug 22, 2024)
- Episode 2024-05-23: Episode 103 (May 23, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-17: Episode 77 (Apr 17, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-05: Episode 69 (Apr 5, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-05: Episode 25 (Feb 5, 2024)
- Episode 2023-10-10: Episode 202 (Oct 10, 2023)
Anderson Cooper 360° (2003)
Guest starring as Sen. Chris Murphy
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2020 Special: Monday November 02, 2020 (Nov 2, 2020)
- Episode 2020-06-30: Episode 093 (Jun 30, 2020)
This Week (1981)
Guest starring as Senator
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2025-02-09: Sen. Chris Murphy, Rep. Mike Turner (Feb 9, 2025)
- Episode 2024-03-03: Sen. Chris Murphy, Sen. Mike Rounds, José Andrés (Mar 3, 2024)
Face the Nation (1954)
Guest starring as Senator
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2024-05-26: 5/26: Sec. Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Chris Murphy, Rep. Tony Gonzales, Rep. Mike Waltz, Rep. Pat Ryan (May 26, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-11: 2/11: Nikki Haley, Bob Bauer, Sen. Chris Murphy (Feb 11, 2024)
Meet the Press (1947)
Guest starring as Senator
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2025-08-17: Sen. Chris Murphy, Sec. Marco Rubio (Aug 17, 2025)
- Episode 2025-06-29: June 29 - Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Sen. Chris Murphy, Zohran Mamdani (Jun 29, 2025)
- Episode 2025-05-18: May 18 - Mike Pence, Sen. Chris Murphy, Sec. Scott Bessent (May 18, 2025)
- Episode 2025-03-16: Mar. 16 - Sen. Chris Murphy, Sec. Scott Bessent (Mar 16, 2025)
- Episode 2024-12-01: Dec 1 -Sen. Bill Hagerty, Sen. Chris Murphy (Dec 1, 2024)
- Episode 2023-12-10: Dec. 10 - Sen. Mitt Romney, Sen. Chris Murphy (Dec 10, 2023)
- Episode 2023-11-12: Nov. 12 - Benjamin Netanyahu, Ronna McDaniel, Sen. Chris Murphy, (Nov 12, 2023)