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Christopher Parker (born 24 August 1983) is an English actor and television presenter, best known for portraying
Spencer Moon Spencer Moon is a fictional character from the popular BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Christopher Parker between 2002 and 2005. Spencer is the brother of Alfie Moon, played by Shane Richie. Storylines Spencer arrives in November 2002 ...
on
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''
EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...
'' between 2002 and 2005.


Early career

Christopher Parker's career began at an early age as a model appearing in print campaigns and TV commercials. He progressed onto small roles in TV dramas such as ''
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'', '' London's Burning'' (appearing in the last ever episode) and ''
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''. Parker worked as a
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in ''
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''. He then came to wider attention in the role of
Spencer Moon Spencer Moon is a fictional character from the popular BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Christopher Parker between 2002 and 2005. Spencer is the brother of Alfie Moon, played by Shane Richie. Storylines Spencer arrives in November 2002 ...
in the
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...
soap opera ''
EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...
'', where he played the younger brother of
Alfie Moon Alfie Moon is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Shane Richie. He made his first appearance on 21 November 2002, and left on 25 December 2005. He returned to ''EastEnders'' on 21 September 2010, following th ...
, portrayed by British actor
Shane Richie Shane Patrick Paul Roche (born 11 March 1964), known as Shane Richie, is a British actor, comedian, television presenter and singer. Following initial success as a stage and screen performer, he became best known for his portrayal of the charac ...
. During his time on ''EastEnders'', he appeared in the first series of ''
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'' and made it through to the final alongside his partner
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.


Recent broadcasting

In 2005/06 he worked as a presenter on ''CD:UK'', ''MTV News'', ''
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'' with
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, Disney radio and as an entertainment presenter on the morning television show '' This Morning''. Parker hosted an hour long special called "Bond is Back" for American television about the latest James Bond film, ''Casino Royale''. He has appeared on
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on ''
Hider in the House ''Hider in the House'' is a British children's game show presented by Jason King and Joel Ross (aka JK and Joel). In the programme, a celebrity has to be hidden in a family's house by three children and a parent. If the family has fewer than t ...
'' presented by Jason King and
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and taken part in
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's reality television programme ''
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'' with chief editor Janet Street Porter. He was the first celebrity to be sacked by Street-Porter, for refusing to take pictures of famous people without first asking their permission. He presented ''Dead Famous Live'' opposite
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and was, for a period, the face of the digital music channel
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. Parker appeared in the second series of the
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's '' Hotel Babylon'' opposite
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. In 2006 he worked alongside
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,
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and
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in a live performance of the Hollywood film ''The Rogues''. Parker splits his time between Los Angeles and London. In Los Angeles he worked for Fox owned channel TV Guide Channel and also Reelz Channel (a film themed channel). In 2008, he took part in the Strictly Come Dancing Live Arena Tour and he has acted in Tim Smith's short film Schoolboy and also the feature film Education of Keiron which stars
James Wilby James Jonathon Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English actor. Early life and education Wilby was born in Rangoon, Burma to a corporate executive father. He was educated at Terrington Hall School, North Yorkshire and Sedbergh School in Cu ...
. He is also presenting holiday segments for ITV1's This Morning and has a column in Teen Now magazine. Chris Parker hosted a weekly show on
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's TV channel, commencing June 2009. Christopher took part in a celebrity version of TV show
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which aired on 2 January 2010.


Law career

Parker later studied for a law degree at
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. According to his (protected) Twitter feed, as of April 2013, he was a final year law student. He has expressed a desire to take his law aspirations further after completing his degree, but has encountered problems with many law firms requiring A-level results which, due to his acting experiences when younger, he lacks. As of October 2022, he is a senior consultant at London-based law firm Ignition Law.


Personal life

Parker has completed two London Marathons, one for the charity
Barnardo's Barnardo's is a British charity founded by Thomas John Barnardo in 1866, to care for vulnerable children. As of 2013, it raised and spent around £200 million each year running around 900 local services, aimed at helping these same group ...
and the second for the
Make Poverty History Make Poverty History are organizations in a number of countries, which focus on issues relating to 8th Millennium Development Goal such as aid, trade and justice. They generally form a coalition of aid and development agencies which work together ...
Campaign and visited Africa with
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alongside
Fearne Cotton Fearne Wood ( Cotton; born 3 September 1981) is an English broadcaster and author''.'' She began her career in the late 1990s presenting various children's television shows for GMTV, CITV and CBBC. In 2007, she presented '' The Xtra Factor'', ...
. He is also a celebrity supporter for the
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. In 2004, he attempted suicide by cutting his wrists and taking an overdose of paracetamol tablets after a woman claimed he lied about their relationship to hide his sexuality. After two friends found him, he was left with no lasting damage, and said the attempt was stupid but that he had reached the stage of desperation. After three weeks of extended leave from ''EastEnders'', he and production staff reached a mutual decision that he would not return to the series.


Awards

* Best new TV talent at the
TRIC Awards The Television and Radio Industries Club (widely known as TRIC) is a British institution chartered in 1931 to "promote goodwill in the television and radio industries". The Club holds an annual awards ceremony each March honouring achievement in te ...
in 2005


References


External links

* ''official website'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parker, Christopher English male soap opera actors English television presenters 1983 births Living people