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Jamie Parker (born 14 August 1979) is an English actor and singer. He is best known for his role as
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in the original cast for the West End play ''
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'' is a play written by Jack Thorne from an original story by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Thorne. Previews of the play began at the Palace Theatre, London, on 7 June 2016 as a two-part play, and it p ...
'', for which he received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play and a
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. He also received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play as a member of the original Broadway version. Other theatre credits include King Henry in the 2012 Globe production of Shakespeare's ''
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'', with notable film roles being Donald Scripps in ''
The History Boys ''The History Boys'' is a play by British playwright Alan Bennett. The play premiered at the Royal National Theatre in London on 18 May 2004. Its Broadway debut was on 23 April 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre where 185 performances were staged be ...
'' (2006), adapted by
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from his play of the same name in which Parker was a member of the original cast, and Lieutenant Werner von Haeften in ''
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'' (2008).


Early life

Parker was born in
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,
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, on 14 August 1979 and brought up in Darlington. He attended
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before training in acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), from which he graduated in 2002.


Career

Parker originated the role of Scripps in
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's play ''
The History Boys ''The History Boys'' is a play by British playwright Alan Bennett. The play premiered at the Royal National Theatre in London on 18 May 2004. Its Broadway debut was on 23 April 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre where 185 performances were staged be ...
''. He was involved in ''The History Boys'' from the play's first reading, initially reading the part of Rudge before taking on the role of Scripps in the original London stage production as well as in the
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, Sydney,
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and
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productions and radio and film versions of the play. Parker put his musical talents to use in ''The History Boys'', playing piano and singing in several scenes. His other National Theatre credits include a 2008 revival of ''
The Revenger's Tragedy ''The Revenger's Tragedy'' is an English-language Jacobean revenge tragedy which was performed in 1606, and published in 1607 by George Eld. It was long attributed to Cyril Tourneur, but "The consensus candidate for authorship of ''The Reve ...
''. In 2008 he appeared as Werner von Haeften in the film of the historical thriller ''
Valkyrie In Norse mythology, a valkyrie ("chooser of the slain") is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall Valhalla. There, the deceased warriors become (Old Norse "single (or once) fighters"Orchard (1997: ...
''. He can also be seen in the BBC/HBO production of ''
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''. In 2011 he appeared at Chichester in Stoppard's ''
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' is an absurdist, existential tragicomedy by Tom Stoppard, first staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1966. The play expands upon the exploits of two minor characters from Shakespeare's ''Ham ...
'' with fellow History Boy Samuel Barnett. The production subsequently moved to London for a West End engagement. In the autumn of 2012 he appeared as Brick in '' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. In the first part of 2013 he appeared in the
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production of '' Proof'' and in '' Candida'' at the Theatre Royal, Bath. He played the role of Mike Connor in ''
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'' at
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in London. He also sang several numbers in the ''
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'' concert given by the
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during the 2015 BBC Proms season at London's Royal Albert Hall. In 2015 he appeared alongside his fellow ''History Boys'' co-stars in the film adaptation of
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's ''
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''. He had a cameo as an estate agent. He originated the role of
Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at ...
in the original West End production of ''
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'' is a play written by Jack Thorne from an original story by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Thorne. Previews of the play began at the Palace Theatre, London, on 7 June 2016 as a two-part play, and it p ...
'' at the Palace Theatre,
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. On 9 April 2017 Parker won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the play. He reprised his performance on
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at the Lyric Theatre in 2018, earning a
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nomination for Best Actor in a Play.


Shakespeare

In 2009 he played Oliver in '' As You Like It'' at
Shakespeare's Globe Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse for which William Shakespeare wrote his plays, in the London Borough of Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames. The original theatre was built in ...
. He returned in 2010 to play Prince Hal in both ''
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'' and '' Henry IV Part 2''. His musical talents were further exhibited (briefly) when he played a wooden recorder in an early tavern scene. During the spring of 2012 he toured the UK in the Globe production of ''
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'', a production which subsequently played at Shakespeare's Globe on London's Southbank during the summer of 2012 thereby completing his traversal of the Prince Hal story arc in Shakespeare's history plays at the Globe. Parker was also featured in two of the six episodes of the BBC Four's production ''Shakespeare Uncovered'' (2012). Each episode explored and revealed the extraordinary world and works of
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and the still-potent impact they have today.PBS. ''Shakespeare Uncovered'', New York Public Media, 2013
''Shakespeare Uncovered: About''
/ref> The series combined interviews with actors, directors and scholars, along with visits to key locations, clips from some of the most celebrated film and television adaptations, and illustrative excerpts from the plays staged specially for the series at Shakespeare's Globe in London. He played Hamlet in
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's production of ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'', directed by Marc Beeby. It was first broadcast in March 2014. He also played Mark Anthony in
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's production of ‘’
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’’, directed by Marc Beeby, first broadcast in July 2018.


Personal life

He married actress Deborah Crowe in 2007, with whom he has a son, William. Parker's great-grandfather was the English footballer
Alf Common Alfred Common (25 May 1880 in Millfield (Sunderland) – 3 April 1946 in Darlington) was an English footballer who played at inside forward or centre forward. He is most famous for being the first player to be transferred for a fee of £1,000 ...
.


Selected credits


Theatre


Radio


Television


Film


References


External links

* http://www.jamieparkeractor.com/ * *
''BBC Four: Shakespeare Uncovered''
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''PBS: Shakespeare Uncovered''
(for US users) {{DEFAULTSORT:Parker, Jamie 1979 births Living people Actors from Middlesbrough Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art English male film actors English male radio actors English male Shakespearean actors English male stage actors English male television actors Laurence Olivier Award winners Male actors from Yorkshire People educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh