Milo Parker is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Connor in ''
Robot Overlords'', Roger Munro in ''
Mr. Holmes,'' Hugh Apiston in ''
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'' and
Gerry Durrell in ITV's ''
The Durrells
''The Durrells'' (known in North America as ''The Durrells in Corfu'') is a British comedy-drama television series loosely based on Gerald Durrell's three autobiographical books about his family's four years (1935–1939) on the Greek island of ...
''.
Life and work
Parker trained at Youngblood Theatre Company and made his feature film debut in the British independent science fiction film ''
Robot Overlords'', before starring alongside
Ian McKellen
Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. His career spans seven decades, having performed in genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. Regarded as a British cultural ...
in ''
Mr. Holmes'', for which he earned nominations for the
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer
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and
42nd Saturn Awards for
Best Performance by a Younger Actor.
In an interview for
''The Lady'', McKellen praised his young co-star, saying "Milo was full of the esprit of a young person. He had no fear of the camera or of doing exactly what the director wanted when required.".
He attended
Farlingaye High School in
Woodbridge,
Suffolk
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. Parker has one older brother, Jacob (born in 2001), and one younger sister, Amelie (born in 2005). His brother died as an infant.
Filmography
Film
Television
Audio
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Living people
21st-century English male actors
English male child actors
English male film actors
English male television actors
Male actors from Suffolk
Actors from Ipswich
Year of birth missing (living people)
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