Nathaniel Parker

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Nathaniel Parker

Born Nathaniel Parker
May 18, 1962 (1962-05-18) (age 46)
London, England, UK
Other name(s) Nat / Nat Parker
Occupation Actor, Presenter
Spouse(s) Anna Patrick
(1992 - present)

Nathaniel Parker (born 18 May 1962) is an English actor best known for his role as Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley in the British television series The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, based on the novels by Elizabeth George.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Parker was born in London, England, the son of the former British Rail chairman Sir Peter Parker and Lady Jillian Parker, a writer.[1] He was educated at Fox Primary School, Colet Court and Leighton Park School in Reading, Berkshire. Parker's brother is the film director Oliver Parker. He also has another brother, Alan Parker, who is chairman of Brunswick Group Ltd. Parker is married to actress Anna Patrick. The couple live in London with their daughters Raphaella (born 1996) and Angelica (born 1998).

[edit] Career

Parker joined the National Youth Theatre, and after training at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He portrayed Bassanio in Peter Hall's 1989 production of The Merchant of Venice in both London and on Broadway, co-starring with Dustin Hoffman. In 2000, he played Bob in Rupert Goold's West End revival of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow. "With his unforced, tough demeanour and conviction Parker substantially carries the evening", wrote John Thaxter in The Stage (6th July, 2000).

In a Radio Times interview in 2007, Parker said that his first big television break came in 1988 when he played a Battle of Britain pilot in ITV's glossy six-part drama Piece of Cake. Other early roles include playing Wilfred Owen in Derek Jarman's 1989 film adaptation of War Requiem, which also starred Laurence Olivier as an old soldier in his last screen role before his death, and playing Edward Rochester in John Duigan's 1993 film adaptation of Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea.

He established his reputation by playing a variety of television costume drama roles, among them Martin Jordan in the 1995 TV production of Joanna Trollope's A Village Affair, Gabriel Oak in the ITV production of Far From the Madding Crowd (1997), Rawdon Crawley in a BBC version of Vanity Fair (1998), and most notably Harold Skimpole in the BBC1 dramatisation of Bleak House (2005).

Since 2001 he has regularly played Detecive Inspector Lynley in the long-running BBC1 thriller series The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, co-starring with Sharon Small who plays his sidekick Det. Sgt. Barbara Havers. He has gone on to play Edward Gracey in Disney's 2003 film adaptation of The Haunted Mansion (film), Albert Speer in the 2006 BBC production Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial, Dunstan Thorne (the elder) in the 2007 fantasy film Stardust, and in 2008 he was seen in the background of the film St. Trinians

Parker is also a voiceover artist with prolific work in audio books including Eoin Colfer's children's Artemis Fowl series (the latest installment of which is due to be released in the summer, with it as yet unclear as to whether or not he will be reprising his narration role), Young James Bond adventure, Silverfin by Charlie Higson and The Gardens of The Dead by William Brodrick. He also read Mark Haddon's novel A Spot of Bother for BBC Radio Four's Book at Bedtime.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Nathaniel Parker Biography (1962-)

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