- Born
- Nickname
- Nat
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Nathaniel Parker was born in England in 1962. The son of Sir Peter
Parker and Dr. Jill Parker, he decided at the age of nine that acting
would be his career of choice. His first public performances were with
the National Youth Theatre, a breeding ground for many British actors.
After attending The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA),
Nathaniel became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC).
Before exiting the stage for the screen, Nathaniel portrayed "Bassanio"
in The Merchant Of Venice, participating in both the London and
Broadway productions. The production was directed by the critically
acclaimed Sir Peter Hall and starred
Dustin Hoffman.
His first feature film,
War Requiem (1989), was directed by
the highly acclaimed British maverick
Derek Jarman, and starred
Tilda Swinton and Lord
Laurence Olivier. Nathaniel is perhaps
best known for his participation in period dramas such as the part of
"Laertes" in Franco Zeffirelli's
Hamlet (1990), "Rochester" in
Wide Sargasso Sea (1993) and
"Cassio" in his brother
Oliver Parker's version of
Othello (1995), starring
Laurence Fishburne. He also appeared
in the Chris Farley comedy
Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
and the
Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston
box office hit,
The Bodyguard (1992). Parts in
projects such as
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997)
and David (1997) helped Nathaniel
gain momentum in the world of television, but it was roles like "Rawdon
Crawley" in Vanity Fair (1998)
and "Gabriel Oak" in
Far from the Madding Crowd (1998)
that thrust him into the spotlight and solidified his career on the
small screen. Currently, Nathaniel portrays "Detective Thomas Lynley"
in the BBC series
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001).
Now in its third season, the show has become an international success,
earning rave reviews the world over. Returning to Hollywood in 2003,
Nathaniel can be seen in cinemas soon, portraying "Master Edward
Gracey" in Walt Disney Pictures
The Haunted Mansion (2003),
starring Eddie Murphy.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Lillian June
- SpouseAnna Patrick(1992 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenAngelica ParkerRaphaella Parker
- Parents
- RelativesOliver Parker(Sibling)
- Son of former British Rail chairman, Peter Parker.
- Television presenter Fiona Phillips named her first-born son Nathaniel after
meeting him. - He has appeared in four films directed by his elder brother Oliver Parker: Othello (1995), Fade to Black (2006), I Really Hate My Job (2007) and St. Trinian's (2007).
- Has a horse named Jellybean.
- Two daughters Angelica and Raphaella
- About riding: "Happily, when I'm working, I often seem to get jobs that
give me the opportunity to ride - in Vanity Fair, Hamlet and Far from
the Madding Crowd, for example. It is rather nice to do something I
like and get paid for it. I have a quarter of a race horse but I don't
have my own hack. Though we were never a horsey type of family, I
started riding when I was about 10 at a local stables. I used to do
show jumping and gymkhanas but, now, I am not allowed to jump because
of the insurance. I just ride for pleasure, though it is still my
ambition to do silks and get on a race horse." - I have always thought women were the superior sex. Witnessing
childbirth confirmed it for me. - I was 15 when I got my first games computer, a Sinclair console. The
game was to do with landing planes. I was useless at it. I must have
killed bucket loads of people! - On organ donation: "If I died today, with a perfect set of kidneys and
a liver, well, dammit, people need them." - On playing Albert Speer on television: "I've always wanted to play a
Nazi because I really believe that everyone - and I'm not just talking
about actors here - has a Hitler inside them. Fortunately, most of the
cultivated world - and for that matter the uncultivated world - don't
let the Hitler in them come out. But some do and if we don't expose it
and look it in the face, we can never stop it".
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