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Shaun Parkes is a Actor British born on 9 february 1973 at London (United-kingdom)
Shaun Parkes (born 9 February 1973) is an English actor.
Parkes continued to forge a career as a theatre actor. He has starred alongside David Threlfall and Neil Stuke in Joe Penhall’s award-winning play, Blue/Orange, in the West End and in Kwame Kwei-Armah’s Elmina's Kitchen and at Shakespeare's Globe as Aaron in Titus Andronicus. Parkes also starred as the lead in BBC Two's detective series Moses Jones, with a support cast that included Matt Smith.
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Birth name Shaun Parkes
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 9 february 1973 (51 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 9 february 1973 (51 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Biography
At 16, Parkes enrolled at Seltec College to study drama. Two years later, he was accepted into RADA. Having acted in both theatre and television support roles, Parkes made his breakthrough in the film Human Traffic. His work since then includes films such as Clubbed, The Mummy Returns, Things to Do Before You're 30 and the acclaimed Notes on a Scandal. Television work includes Lock, Stock..., Servants and Russell T Davies' Casanova and Doctor Who.Parkes continued to forge a career as a theatre actor. He has starred alongside David Threlfall and Neil Stuke in Joe Penhall’s award-winning play, Blue/Orange, in the West End and in Kwame Kwei-Armah’s Elmina's Kitchen and at Shakespeare's Globe as Aaron in Titus Andronicus. Parkes also starred as the lead in BBC Two's detective series Moses Jones, with a support cast that included Matt Smith.
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Urban Hymn (2015)
Directed by Michael Caton-Jones
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime
Actors Shirley Henderson, Ian Hart, Letitia Wright, Steven Mackintosh, Caroline O'Neill, Shaun Parkes
Roles Charlie
Rating65%
Set against the backdrop of the 2011 England Riots, the film follows a neglected and volatile female offender, Jamie, who possesses an amazing singing voice and is torn between her loyalties toward her inspiring, unconventional care worker, Kate, and her possessive and volatile best friend, Leanne.
, 3hDirected by Steve Barron
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Films about disabilities, L'Or
Actors Toby Regbo, Eddie Izzard, Rupert Penry-Jones, Daniel Mays, Philip Glenister, Donald Sutherland
Roles George Merry
Rating61%
Young Jim Hawkins (Toby Regbo) discovers a map to a legendary island of treasure belonging to the infamous Captain Flint (Donald Sutherland), and embarks on a journey abroad the ship Hispaniola to find it, however, the enigmatic Long John Silver (Eddie Izzard) and crew have other plans.
Clubbed (2008)
, 1h35Directed by Neil Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Actors Colin Salmon, Idris Elba, Mel Raido, Shaun Parkes, Natalie Gumede, Maxine Peake
Roles Rob
Rating66%
Danny - a lonely factory worker intimidated by life - is battered and humiliated in front of his kids in a random act of violence. His already bleak existence sinks further into the abyss. On the verge of total breakdown, he decides to fight back.
Daylight Robbery (2008)
, 1h39Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Paul Nicholls, Shaun Parkes, Vas Blackwood, Robert Boulter, Johnny Harris, Max Brown
Roles Yardie
Rating59%
Alex masterminds an ambitious plan to steal millions of untraceable cash that is stacked in the underground vaults of the London Exchange Bank, waiting for its last journey, incineration. Lucky, Matty, Terry, Chubby, Norman and Jay make up his unlikely gang of robbers. They initially set-up an airline check-in clerk as their alibi, by checking in to join the thousands of England supporters that are part of a mass exodus to the World Cup Tournament in Germany (2006). Then, instead of passing through to departure lounge, the gang head out to the car park, pile into a van and head for Central London where they spectacularly ram raid London Exchange Bank, blocking any exit for those caught up inside.
Kill Kill Faster Faster (2008)
, 1h37Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Prison films
Actors Gil Bellows, Lisa Ray, Esai Morales, Shaun Parkes, Moneca Delain, Stephen Lord
Roles Clinique
Rating42%
Joe One-Way (Gil Bellows) is serving a life sentence for the passion murder of his teenage bride Kimba (Moneca Delain). At the urging of his cellmate Clinique (Shaun Parkes), he composes the play White Man: Black Hole about his crime. Joe had been incarcerated 18 years, before Hollywood agent Markie Mark (Esai Morales), who wishes to make a film of the play, arranges that Joe gets an early release from prison. Wanting to create a great deal of media buzz, he brings Joe into his office to rewrite the stage play in order to give it greater audience appeal. There, Joe meets Fleur (Lisa Ray), Markie's arm candy. Learning she had been a fan of his for some time, the two begin a torrid affair. Joe then searches for a way to reconcile the crime for which he had never forgiven himself.
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
, 1h32Directed by Richard Eyre
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson, Juno Temple, Tom Georgeson
Roles Bill Rumer
Rating73%
Barbara Covett (Judi Dench) is a history teacher at a comprehensive school in London. A spinster nearing retirement, her comfort is her diary. When an art teacher, Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett), joins the staff, Barbara is at first attracted to her. However, when she discovers that Sheba is having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student, Steven Connolly (Andrew Simpson), she confronts her.
Penelope (2006)
, 1h41Directed by Mark Palansky
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film
Actors Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Reese Witherspoon, Catherine O'Hara, Nick Frost, Russell Brand
Roles Reporter Outside Hospital 2
Rating67%
Penelope Wilhern (Christina Ricci) is a young woman from a wealthy family with all the qualities to make an excellent match for any other well-bred man of her status. What sets her apart is that she has pig-face disorder.
Colour Me Kubrick (2006)
, 1h27Directed by Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, L'usurpation d'identité, Films about psychiatry, Escroquerie
Actors John Malkovich, Marisa Berenson, Marc Warren, Jim Davidson, Richard E. Grant, Ken Russell
Roles Mental Patient
Rating60%
Colour Me Kubrick begins with a direct homage to A Clockwork Orange with the after-effects of one of Alan Conway's (Malkovich) minor cons: two thugs are sent to collect a bar bill that Conway has generated by impersonating Kubrick. Conway has provided the address of an elderly couple as Kubrick's home address. Conway is nowhere to be seen, and the thugs are arrested by the police for causing a ruckus outside the house.
, 1h41Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Billie Piper, Emilia Fox, Dougray Scott, Jimi Mistry, Shaun Parkes, Nina Young
Rating56%
In 1913 Don Robson (George Innes) started a "special" boys football team called crapletes Greenwich. Twenty years later six of the lads are still playing for the team, but things have become so much more complicated.
Blue/Orange (2005)
, 1h30Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Brian Cox, John Simm, Shaun Parkes
Roles Christopher
Rating61%
The Mummy Returns (2001)
, 2h10Directed by Stephen Sommers
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films based on mythology, Mythologie égyptienne
Actors Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Freddie Boath, Oded Fehr, Arnold Vosloo
Roles Izzy Buttons
Rating63%
In 3067 BC, the Scorpion King leads his army on a campaign to conquer the world. After fighting for seven years, his army is defeated while attacking Thebes and exiled to the desert of Ahm Shere; his men die of heat exhaustion. After vowing to give Anubis his soul for the power to defeat his enemies, an oasis forms to hide the Scorpion King's pyramid and he is given a legion of jackal warriors in Anubis' image. The Army of Anubis sweeps across Egypt, but once their task is finished, Anubis claims the Scorpion King's soul and his army.
Offending Angels (2000)
, 1h34Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Susannah Harker, Shaun Parkes, Jack Davenport, Andrew Lincoln, Stephen Mangan, Michael Cochrane
Roles Zeke
Rating46%
Sam and Baggy are two non-committal slackers who while their time away with nonsensical affairs while dreaming of greater things in life. Paris and Zeke are two guardian angels who confront them with plans for change. Paris is a former dolphin while Zeke is a former squirrel.
Human Traffic (1999)
, 1h39Directed by Justin Kerrigan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors John Simm, Lorraine Pilkington, Shaun Parkes, Danny Dyer, Richard Coyle, Nicola Reynolds
Roles Koop
Rating70%
The film is an ensemble piece in which the five protagonists plan, enjoy and come down from a weekend out in Cardiff; all motivated at least in part by the need for a weekend escape from the difficulties and contradictions of their daily lives. Jip is suffering from sexual anxiety brought on by a series of unsuccessful liaisons. Koop, Jip's best friend, is jealous of his girlfriend Nina's popular and happy-go-lucky nature. Nina is being sexually harassed in a job she had no choice but to take after having failed a college interview. Lulu, Jip's best female friend and "dropping partner", has suffered infidelity in her last 3 relationships. Moff, the newest member of the group having met Jip at a warehouse party after moving from London to Cardiff, is an unemployed slacker who scrapes a living as a small time dealer, despite his father being a senior policeman. The five friends become very close, take drugs such as cannabis, ecstasy and cocaine, and "live for the weekend".
Rage (1999)
, 1h37Directed by Newton Aduaka
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Fraser Ayres, Shaun Parkes, John Pickard, Caroline Williams
Roles Godwin 'G'
Rating59%
Jamie, also known as Rage, is an angry young man of mixed race, who lives in Peckham, South London. He is part of a rap trio with Godwin ("G") and Thomas ("T"). In order to make a record, they need to get hold of £4000. Rage works as a shelf stacker. G is a pianist from a respectable black family. T is white and his parents are wealthy but his money is tied up in a trust.