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Television work includes MOSES JONES, SERVANTS, Russell T Davies' CASANOVA and HARLEY STREET. Shaun also continues to forge a career as an established and respected theatre actor. He has starred alongside David Threlfall and Neil Stuke in Joe Penhall’s award-winning play, BLUE ORANGE, in the West End in Kwame Kwei-Armah’s ELMINA’S KITCHEN and at Shakespeare’s Globe as Aaron in TITUS ANDRONICUS. He is considered one of the UK’s most versatile actors.
Shaun Parkes was born in London, England on the 9th February 1973. He always had a natural attraction to the world of entertainment. If asked, his friends and family would tell you that even at a very young age he had a striking ability as an entertainer and could "make you laugh and feel at ease".
After leaving school at the age of 16 he enrolled at Seltec College to study drama, two year later he was accepted into The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), one of the UK’s leading drama schools.
Since graduating from RADA Shaun has been on our screens constantly but it was HUMAN TRAFFIC that launched him as a star of the big screen. Directed by Justin Kerrigan and starring John Simm, Lorraine Pilkington and Danny Dyer, the film follows five friends as they spend a lost weekend in a mix of music, love and club culture. The film has become a major cult classic, influencing an entire generation of club-goers and setting a new standard for youth orientated comedy dramas.
Shaun continues to work with some of the UK’s leading talent and more recent work includes films such as THE MUMMY RETURNS, CLUBBED and the acclaimed NOTES ON A SCANDAL, starring Dame Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett.
On new year's eve 2000 Shaun met the DJ production team (Anthony Middleton and Luca Saporito) at a ChxllSeeker Tequila party.
founder suggested they team to produce a track for his and upcoming DVD label launch. The result was a track called Rising (found on the JukeBox).
Ever since they have been working regularly on a multitude of dance tracks featuring Shaun's distinctive vocal style. They are shortly planning to produce a new album to follow AudioFly's string of dance hit's currently being played all around the world.
AudioFly featuring Shaun Parkes JukeBox
Slides at the Winter Music Conference Miami
Recent projects:
Strike Back - Sky 1
STRIKE BACK is a story of deception, redemption and revenge, all played out in the interlinked lives of two former soldiers; Major Hugh Collinson and discharged veteran JohnPorter . Their paths last crossed seven years ago. Now, amidst a new hostage crisis in the Middle East, their lives are about to collide again.Identity
Identity - ITV
Soon to be broadcast this ITV produced crime drama touch’s upon what is fast becoming one of the modern worlds largest problems, identity theft.
Shaun Parkes, Aidan Gillen and Keeley Hawes play police officers heading up an elite unit formed to combat the explosion of identity-related crime in Identity. DS Anthony Wareing (Shaun Parkes), has his eye on promotion and a stance on cases that can err on the self-righteous.
