Jack Parker Actor Profile

Profile

Ethnicity

European

Location

Auckland, New Zealand

Height

178 cm

Age Range

24–34

Also Represented in

United States of America

Career Highlights

Jack graduated from the prestigious Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School with a Bachelor of Performing Arts in 2017. Straight out of drama school Jack landed a role in the feature film Savage, based on notorious gang culture in New Zealand. He has extensive acting experience in short films and theatre, as well as a recent guest role on the primetime television drama Shortland Street.

Short Film.

2022Morning HateNZ Stretcher Bearer #5Dir. Dean O'Gorman
2017An Arm & A LegCreatureDir. Jonathan King
2017J JDir. Chantelle Watts
2017Saturn SheetsMicky MoonsexDir. Jonathan King
2017SleeplessMaxDir. Cinta Damerell
2016Life is the Show (Glass Vaults) Changing Room Boy Dir. Glass Vaults
2016Magnolia (Mise en Scene) DonnyToi Whakaari: NZ Drama School
Dir. Vaughan Slinn, Heather Timms
2011Beasley Street BoyRyderSt. Andrew’s College Film Festival
Dir. Annie Rodwell, Paris Frost

Feature Film.

2018SavageYoung LiamDir. Sam Kelly

Television.

2020Shortland Street Zack Parker (Guest)South Pacific Pictures
Dir. Various

Theatre.

2017Black Confetti ElvisToi Whakaari: NZ Drama School
Dir. Leo Gene Peters
2017Butoh Duo Performance (Festival of Work in Development) Butoh Man #1 Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School
Dir. Jack Parker, Michael Hockey
2017Butoh Solo Performance (Personal Performance Project) Butoh Entity Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School
Dir. Jack Parker
2016Caucus, Caucus, Harvest, Dawn The Prince Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School
Dir. Aaron Cortesi, Christian Penny, Jonathan Price
2016The Tempest CalibanToi Whakaari: NZ Drama School
Dir. Robin Payne
2015Foreskin’s Lament (Scene Unseen)ForeskinToi Whakaari: NZ Drama School
Dir. Jonathan Hendry, Heather Timms
2015Misguided Youth (SOLO by Jack Parker)Young JackToi Whakaari: NZ Drama School
Dir. Patrick Carroll, Aaron Cortesi, Jonathan Price
2014Between the FlagsVariousHagley Theatre Company
Dir. Darryl Low
2014Footprints on Water (Scene Plus) NoelHagley Theatre Company
Dir. Cameron Mattox
2014Mr. Melancholy (Scene Plus)OllyHagley Theatre Company
Dir. Cameron Mattox
2014Tear from a Glass Eye (Scene Plus)Titus Petra Hagley Theatre Company
Dir. Cameron Mattox
2014The BeeSound Operator Hagley Theatre Company
Dir. Cameron Mattox
2014The Eskimo (Scene Plus)Pedro Hagley Theatre Company
Dir. Cameron Mattox
2014There is a WarMartin (General Hill)Hagley Theatre Company
Dir. Cameron Mattox
2013More LightThe ManHagley Theatre Company
Dir. Darryl Low
2013The DrunksVariousHagley Theatre Company
Dir. Cameron Mattox
2013The Good Things Men Do (Scene Plus)NickHagley Theatre Company
Dir. Cameron Mattox
2013Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love ThemLooney TunesHagley Theatre Company
Dir. Cameron Mattox
2012Crazy for YouLank HawkinsSt. Andrew’s College
Dir. Julie Drummond
2012Love’s Labor's LostBerowneSheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival
Dir. Hamish Peterson
2011Merry Wives of WindsorSir John FalstaffSheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival
Dir. Annie Rodwell/Lucy Brown
2011Silk StockingsVariousSt. Andrew’s College
Dir. Julie Drummond
2011The CrucibleRev. ParrisSt. Andrew’s College
Dir. Anna Garrett
2010Romeo & JulietMercutioSt. Andrew’s College
Dir. Julie Drummond
2009Beauty & The BeastCarsonDir. Dale Hartley
2008The Wind & The WillowsBadgerDir. Dale Hartley
2007Peter Pan1st Mate, Pirate, Dancer, ChorusDir. Dale Hartley
2006Cinderella Alvin the Mouse, Dancer, ChorusDir. Dale Hartley
2005AladdinThief, Beggar, Dancer, ChorusDir. Dale Hartley

Training.

Katherine Beck - All American Accent/Dialect training - 2023
Masterclass with Tania Nolan - 2023
Tania Nolan/Margie Haber Intensive Workshop - 2022
Advanced Screen Acting Workshop with Liz Mullane and Rachel Bullock - 2019
US Accent Training with Chris Stewart - 2018
Danny Mulheron Screen Acting Workshop - 2017
Perdekamp Emotional Method - One on One Coaching/Training - Jon Hunter (Mentor) - 2017
Perdekamp Emotional Method - One on One Skype Training with Sarah Victoria (PEM Master Instructor) - 2017
Perdekamp Emotional Method Training - Year 2 & 3 of Toi Whakaari - 2017
Self-Tape Audition Masterclass (Taking Control) with Dave Newman - McSweeney Newman Casting Australia - 2017
Acting Coaching & Mentorship with Elena Stejko (1 Month Internship) - 2016
Actor’s Studio: Chekhov Workshop Programme with Elena Stejko (1 Month) - 2016
Brita McVeigh Acting Workshop - 2016
Chekhov’s Method - Chekhov Workshop with Elena Stejko - 2016
Combat Workshop with Alexander Holloway - 2016
Combat Workshop with Allan Henry - 2016
Miranda Harcourt Screen Workshop - 2016
Perdekamp Emotional Method (PEM) Workshops/Training with Stephan Perdekamp & Sarah Victoria - 2016
The Actor's Programme: Screen Acting & Chekhov Workshop with Elena Stejko - 2016
‘The Beast’ by Anton Chekhov - Asst. Director with Elena Stejko - Unitec 3rd Year Actor’s Graduate Show - 2016
Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School - Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting) - 2015
Hagley Theatre Company: Certificate in Theatre (Acting) - 2013
Trinity Guildhall: Grades 1-7 (Drama) - 2004 - 2012
Dale Hartley School of Performing Arts (Acting) - 2000