Acting
Jamie Parker
EN cinema · 15 credits
Born
14 August 1979 (age 47)
Birthplace
Middlesbrough, Cleveland, England, UK
Jamie Parker – English actor and singer, born 14 August 1979 in Middlesbrough, England. Trained at RADA, graduating in 2002. He is best known for originating the role of Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016), winning a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and receiving a Tony Award nomination for the Broadway production. His most notable film roles include The History Boys (2006) as Scripps, Valkyrie (2008) as Werner von Haeften, Dirty Weekend (2013) as Mike, The Lady in the Van (2015), and 1917 (2019) as Lieutenant Richards. On television he has appeared in Parade's End (2012), Becoming Elizabeth (2022) as John Dudley, The Long Shadow (2023), Masters of the Air (2024), and Next to Normal (2025). On stage he has also played Prince Hal / Henry V in the Shakespeare Globe's Henriad trilogy and Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Known for
Filmography
Next to Normal
as Dan Goodman
1917
as Lieutenant Richards
The Lady in the Van
as Estate Agent
Dirty Weekend
as Mike
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
as Theo Van Gogh
Shakespeare's Globe: As You Like It
as Oliver de Boys
Valkyrie
as Werner von Haeften
Maxwell
as Farquhar
The History Boys
as Scripps