Corey Parker (actor)

{{short description|American actor and acting coach|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Corey Parker

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|7|8}}

| birth_place = New York, New York, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| alma_mater = Actors Studio
Ensemble Studio Theater

| years_active = 1983–2002; 2010–present

| website = {{URL|https://www.coreyparkeracting.com/}}

}}

Corey Parker (born July 8, 1965) is an American actor and acting coach.{{cite web |title=On This Day |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/aol/onthisday/010708onthisday.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=2018-06-10 |date=2001-07-08}}

Early life

Corey Parker was born in New York City. He is the son of actress Rochelle Natalie "Rocky" Parker (1940–2014) and her second husband, John David Haas. Parker began his acting career at the age of four, starting in television commercials. He later attended the High School of Performing Arts in New York City.

Career

Following high school, Parker committed to acting full-time.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-21-tv-13317-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |title=WITH AN EYE ON ... : Corey Parker's flights of comedy earn him frequent laughs on Fox

|date=March 21, 1993|author=LORI PIKE}} He is a member of the Actors Studio and the Ensemble Studio Theater.{{cite web |title=Ensemble Studio Theatre |url=http://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org/corey-parker/?rq=corey%20parker |access-date=2018-06-10}} Parker performed onstage at the 61st Academy Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://coreyparkeractor.com/flashback_oscars|title=Corey Parker Acting - Flashback: Oscars|website=coreyparkeractor.com|language=en|access-date=2018-06-24|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143154/http://coreyparkeractor.com/flashback_oscars|url-status=dead}}

Movies in which Parker has appeared include Biloxi Blues,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/25/movies/review-film-film-simon-s-biloxi-blues-coming-of-age-in-the-army.html|title=Review/Film; Film: Simon's 'Biloxi Blues,' Coming of Age in the Army|last=Canby|first=Vincent|work=The New York Times |date=25 March 1988 |access-date=2018-06-24|language=en}} Willy/Milly,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F60TAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT2192|title=Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide|first=Leonard|last=Maltin|date=September 2, 2014|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9780698183612|via=Google Books}} White Palace,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pg9eCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA181|title=Sydney Pollack: A Critical Filmography|first=Janet L.|last=Meyer|date=February 8, 2008|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476609799|via=Google Books}} Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yx_3CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA104|title=Character-Based Film Series Part 1|first=Terry|last=Rowan|year=2016 |publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781365021282|via=Google Books}} and How I Got into College.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HegCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA95|title=New York Magazine|first=New York Media|last=LLC|date=May 29, 1989|publisher=New York Media, LLC|via=Google Books}} He has also appeared on television in series including Thirtysomething,{{Cite web|url=https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/HZXkY5mx|title=Thirtysomething Podcast - 12 Corey|website=www.hipcast.com|access-date=2018-06-24}} Broadway Bound,{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RG70vQU1Gp4C&pg=PA62|title=New York Magazine|first=New York Media|last=LLC|date=March 23, 1992|publisher=New York Media, LLC|via=Google Books}} Blue Skies,{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/genxtvbradybunch0000owen_x4k8|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/genxtvbradybunch0000owen_x4k8/page/135 135]|title=Gen X TV: The Brady Bunch to Melrose Place|first=Rob|last=Owen|date=13 October 1999|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=9780585275437 |via=Internet Archive}} Love Boat: The Next Wave,{{Cite news|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/corey-parker-as-john-morgan-in-love-boat-the-next-wave-news-photo/51041967#/corey-parker-as-john-morgan-in-love-boat-the-next-wave-picture-id51041967|title=Corey Parker As John Morgan (Ship's Doctor In Love Boat, The Next Wave|work=Getty Images|access-date=2018-06-24|language=en-US}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phOBCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA63|title=Cyborgs, Santa Claus and Satan: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Made for Television|first=Fraser A.|last=Sherman|date=24 August 2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476611013|via=Google Books}} and co-starred with Téa Leoni in the 1992-93 Fox sitcom Flying Blind.{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-21-tv-13317-story.html|title=WITH AN EYE ON ... : Corey Parker's flights of comedy earn him frequent laughs on Fox|last=PIKE|first=LORI|date=1993-03-21|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-06-24|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}} He later had a recurring role on the sitcom Will & Grace as the character Josh.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m0Ti0d-T4DwC&pg=PA30|title=Periods in Pop Culture: Menstruation in Film and Television|first=Lauren|last=Rosewarne|date=October 13, 2018|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=9780739170007|via=Google Books}} His television movies include The Lost Language of Cranes for the BBC,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qa5_AQAAQBAJ&pg=PT1796|title=TLA Film and Video Guide 2000-2001: The Discerning Film Lover's Guide|first=David|last=Bleiler|date=December 3, 2013|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=9781466859401|via=Google Books}} Mr. and Mrs. Loving,{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VDkDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58|title=Jet|first=Johnson Publishing|last=Company|date= April 8, 1996|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|via=Google Books}} Courage with Sophia Loren,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/24/arts/tv-reviews-sophia-loren-in-courage-as-informant-in-drug-case.html|title=TV REVIEWS; SOPHIA LOREN IN 'COURAGE' AS INFORMANT IN DRUG CASE|first=John J.|last=O'Connor|newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 24, 1986 }} A Mother's Prayer,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z5qmplifVDIC&pg=PA503|title=Frame by Frame III: A Filmography of the African Diasporan Image, 1994-2004|first=Audrey T.|last=McCluskey|date= October 13, 2018|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0253348296|via=Google Books}} and Destiny, The Elizabeth Taylor Story.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d4iACgAAQBAJ&pg=PA107|title=Movie and Television Locations: 113 Famous Filming Sites in Los Angeles and San Diego|first=Leon|last=Smith|date=June 8, 2011|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786489220|via=Google Books}}

An acting coach, Parker has been guest artist at Rhodes College and at the University of Memphis. He was the official acting coach for CMT's Sun Records and will also work as a coach on Ms. Marvel.{{Cite news|url=https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/entertainment/movies/2017/08/02/memphis-actor-offers-class-performing-camera/524953001/|title=Memphis actor offers class in performing for the camera|work=The Commercial Appeal|access-date=2018-06-24|language=en}} Parker is a guest instructor at HB Studio.{{Cite web |title=Corey Parker |url=https://hbstudio.org/instructors/parker-corey |url-status=dead |access-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-date=October 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018075101/https://hbstudio.org/instructors/parker-corey/ }}