Milo Parker
{{Short description|English actor (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Milo Parker
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|10|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ipswich, Suffolk, England
| education = Farlingaye High School
Royal Holloway, University of London
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2014–present
| known_for = Mr. Holmes, The Durrells and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
| notable_works =
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Milo Parker (born 4 October 2002){{Cite web |title=Milo Parker {{!}} Actor |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6057785/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}} is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Connor in Robot Overlords (2014), Roger Munro in Mr. Holmes (2015), Hugh Apiston in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) and Gerry Durrell in ITV's The Durrells (2016–2019).
Life and work
Milo Parker was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.{{cite news |last1=Cann |first1=Tom |date=29 August 2022 |title=Meet our 30 inspirational under 30s from Suffolk |url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/20820960.meet-30-inspirational-30s-suffolk/ |access-date=25 May 2023 |work=East Anglian Daily Times |language=en}}
Parker trained at Youngblood Theatre Company and made his feature film debut in the British independent science fiction film Robot Overlords, before starring alongside Ian McKellen in Mr. Holmes, for which he earned nominations for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and 42nd Saturn Awards for Best Performance by a Younger Actor.{{cite web |url=http://www.mrholmesfilm.com/cast/ |title= Cast |website=Mr. Holmes Film |access-date=2015-08-20}} In an interview for The Lady, McKellen praised his young co-star, saying "Milo was full of the esprit of a young person. He had no fear of the camera or of doing exactly what the director wanted when required."{{cite web |url=http://www.lady.co.uk/people/8916-knight-in-sherlock-armour |title=Knight in Sherlock armour |last=Bolger |first=Keeley |publisher=The Lady |date=2015-06-26 |access-date=2015-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222100155/http://www.lady.co.uk/people/8916-knight-in-sherlock-armour |archive-date=2015-12-22 |url-status=dead}}
He attended Farlingaye High School in Woodbridge, Suffolk.{{Cite web|last=Jarvis|first=Gemma|date=2019-08-22|title=ITV The Durrells star Milo Parker celebrates top GCSE grades|url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/the-durrells-actor-milo-parker-gcse-results-farlingaye-school-woodbridge-2676506|access-date=2020-12-11|website=East Anglian Daily Times|language=en-UK}} He has since studied at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Filmography
=Film=
| class= "wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2014
| Connor | |
| rowspan="2"|2015
| Roger Munro | |
| Ghosthunters on Icy Trails
| Tom Thompson | |
| 2016
| Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Hugh Apiston | |
| 2017
| McKellen: Playing the Part | Young Ian McKellen | Documentary |
| 2024 |
=Television=
| class= "wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2016–2019
| Main cast |
=Audio=
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2021
|Masterful |Big Finish Productions{{cite web |url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/masterful-limited-edition-2197 |title=Masterful (Limited Edition) |access-date=2020-09-21}} |
Awards and nominations
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|6057785|Milo Parker}}
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Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:Alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London
Category:English male child actors
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:Male actors from Ipswich
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