Shaun Parkes

Biography

Shaun Parkes (born 9 February 1973) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Koop in Human Traffic and Izzy Buttons in The Mummy Returns. At 16, Parkes enrolled at Seltec College to study drama. Two years later, he was accepted into RADA. Having acted in both theatre and television support roles, Parkes made his breakthrough in the 1999 film Human Traffic. His work since then includes films such as Clubbed, The Mummy Returns, Things to Do Before You're 30 and the acclaimed Notes on a Scandal. Television work includes Lock, Stock..., Servants and Russell T Davies' Casanova and Doctor Who. Parkes continued to forge a career as a theatre actor. He has starred alongside David Threlfall and Neil Stuke in Joe Penhall's award-winning play Blue/Orange in the West End and in Kwame Kwei-Armah's Elmina's Kitchen and at Shakespeare's Globe as Aaron in Titus Andronicus. Parkes also starred as the lead in BBC Two's detective series Moses Jones, with a supporting cast that included Matt Smith. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shaun Parkes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Mummy Returns

as Izzy Buttons

Doctor Who

as Zachary Cross Flane

Lost in Space

as Captain Radic

Lost in Space

as Captain Radic (voice)

Penelope

as Reporter Outside Hospital 2

Notes on a Scandal

as Bill Rumer

Line of Duty

as CS Terry Reynolds

Human Traffic

as Koop

Death in Paradise

as Paul Vincent

The River

as Andres Jude "A.J." Poulain