--- name: "Chi Lewis-Parry" canonical: "https://film.one/person/chi-lewis-parry" fi1m_id: "chi-lewis-parry" imdb_id: "nm5213912" tmdb_id: 1344320 wikidata_id: "Q137856456" roles: ["Actor"] born: "10 August 1983" reviewed_on_fi1m: 6 average_fi1m_score: 66 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-17T16:12:56.513795+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Chi Lewis-Parry ## Identity Chi Lewis-Parry - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chi-lewis-parry - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** chi-lewis-parry - **IMDb ID:** nm5213912 - **TMDB ID:** 1344320 - **Wikidata ID:** Q137856456 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_Lewis-Parry, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137856456, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5213912/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1344320 Actor. Born 10 August 1983 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 10 August 1983, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK - **Active:** 2024–present - **Also known as:** Chopper - **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 4 acting, 2 other - **Frequently works with:** [Alex Garland](https://film.one/person/alex-garland.md), [Alfie Williams](https://film.one/person/alfie-williams.md), [Danny Boyle](https://film.one/person/danny-boyle.md), [Jack O'Connell](https://film.one/person/jack-oconnell.md), [Ralph Fiennes](https://film.one/person/ralph-fiennes.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (2), 2020s 66 (4) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 69 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 2, Horror 2, Science Fiction 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, Adventure 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $672m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_Lewis-Parry, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137856456, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5213912/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1344320 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Top Boy*](https://film.one/tv/top-boy.md) (81), [*28 Years Later*](https://film.one/film/28-years-later.md) (76), [*28 Years Later: The Bone Temple*](https://film.one/film/28-years-later-the-bone-temple.md) (74) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Chi Lewis-Parry > Chi Lewis-Parry is cast for his size, but his Samson is worth watching for the small movements. He makes a convincing threat, then finds something affecting in the simple business of listening to Ralph Fiennes. Under Samson’s prosthetics, Chi Lewis-Parry tilts his head and listens to Ralph Fiennes. In *28 Years Later: The Bone Temple* (2026), that small adjustment makes an infected alpha seem curious about another person. Fiennes’s Dr Kelson has found company, and Lewis-Parry makes that company matter without needing a speech. We were moved by the attention he gives Fiennes, because the listening makes Samson seem capable of something besides hurting people. Nia DaCosta gives him room to do more than frighten us. The earlier work is dominated by small physical roles, including warriors, bodyguards and bouncers. *Gladiator II* (2024), in which he plays Phoebus, belongs to that period before Samson brought him wider notice. *28 Years Later* (2025), directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland, initially makes familiar use of his size. Samson is the largest of the infected alphas, and Lewis-Parry is a convincing reason to keep well away from them. The sequel makes the more useful discovery about him. Opposite Fiennes, he can sustain a scene by paying attention rather than competing for it. The prosthetics could leave us watching the make-up; the head movements give us a character to watch instead. That is the stronger half of DaCosta’s film, which grows loud and less interesting when it turns to Jack O’Connell’s cult of tracksuited Jimmys. Our preference for the Kelson scenes owes something to the relief of being allowed to notice a performance this quiet. The two Samson films still give us a narrow basis on which to judge Lewis-Parry beyond this particular character. The small parts elsewhere offer limited evidence of what he could do with substantial dialogue, and there is no need to pretend otherwise. For now, the reason to follow him from Boyle’s film to DaCosta’s is to see how much more he can make us notice beneath the same prosthetics. We would like to see him given a substantial scene without the latex. ## Biography Chi Lewis-Parry, also credited as Chopper, is a British actor, stunt performer, mixed martial artist and former professional basketball player. Born on 10 August 1983 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, he began his career in sport before transitioning to film and television work. He is known for portraying the infected Alpha Samson in *28 Years Later* (2025) and *28 Years Later: The Bone Temple* (2026). Other credits include Phoebus in *Gladiator II* (2024), Negative Dude in *The Running Man* (2025), and stunt work on *Kraven the Hunter* (2024). He has also appeared in series such as *Slow Horses*, *Ted Lasso* and *Ghosts*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (6) ### Performed in (4) — the average rests on these - *28 Years Later: The Bone Temple* (2026), Fi1m 74, as Samson — [page](https://film.one/film/28-years-later-the-bone-temple.md) - *28 Years Later* (2025), Fi1m 76, as Samson — [page](https://film.one/film/28-years-later.md) - *Gladiator II* (2024), Fi1m 64, as Phoebus — [page](https://film.one/film/gladiator-ii.md) - *The Regime* (2024), Fi1m 48, as American Man — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-regime.md) ### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Edge of Tomorrow* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Marine (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/edge-of-tomorrow.md) - *Top Boy* (2011), Fi1m 81, as Dwayne (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/tv/top-boy.md) ## Complete filmography (26) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *28 Years Later: The Bone Temple* (2026), as Samson — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/28-years-later-the-bone-temple.md) - *The Running Man* (2025), as Negative Dude — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-running-man.md) - *28 Years Later* (2025), as Samson — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/28-years-later.md) - *A Woman Scorned* (2025), as Dom - *Kraven the Hunter* (2024), Stunts — Fi1m 41, [page](https://film.one/film/kraven-the-hunter.md) - *Gladiator II* (2024), as Phoebus — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/gladiator-ii.md) - *My Lady Jane* (2024), series, as Yeoman Gate Guard - *(It's Getting Late) Mr Pipkin* (2024), as Rowan · Writer, Producer - *The Regime* (2024), series, as American Man — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-regime.md) - *Expend4bles* (2023), Stunts - *Heart of Stone* (2023), Stunts - *Pistol* (2022), series, as Allison - *Slow Horses* (2022), series, as Bodyguard 1 — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md) - *Bridgerton* (2020), series, Stunts — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/bridgerton.md) - *Ted Lasso* (2020), series, as Matthew — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md) - *Avenue 5* (2020), series, Stunts - *Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler* (2019), series, as Blue Raven - *Ghosts* (2019), series, as Bouncer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/ghosts.md) - *Edge of Tomorrow* (2014), as Marine (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/edge-of-tomorrow.md) - *Little Favour* (2013), as Dominic - *The Other Side* (2012), as Death Face 2 (uncredited) - *Top Boy* (2011), series, as Dwayne (uncredited) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/top-boy.md) - *Red Dwarf* (1988), series, as Gelf (uncredited) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-dwarf.md) - *Extraction 3*, Actor - *Lotus*, as Kyle - *When She Wakes*, as Rourke · Writer, Executive Producer, Editor ## Gallery - ![Chi Lewis-Parry](https://film.one/media/person/7338/gallery-a42c8c0d08a0.jpg) Chi Lewis-Parry — Image via TMDB - ![Chi Lewis-Parry](https://film.one/media/person/7338/gallery-44f9893ea17c.jpg) Chi Lewis-Parry — Image via TMDB - ![Chi Lewis-Parry](https://film.one/media/person/7338/gallery-0f2c6c05dade.jpg) Chi Lewis-Parry — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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