---
name: "Nathaniel Parker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nathaniel-parker"
fi1m_id: "nathaniel-parker"
imdb_id: "nm0662511"
tmdb_id: 27631
wikidata_id: "Q208746"
roles: []
born: "18 May 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T21:57:19.688320+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."
---

# Nathaniel Parker

## Identity

Nathaniel Parker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nathaniel-parker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nathaniel-parker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0662511
- **TMDB ID:** 27631
- **Wikidata ID:** Q208746
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208746, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662511/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27631

Actor. Born 18 May 1962 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 18 May 1962, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1992–present
- **Also known as:** Nat Parker
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 68 (2), 2000s 65 (1), 2020s 65 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 1, History 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $442m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208746, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662511/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27631

## Biography

Nathaniel Parker is an English stage and screen actor born in London on 18 May 1962. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986. His early screen work included roles in *Hamlet* (1990) and *The Bodyguard* (1992).

Parker is best known for playing the lead Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley in the BBC series *The Inspector Lynley Mysteries* (2001–2007) and Agravaine de Bois in the fourth series of *Merlin* (2011). Other notable film roles include Dunstan Thorn in *Stardust* (2007), Master Gracey in *The Haunted Mansion* (2003), and Sir Robert de Thibouville in *The Last Duel* (2021). He has also appeared in *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* (2010) and *Ophelia* (2019).

His stage credits include an Olivier Award-winning performance as Henry VIII in the RSC productions of *Wolf Hall* and *Bring Up the Bodies*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Last Duel* (2021), Fi1m 65, as Sir Robert de Thibouville — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-duel.md)
- *Bleak House* (2005), Fi1m 65, as Harold Skimpole — [page](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md)
- *Vanity Fair* (1998), Fi1m 72, as Rawdon Crawley — [page](https://film.one/tv/vanity-fair.md)
- *The Bodyguard* (1992), Fi1m 63, as Clive Healy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bodyguard.md)

## Complete filmography (81)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas* (2025), series, as Mac
- *Desperate Journey* (2025), as Chef Bossard
- *Girls Hugging Their Fathers* (2024), as Father
- *The Doll Factory* (2023), series, as Liston
- *The Velveteen Rabbit* (2023), as Male Rabbit (voice)
- *T.I.M.* (2023), as Dewson
- *Up on the Roof* (2023), as Whale
- *Hunting Bears* (2021), as Kenny
- *The Last Duel* (2021), as Sir Robert de Thibouville — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-duel.md)
- *The Beast Must Die* (2021), series, as Blount · Executive Producer
- *The Vineyard* (2021), series, as Edward Claydon
- *Sea Dragon* (2020), as Mr. Fairfax
- *The Warrior Queen of Jhansi* (2019), as Sir Robert Hamilton
- *Ophelia* (2019), as King Hamlet
- *Swimming with Men* (2018), as Lewis
- *An Ideal Husband* (2018), as Lord Chiltern
- *Of Kings and Prophets* (2016), series, as King Achish
- *The Outcast* (2015), series, as Dicky Carmichael
- *Grantchester* (2014), series, as Thomas Davenport
- *Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery* (2013), as Armand Gamache
- *National Theatre Live: The Audience* (2013), as Gordon Brown
- *The Domino Effect* (2012), as Bob
- *Me and Mrs Jones* (2012), series, as Tom Marshall
- *The Proxy* (2012), series, as Peter
- *Injustice* (2011), series, as Martin Newall
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* (2010), as Caspian's Father
- *The Perfect Host* (2010), as Detective Morton
- *Malice in Wonderland* (2010), as Harry Hunt
- *Land Girls* (2009), series, as Lord Lawrence Hoxley
- *The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler* (2009), as Dr. Majkowski
- *Merlin* (2008), series, as Agravaine de Bois
- *St Trinian's* (2007), as Chairman of the National Gallery
- *I Really Hate My Job* (2007), as Guy #2
- *Flawless* (2007), as Ollie
- *Stardust* (2007), as Dunstan Thorn
- *A Class Apart* (2007), series, as Anthony Troth
- *A Class Apart* (2007), as Anthony Troth
- *Lewis* (2007), series, as Philip Coleman
- *Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial* (2006), series, as Albert Speer
- *Fade to Black* (2006), as Viola
- *Bleak House* (2005), series, as Harold Skimpole — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md)
- *Dickens in America* (2005), series, as Voice of Charles Dickens
- *Celebrity Mastermind* (2003), series, Actor
- *The Private Life of Samuel Pepys* (2003), as Charles II
- *The Haunted Mansion* (2003), as Master Gracey
- *The Inspector Lynley Mysteries* (2002), series, as Inspector Thomas Lynley
- *All Forgotten* (2001), as Father
- *Pretending to Be Judith* (2001), as James
- *Trust* (2000), as Andrew Pearce
- *Vanity Fair* (1998), series, as Rawdon Crawley — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vanity-fair.md)
- *Far from the Madding Crowd* (1998), series, as Gabriel Oak
- *Far from the Madding Crowd* (1998), as Gabriel Oak
- *Into Thin Air: Death on Everest* (1997), as Rob Hall
- *David* (1997), series, as David
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Brian Havergal — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *David* (1997), as David
- *Davide* (1997), series, as David
- *Beverly Hills Ninja* (1997), as Martin Tanley
- *Othello* (1995), as Cassio
- *A Village Affair* (1995), as Martin Jordan
- *Squanto: A Warrior's Tale* (1994), as Thomas Dermer
- *The Vision Thing* (1993), as Michael Fisher
- *Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen* (1993), as Nigel
- *Rik Mayall Presents* (1993), series, as Nigel
- *Wide Sargasso Sea* (1993), as Edward Rochester
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, as Stephen Milmore
- *The Bodyguard* (1992), as Clive Healy — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bodyguard.md)
- *Look At It This Way* (1992), series, as Miles Goodall
- *Shakespeare: The Animated Tales* (1992), series, as Jacques / Oliver (voice)
- *Heroes II: The Return* (1991), series, as Lt. Col. Ivan Lyon
- *Absolute Hell* (1991), as Sam Mitchum
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Sam Mitchum
- *The War That Never Ends* (1991), as Alcibiades
- *The Black Candle* (1991), as Lionel Filmore
- *Hamlet* (1990), as Laertes
- *Never Come Back* (1990), series, as Desmond Thane
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Chris Davidson
- *War Requiem* (1989), as Wilfred Owen
- *Piece of Cake* (1988), series, as 'Flash' Gordon
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), series, as Jamie Jasper — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)
- *Hamlet* (1984), as Claudius

## Gallery

- ![Nathaniel Parker](https://film.one/media/person/441686/gallery-f5f6e815fd49.jpg) Nathaniel Parker — Image via TMDB
- ![Nathaniel Parker](https://film.one/media/person/441686/gallery-220c738ed8bc.jpg) Nathaniel Parker — Image via TMDB

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