---
name: "Oliver Parker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/oliver-parker"
fi1m_id: "oliver-parker"
imdb_id: "nm0662529"
tmdb_id: 56710
wikidata_id: "Q475703"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "6 September 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T12:24:16.849091+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."
---

# Oliver Parker

## Identity

Oliver Parker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/oliver-parker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** oliver-parker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0662529
- **TMDB ID:** 56710
- **Wikidata ID:** Q475703
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Parker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q475703, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662529/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56710

Director. Born 6 September 1960 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 6 September 1960, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1988–2011
- **Also known as:** 올리버 파커
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 directing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 44 (1), 1990s 54 (1), 2010s 53 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Parker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q475703, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662529/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56710

## Biography

Oliver Parker (born 6 September 1960) is a British film director, screenwriter and former actor. He is the son of writer and GP Lady Gillian Parker and railway executive Sir Peter Parker, and the brother of actor Nathaniel Parker.

Parker began his career as an actor before making his directorial debut with the 1995 adaptation *Othello*, which he also wrote. He is known for further literary adaptations including *An Ideal Husband* (1999), *The Importance of Being Earnest* (2002) and *Dorian Gray* (2009), as well as comedies such as *St Trinian's* (2007) and its 2009 sequel. His other directing credits include *Johnny English Reborn* (2011), *Dad's Army* (2016), *Swimming with Men* (2018) and *The Great Escaper* (2023).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *Nuns on the Run* (1990), Fi1m 54, as Doctor — [page](https://film.one/film/nuns-on-the-run.md)
- *Hellbound: Hellraiser II* (1988), Fi1m 44, as Workman 2 — [page](https://film.one/film/hellbound-hellraiser-ii.md)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Johnny English Reborn* (2011), Fi1m 53, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-english-reborn.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *The Great Escaper* (2023), Director
- *Funny Woman* (2023), series, Director, Creator
- *Emily* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Swimming with Men* (2018), Director
- *Dad's Army* (2016), Director
- *Truth or Dare* (2012), Editor
- *Johnny English Reborn* (2011), Director — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-english-reborn.md)
- *St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold* (2009), Director, Producer
- *Dorian Gray* (2009), Director
- *St Trinian's* (2007), Director, Executive Producer
- *I Really Hate My Job* (2007), Director
- *Fade to Black* (2006), Director, Screenplay
- *The Private Life of Samuel Pepys* (2003), Director
- *The Importance of Being Earnest* (2002), Director, Screenplay
- *Zoe* (2001), as Julian
- *An Ideal Husband* (1999), Director, Screenplay
- *Othello* (1995), Director, Screenplay
- *The Big Game* (1995), as Charles Harman
- *99-1* (1994), series, as Peter Smithers
- *Shepherd on the Rock* (1993), as Simon McIntyre
- *Nuns on the Run* (1990), as Doctor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/nuns-on-the-run.md)
- *Nightbreed* (1990), as Peloquin
- *The Ginger Tree* (1989), series, as Michael Evans
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Philip Ridgeway
- *Hellbound: Hellraiser II* (1988), as Workman 2 — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/hellbound-hellraiser-ii.md)
- *Hellraiser* (1987), as Moving Man 2
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Mark Calder
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Man at Butler's School
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Desmond Dexter
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Van der Valk* (1972), series, as Bruno Duykers

## Gallery

- ![Oliver Parker](https://film.one/media/person/426413/gallery-5d66fed2a929.jpg) Oliver Parker — Image via TMDB
- ![Oliver Parker](https://film.one/media/person/426413/gallery-af6a81b002e2.jpg) Oliver Parker — Image via TMDB

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