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name: "Shaun Parkes"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 February 1973"
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updated: "2026-09-17T03:31:05.642121+00:00"
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# Shaun Parkes

Actor. Born 9 February 1973 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 February 1973, London, England, UK

## Biography

Shaun Parkes is an English actor known for roles in film, television and theatre. He was born on 9 February 1973 in London. He studied drama at Seltec College from the age of 16 and later trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

Parkes made his breakthrough in the 1999 film *Human Traffic* as Koop. Subsequent film roles include Izzy Buttons in *The Mummy Returns* (2001) and Bill Rumer in *Notes on a Scandal* (2006). On television he has appeared in *Doctor Who* (2005), *Line of Duty* (2012) and *Lost in Space* (2018–2019). He played Frank Crichlow in the 2020 anthology series *Small Axe*, for which he received a BAFTA nomination for leading actor. His theatre credits include *Blue/Orange*, *Elmina's Kitchen* and *Titus Andronicus* at Shakespeare's Globe. He also starred as the lead in the BBC series *Moses Jones*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Small Axe* (2020), Fi1m 88, as Frank Crichlow — [page](https://film.one/tv/small-axe.md)

## Also known for

- *The Mummy Returns* (2001), Izzy Buttons
- *Doctor Who* (2005), Zachary Cross Flane
- *Lost in Space* (2018), Captain Radic, Captain Radic (voice)
- *Penelope* (2007), Reporter Outside Hospital 2
- *Notes on a Scandal* (2006), Bill Rumer
- *Human Traffic* (1999), Koop
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), Paul Vincent
- *The River* (2012), Andres Jude "A.J." Poulain

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