Shaun Parkes

Shaun Parkes (born 9 February 1973) is an English television, theatre and film actor, who is best known for his film roles as Koop in Human Traffic, Izzy Buttons in The Mummy Returns, and Frank Crichlow in Small Axe. For his role in Small Axe, he was nominated for a lead actor award at the 2021 British Academy Television Awards. He also played Doctor Charles Burleigh Purvis in the miniseries Death by Lightning.

Biography At the age of 16, Parkes enrolled at Seltec College to study drama. Two years later, he was accepted into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (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.

He is also well-known for his turn as Frank Crichlow, the owner of the Mangrove restaurant at the centre of Steve McQueen's film series Small Axe. For his role in the series, he was nominated for a lead actor award at the 2021 British Academy Television Awards.

Parkes's television work includes Lock, Stock..., Servants and Russell T Davies' Casanova and Doctor Who. Parkes also starred as the lead in BBC Two's detective series Moses Jones, with a supporting cast that included Matt Smith. His most recent turns were as Detective Inspector Vince Ruiz in ITV's The Suspect, and Doctor Charles Burleigh Purvis in the Netflix historical drama miniseries, Death by Lightning.

Parkes also continues 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 and at Shakespeare's Globe as Aaron in Titus Andronicus.''

Music Since 2001, Shaun has been collaborating with the DJ production team AudioFly (Anthony Middleton and Luca Saporito). Together they have been working regularly on dance tracks featuring Parkes' vocals, and are planning to produce a new album.

Filmography

Film 1996 Title Erroll Jones Notes 1999 Human Traffic Koop 1999 Rage Godwin "G" 2000 Offending Angels Zeke 2001 Izzy Sequel to The Mummy 2005 Things to Do Before You're 30 Adam 2005 Colour Me Kubrick Mental Patient 2 2006 Penelope Reporter Outside Hospital 2 2006 Notes on a Scandal Bill Rumer 2008 Kill Kill Faster Faster Clinique 2008 Daylight Robbery Yardie 2008 Clubbed Rob 2015 Urban Hymn Charlie 2018 The FightMick Bell 2019 Trick or Treat Clarence 2020 Charles Sidney Gilpin 2024 The Radleys Jared Copeleigh

Television Year Title Role Notes Casualty Patrick Senior Episode: "A Breed Apart" Soldier Soldier Clive Nelson Episode: "Poles Apart" Crown Prosecutor Eric Jackson Main cast, all 10 episodes Degrees of Error Mental hospital nurse Episode 3 Derek Leno Episode: "Bad Pictures" Heartbeat Errol Jones Episode: "Giving the Game Away" Turning World Julian Roberts Casualty Grant Flock Episode: "White Lies, White Wedding" Plastic Man Adam Okoye ITV Lock, Stock... Bacon Spin-off of the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) Charley Marshall Episode: "Marshall and Snellgrove" Silent Witness DI Freeman Episode: "Body 21" Blue/Orange Christopher BBC 4 Casanova Rocco BBC Doctor Who Zachary Cross Flane Episodes: "The Impossible Planet" & "The Satan Pit" – DC Winston Nkata Main cast, series 5 and 6 Miss Marie Lloyd – Queen of The Music Hall The Showman BBC4 Kiss of Death Dr Clive Morrell Harley Street Dr. Ekkow Obiang Moses Jones Moses Jones BBC2 Small Island Winston BBC Chris Ryan's Strike Back Felix Masuku Sky 1 HD, Episode 3&4 Identity DS Anthony Wareing ITV1 No Ordinary Family Frank Matthews Episode: "No Ordinary Brother" 2012 Treasure Island George Merry A.J. Poulain ABC Death in Paradise Paul Vincent Episode: "Death in the Clinic" Paul Okebu ITV 2-part series Silent Witness Bennet Walker Episode: "Life Licence" Truss Mini-series, 5 episodes Line of Duty Reynolds Episodes: "Monsters", "The Process" & "Snake Pit" Hooten & the Lady Clive Stephenson Sky 1 Series – Lost in Space Captain Radic Netflix Series Martin Harris Mini-series, all 4 episodes Small Axe Frank Crichlow Episode: "Mangrove" 2022 The Suspect DI Ruiz Mini-series, 5 episodes 2025 Death by Lightning Dr. Charles Burleigh Purvis Mini-series, 1 episode TBA Saviour Detective Inspector Jon Creasy Main cast

Theatre appearances