Nate Parker
Highest Rated: 88% Arbitrage (2012)
Lowest Rated: 27% American Skin (2019)
Birthday: Nov 18, 1979
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Versatile and committed to his craft, Nate Parker quickly made his mark in Hollywood by taking on intense and strong-willed parts in historical dramas. Parker landed his breakout role as one of the first African-American college debaters in 2007's "The Great Debaters," directed by and co-starring his idol Denzel Washington. Taking a page out of Washington's career playbook, Parker went after complex and humanistic roles that showcased his acting range rather than simple stereotypes. Even while playing a romantic leading man in the feature adaptation of "The Secret Life of Bees" (2008), Parker infused the role with emotional depth and authenticity. In 2012, Parker delivered three riveting performances in three very different films: the WWII epic "Red Tails," Spike Lee's urban drama "Red Hook Summer," and the financial thriller "Arbitrage." Whether he was playing a fighter pilot facing segregation, a converted street thug, or a young man embroiled in a high stakes game of deceit, Parker threw himself into each role while establishing a respectable and promising acting career. His debut as a writer and director, "The Birth of a Nation" (2016), was poised to be Parker's pop culture breakthrough, but strong early buzz for the film was largely derailed by controversy when it was revealed that Parker and the film's co-writer, Jean McGianni Celestin, were both charged with the rape of a fellow student while attending Pennsylvania State University in 1999 (Parker was acquitted; Celestin's sexual assault conviction was overturned); Parker was also accused of harassing his accuser, who committed suicide in 2012, after she filed charges.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27% | 97% | American Skin |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Penumbra | Jeff Carpenter (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 73% | 71% | The Birth of a Nation |
Nat Turner (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$15.8M | 2016 |
| 62% | 63% | Non-Stop | Zack (Character) | $91.7M | 2014 |
| 45% | 43% | About Alex | Ben (Character) | - | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | Eden |
Slim (Character), Producer |
- | 2014 |
| 84% | 75% | Beyond the Lights | Kaz Nicol (Character) | $14.6M | 2014 |
| 32% | 32% | Every Secret Thing | Unknown (Character) | $97K | 2014 |
| 77% | 61% | Ain't Them Bodies Saints | Sweetie (Character) | $387.6K | 2013 |
| 36% | 68% | Ghost Team One | Producer | $7.3K | 2013 |
| 58% | 34% | Red Hook Summer | Box (Character) | $334.7K | 2012 |
| 88% | 62% | Arbitrage | Jimmy Grant (Character) | $7.9M | 2012 |
| 40% | 58% | Red Tails | Marty "Easy" Julian (Character) | $49.9M | 2012 |
| 52% | 61% | Blood Done Sign My Name | Ben Chavis (Character) | $82.7K | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 30% | Tunnel Rats | Pvt. Jim Lidford (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 63% | 82% | Felon | Officer Collins (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 59% | 78% | The Secret Life of Bees | Neil (Character) | $37.8M | 2008 |
| 47% | 72% | Pride | Hakim (Character) | $7M | 2007 |
| 80% | 86% | The Great Debaters | Henry Lowe (Character) | $30.2M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 11% | Rome & Jewel | Rome (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Cruel World | Techno (Character) | $16.3K | 2005 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Breakfast Club | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Breakfast Club Power Hour | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning America | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 60 Minutes | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Access Hollywood Live | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Our World With Black Enterprise | Guest | 2014-2015 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2014 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2014 2012 |
| 84% | 79% | The Unit | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
QUOTES FROM Nate Parker CHARACTERS
Ben says: Judgement has a way of creeping into every relationship. Even our most intimate. If we're lucky, somewhere along the way we meet a few people who listen to us without critisim or reproach. We call those people our friends.
Kaz Nicol says: The truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.
Jimmy Grant says: You think money's going to fix this?
Robert Miller says: What else is there?
Henry Lowe says: self-pity: i have never seen wild things sorry for itself
Henry Lowe says: I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.
Henry Lowe says: Who is the judge?
James Farmer Jr. says: The judge is God.
Henry Lowe says: And why is he God?
James Farmer Jr. says: Because, he decides who wins or loses, not my opponent.
Henry Lowe says: And who is your opponent?
James Farmer Jr. says: He doesn't exist.
Henry Lowe says: And why doesn't he exist?
James Farmer Jr. says: Because, he is a dissenting voice to the truth I speak.