Parker Sawyers

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Parker Sawyers
Born (1983-05-24) May 24, 1983 (age 40)
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present
SpouseEdita Ubartaite

Parker Sawyers (born May 24, 1983) [1] is an American actor.

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Career

His first leading film role was starring as a young Barack Obama in Southside With You . [2] He is also featured in Don't Hang Up as Mr. Lee. He also stars as the Parisian jazz musician, Albert Fallou, in the BBC production World on Fire . [3]

He is the son of Paula Parker-Sawyers (now Means), who was deputy mayor of Indianapolis from 1989 to 1991, and James Sawyers, a teacher and administrator. [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Hyde Park on Hudson Thomas
Zero Dark Thirty Interrogator on Monitor
2013 Austenland Alexander
DroneDrone OperatorShort
Kick-Ass 2 Blast Hammer
2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Corpsman
Monsters: Dark Continent Shaun Williams
2015 Survivor Ray
2016 Southside with You Barack Obama
The Call Up Andre
Snowden CIA Interviewer
The Autopsy of Jane Doe Trooper Cole
Don't Hang Up Mr. Lee
2017 Sand Castle Sgt. Robinson
Megan Leavey Navy Corpsman
The Mummy Co-Pilot
2018 Greta Gary
2019 Monsoon Lewis
2022 The Nan Movie Walter
Infinite Storm Patrick
The Lost Girls Adam
2023 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre Connors

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Lilyhammer DeshawnaEpisode: "My Kind of Town"
2014 The Assets MattEpisode: "Avenger"
2017 Easy JasonEpisode: "Open Marriage"
2018 Succession Alessandro DanielsEpisode: "Celebration"
Pine Gap Gus ThomsonMain cast
2018–19 Deep State NapierRecurring cast: season 1, guest: season 2
2019CheatStephanMain cast
2019–present World on Fire Albert FallouMain cast
2020–present P-Valley Andre WatkinsMain cast
2022 A Discovery of Witches Ransome FayrweatherRecurring cast: season 3
2023Spy/MasterFrank JacksonMain cast

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Battlefield 1 Narrator - Harlem Hellfighter
2017 Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Vince, Additional Voices
Star Wars: Battlefront II Voice Talent, Acting Talent
2018 Detroit: Become Human Josh

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References

  1. "Meet the West London actor playing Barack Obama on the big screen". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 Bernstein, Jacob (12 August 2016). "Parker Sawyers Summons His Inner Obama". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. "Meet the Cast of World on Fire". World on Fire. PBS. Retrieved 22 April 2020.