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

Parker Sawyers
Born (1983-05-24) May 24, 1983 (age 41)
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present
SpouseEdita Ubartaite

Career

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Hyde Park on Hudson Thomas
Zero Dark Thirty Interrogator on Monitor
2013 Austenland Alexander
Drone Drone Operator Short
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
2025 Jay Kelly TBA Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Lilyhammer Deshawna Episode: "My Kind of Town"
2014 The Assets Matt Episode: "Avenger"
2017 Easy Jason Episode: "Open Marriage"
2018 Succession Alessandro Daniels Episode: "Celebration"
Pine Gap Gus Thomson Main cast
2018–19 Deep State Napier Recurring cast: season 1, guest: season 2
2019 Cheat Stephan Main cast
2019–present World on Fire Albert Fallou Main cast
2020–present P-Valley Andre Watkins Main cast
2022 A Discovery of Witches Ransome Fayrweather Recurring cast: season 3
2023 Spy/Master Frank Jackson Main cast
TBA Lockerbie Filming[4]

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
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

References

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  1. ^ "Meet the West London actor playing Barack Obama on the big screen". Telegraph.co.uk. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ Szalai, Georg (5 March 2024). "'Suits' Star Patrick J. Adams, Connor Swindells, Merritt Wever Cast in Netflix, BBC Series 'Lockerbie'". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
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