Personal Info
Birth date
1976-03-11 (49 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Blackpool, England, UK
Also known as
-Craig Parkinson
Biography
Craig Parkinson (born March 11, 1976) is a British actor. He played Shaun in the E4 television series Misfits and the twins Jimmy and Johnny Kray in the ITV television series Whitechapel. He has also starred in several independent films including Control, The Unloved, and Four Lions.
Filmography
Doctor Who
7.6
Overview:
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.Would I Lie to You?
7.698
Overview:
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.Vera
7.44
Overview:
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.Endeavour
8.089
Overview:
The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.Line of Duty
8.232
Overview:
A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.Misfits
7.626
Overview:
When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.Hustle
7.649
Overview:
A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.The Winter King
7
Overview:
Bastard son Arthur returns to the land he's been banished from to find a kingdom in chaos. Seeking the aid of his oldest confidants, Arthur aims to right Britain's path as he faces the most unexpected of obstacles.Renegade Nell
7.245
Overview:
England, 1705: Framed for murder and on the run with her sisters, Nell Jackson turns her hand to highway robbery to survive. Aided by her superpowered sidekick, a plucky little sprite called Billy Blind, Nell realizes that fate has put her on the wrong side of the law for a reason. A reason much bigger than she could have ever imagined: to defeat a magical plot against the Queen of England.Black Books
8.058
Overview:
Black Books centres around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black. Bernard’s devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and wilful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny, his assistant. Bearded, sweet and good, Manny is everything that Bernard isn’t and is punished by Bernard relentlessly just for the crime of existing. They depend on each other for meaning as Fran, their oldest friend, depends on them for distraction. Black Books is a haven of books, wine and conversation, the only threat to the group’s peace and prosperity is their own limitless stupidity.Watership Down
6.827
Overview:
Fleeing their doomed warren, a group of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home.Grace
6.669
Overview:
Brighton based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job, but his career is currently at rock bottom. He’s fixated by the disappearance of his beloved wife, Sandy, and running enquiries into long forgotten cold cases with little prospect of success. Following another reprimand for his unorthodox police methods, Grace is walking a career tightrope and risks being moved from the job he loves most.The English Game
7.3
Overview:
Two 19th-century footballers on opposite sides of a class divide navigate professional and personal turmoil to change the game — and England — forever.Prey
6.7
Overview:
Three-part crime thriller. When detective Marcus Farrow looks into a seemingly forgotten case, he has no idea of the chaos and heartache that will soon follow. He is found at the scene of a murder, and with all the evidence pointing towards him, he is arrested and charged.Intergalactic
5.009
Overview:
The story of fearless young cop and galactic pilot, Ash Harper, who has her glittering career ripped away from her after being wrongly convicted of a treasonous crime and exiled to a distant prison colony.On the Edge
5
Overview:
Drama anthology championing new film-making talent that serves up a raw slice of real life in modern Britain.X Company
7.56
Overview:
An emotionally-driven character drama, set in the thrilling and dangerous world of WWII espionage and covert operations. It follows the stories of five highly skilled young recruits - Canadian, American and British - torn from their ordinary lives to train as agents in an ultra-secret facility on the shores of Lake Ontario. These agents parachute behind enemy lines, where they're fair game for torture and execution. From elegant hotels to hellholes in the field, it's one risky operation after another, masterminded by the brains of Camp X.Resistance
6.2
Overview:
This follow up to the Rebellion miniseries unfolds at the height of what became known as Ireland's War of Independence, and follows the lives of those caught up in the vicissitudes of history.Wild Bill
6.5
Overview:
U.S. police chief Bill Hixon lands in the British town of Boston, Lincolnshire, with his 14-year-old daughter Kelsey in tow hoping they can flee their painful recent past. But this unfamiliar, unimpressed community will force Bill to question everything about himself and leave him asking whether it's Boston that needs Bill, or Bill that needs Boston?In with the Flynns
6
Overview:
A family comedy set in Manchester. Will Mellor and Niky Wardley play parents who are young and vibrant, as much in love with life as they are with each other and their kids.Attachments
6
Overview:
Mike and Luce aim to turn their website SeeThru into a fully-fledged internet start-up.Year of the Rabbit
7.2
Overview:
Set in the dark heart of Victorian London, Detective Inspector Rabbit is a hardened booze-hound who's seen it all. Rabbit's been chasing bad guys for as long as he can remember, but these days his heart keeps stopping at inopportune moments.Sick of It
6.7
Overview:
A middle-aged man recently ditched by his long-term girlfriend, ‘Karl’ lives with his elderly Auntie and his closest companion is his doppelgänger alter ego.Great Night Out
7
Overview:
Great Night Out is a British comedy-drama based in Stockport, North-West England that aired on ITV in early 2013. On 27 February 2013, it was announced that there will be a second series. It was later cancelled in April, as confirmed by Boardman via Twitter. Although the series scored decent ratings averaging over 3 million a week.Boybands Forever
NYR
Overview:
Behind the singing, smiles and double denim was blood, sweat and tears. Heartthrobs from Take That to Westlife and 911 share tales of success, adoration and the flipside of fame.Virgin Territory
4.8
Overview:
In Black Death era Tuscany, as in the Decameron, ten young Florentines take refuge from the plague. But instead of telling stories, they have lusty adventures, bawdy exchanges, romance, swordplay, randy nuns, Saracen pirates, and a sexy cow.Uncle
7.6
Overview:
Andy is a dissolute out-of work musician who forges an unlikely alliance with his 12-year-old nephew Errol after being morally blackmailed into looking after him by his chaotic sister Sam - all on the day Andy was planning to kill himself. Not a natural with either kids or responsibility, he tries to keep his new charge out of trouble while being knee-deep in it himself.Everything I Know About Love
5.727
Overview:
In a 2012 London house-share, childhood best friends Maggie and Birdy — now in their 20s — experience bad dates, heartaches and humiliation. With flashbacks to suburban adolescence in the early noughties, the series begs the question: can platonic love survive romantic love as we grow up?Mrs Sidhu Investigates
6.8
Overview:
Mrs. Sidhu is a high-end caterer with a taste for crime. Recently widowed, she juggles her new catering business with encouraging her wayward son Tez to find his passion, all while serving up justice to those who believe they are above the law. Her forays into sleuthing see her form an unofficial partnership with long-suffering divorcee DCI Burton who reluctantly accepts that together they're an unbeatable crime-fighting duo, much to the bemusement of his partner, DS Mint.The House Across the Street
5
Overview:
Claudia, a lonely single mother and school nurse, is longing for connection. Her opportunity to be a hero comes when a young child in her community – Emily Winter – goes missing. Claudia becomes embroiled in the case and fixated on uncovering the truth. However, her fascination quickly begins to turn to obsession, not only with what happened to Emily, but also with the Winter family at the heart of the case - Emily's grief-stricken father, Owen; her cold mother, Sabine, and her twelve-year-old brother.Acting
2024Person of Interest as The Man
2024Boybands Forever as Narrator (voice)
2024Boybands Forever (3 Episodes) as Self - Narrator
2024Renegade Nell (1 Episode) as Sam Trotter
2023The Winter King (1 Episode) as Aelle
2023Partygate as Lee Caine
2023Mrs Sidhu Investigates (4 Episodes) as DCI Burton
2023Coastal Defenders (8 Episodes) as Narrator
2022The House Across the Street (4 Episodes) as George
2022Everything I Know About Love (3 Episodes) as James
2022Life and Death in the Warehouse as Danny
2021Intergalactic (8 Episodes) as Dr. Lee
2021Grace (11 Episodes) as DS Norman Potting
2020The English Game (6 Episodes) as James Walsh
2020Sandylands (6 Episodes) as Terry Chino
2019Wild Bill (1 Episode) as Piano Man (Si / Thus)
2019Year of the Rabbit (1 Episode) as Patrick Levant
2019Wild Rose as Alan
2019Resistance (5 Episodes) as Captain David McLeod
2018Black Mirror: Bandersnatch as Peter Butler
2018Watership Down (2 Episodes) as Sainfoin (voice)
2018Sick of It (1 Episode) as Neil
2018On the Edge (1 Episode) as Mark
2018Killed By My Debt as The Bailiff
2016The Flag as The Don
2016Jet Trash as Marlowe
2016National Theatre Live: Hangmen as Inspector Fry
2015The Scandalous Lady W as Mr Wallace, QC
2015X Company (2 Episodes) as Drabek
2014Prey (3 Episodes) as Sean Devlin
2014Uncle (1 Episode) as Cyril
2013The Mill (4 Episodes) as Charlie Crout
2013Endeavour (1 Episode) as Reg Tracepurcel
2013Great Night Out (6 Episodes) as Glyn
2012Line of Duty (17 Episodes) as Matthew 'Dot' Cottan
2012When the Lights Went Out as Brian
2011Ghosted as Clay
2011In with the Flynns (12 Episodes) as Tommy Flynn
2011Vera (1 Episode) as Phil Swann
2010Excluded as Unknown
2010Brighton Rock as Cubitt
2010SoulBoy as Alan
2010Four Lions as Matt
2009Misfits (11 Episodes) as Shaun Merton
2009Desert Flower as Neil
2009The Unloved as Ben
2009The Taxidermist as The Taxidermist
2008The Other Man as George
2008Mrs In-Betweeny as Neil
2007Virgin Territory as Tindaro
2007Control as Tony Wilson
2007The Visit (1 Episode) as Glen
2007Would I Lie to You? (1 Episode) as Self
2005Doctor Who (2, 1 Episode) as Grand Serpent, Prentis/Grand Serpent
2004Hustle (1 Episode) as Art Tutor
2004Tooth as Store Cashier
2000Black Books (1 Episode) as Martin the Tout
2000Attachments (1 Episode) as Darren