DATE OF BIRTH : 6th September 1960
FAMILY : Son of Jillian, Lady Parker, a writer and GP (general practitioner), and Sir Peter Parker, formerly Chief executive of British Rail. He has a younger brother, Nathaniel, who is also a TV actor.
CHILDREN : Daughter, Bel.
ON CHARACTER MARK : Trying to have empathy with Mark he says, ‘You have to remember his work is in management, not medicine.’
TELEVISION CREDITS : Nemesis; The Ginger Tree; 99:1; Casualty; The Big Game; Lovejoy; Poirot; Matlock; A Very Peculiar Practice; The Bill
FILM CREDITS : Hellraiser; Hellraiser II; Nightbreed; Nuns on the Run; Shepherd on the Rock; An Ideal Husband; Zoe
DIRECTING CREDITS : Othello; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest; The Private Life of Samuel Pepys; Fade to Black; I Really Hate My Job; St. Trinian’s; Dorian Gray; St. Trinian’s II: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold; Johnny English Reborn
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Oliver now works as a successful film director.