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James Parks(I)

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James Parks
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James Parks is an American actor who has worked with distinguished independent film directors Quentin Tarantino, John Sayles, Robert Rodriguez, Kevin Smith, and David Lynch. His career of over twenty years and his love for acting was inspired by his father, veteran actor Michael Parks, and began with classical training and work in Shakespearean theater. He has since worked consistently in film, television and theater, appearing most notably in Quentin Tarantino's film The Hateful Eight (2015), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Amigo (2010), In ascolto (2006), and in episodes of Deadwood (2004) (pilot), True Blood (2008), and a number of other popular TV series. He stars alongside Caroline Goodall in The Elevator (2015), an English-language suspense film shot in Rome by Italian director Massimo Coglitore.

Most recently, James Parks plays Niles Gilbert on the TV series The Son (2017) on AMC, with Pierce Brosnan leading the ensemble.

James is also a writer for film and movie events for television.
BornNovember 16, 1968
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Hedy Burress and James Parks in Profiler (1996)
James Parks and Sean Alan Stone in The Son (2017)
James Parks, Marco Perella, and Sean Alan Stone in The Son (2017)
James Parks and Sean Alan Stone in The Son (2017)
James Parks and Shane Graham in The Son (2017)
James Parks in The Son (2017)
Pierce Brosnan, James Parks, Matthew Posey, Sean Alan Stone, and J. Quinton Johnson in The Son (2017)
James Parks and Sean Alan Stone in The Son (2017)
Pierce Brosnan, James Parks, Matthew Posey, Walter Scott, Shane Graham, and Sean Alan Stone in The Son (2017)
James Parks in The Son (2017)
James Parks, Matthew Posey, and Sean Alan Stone in The Son (2017)
James Parks in The Son (2017)

Known for

Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, Bruce Dern, Demián Bichir, and Walton Goggins in The Hateful Eight (2015)
The Hateful Eight
7.8
  • O.B.
  • 2015
Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
8.2
  • Edgar McGraw
  • 2003
Pierce Brosnan in The Son (2017)
The Son
7.5
TV Series
  • Niles Gilbert

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Actor

  • The Summoning
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  • Liv Roush in Wrong Reasons (2022)
    Wrong Reasons
  • Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, and Michael James Shaw in The Walking Dead (2010)
    The Walking Dead
  • Pierce Brosnan in The Son (2017)
    The Son
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, Bruce Dern, Demián Bichir, and Walton Goggins in The Hateful Eight (2015)
    The Hateful Eight
  • The Elevator (2015)
    The Elevator
  • Child of Grace (2014)
    Child of Grace
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained (2012)
    Django Unchained
  • Anna Paquin, Ryan Kwanten, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Nelsan Ellis, and Rutina Wesley in True Blood (2008)
    True Blood
  • Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)
    Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
  • Kerry Bishé in Red State (2011)
    Red State
  • Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal, Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, and Michelle Rodriguez in Machete (2010)
    Machete
    • (uncredited)
  • Amigo (2010)
    Amigo
  • Rubber (2010)
    Rubber
  • Noble Things (2008)
    Noble Things
  • Olivia Hussey and Alexander Martin in Three Priests (2008)
    Three Priests

Writer

  • Reginald the Vampire (2022)
    Reginald the Vampire
    • (as James Jean Parks)

Art Department

  • The District (2000)
    The District
  • City of Industry (1997)
    City of Industry
  • Steve Guttenberg, Kathleen Quinlan, George Miller, Majandra Delfino, Jessica Howell, and Miko Hughes in Zeus and Roxanne (1997)
    Zeus and Roxanne
  • Robert Davi and Ally Walker in Profiler (1996)
    Profiler
  • Andrea Parker and Michael T. Weiss in The Pretender (1996)
    The Pretender
  • Ethan Hawke, Winona Ryder, and Ben Stiller in Reality Bites (1994)
    Reality Bites
  • Against the Grain (1993)
    Against the Grain
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DEMO REEL 2018
Demo Reel 14:40
DEMO REEL 2018
The Hateful Eight (trailer)
Demo Reel 2:52
The Hateful Eight (trailer)
The Elevator (trailer)
Demo Reel 2:01
The Elevator (trailer)
Amigo (scene)
Demo Reel 1:16
Amigo (scene)
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
Trailer 1:07
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
Islander
Trailer 2:20
Islander
Islander Trailer
Trailer 2:22
Islander Trailer

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    • November 16, 1968
    • Ventura County, California, USA
    • Michael Parks

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    Has played the character Edgar McGraw (son of Earl McGraw, who is played by his real life father Michael Parks) in From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), and Death Proof (2007). And like his father, both their characters were killed off in their first appearances, but appear in all the following films.

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