Parker Sawyers

Parker Sawyers
Born	(1983-05-24) May 24, 1983 (age 41)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2012–present
Spouse	Edita Ubartaite

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

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

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

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

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

1. "Meet the West London actor playing Barack Obama on the big screen". Telegraph.co.uk. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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.
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.

External links

• Parker Sawyers at IMDb