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My Take
Nate Parker is a genuinely four-way talent, acting, writing, producing, and directing, and the throughline I notice is ambition. He paid his dues on screen in The Great Debaters, Red Tails, and Non-Stop, then bet everything on directing, writing, and starring in The Birth of a Nation, which took the 2016 Sundance Grand Jury Prize. That's a staggering swing for a debut. I find it a complicated career to read, full of both reach and controversy, but the drive to tell a story that big on his own terms is undeniable. Coming out of Virginia by way of Oklahoma, he clearly never wanted to just be hired help.
Overview
Nate Parker (born November 18, 1979) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has appeared in Beyond the Lights, Red Tails, The Secret Life of Bees, The Great Debaters, Arbitrage, Non-Stop, Felon, and Pride. He made his debut as a director with his drama film, The Birth of a Nation, in which he also starred.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nate Parker
- Name (Japanese)
- ネイト・パーカー
- Reading
- ねいと・ぱーかー
- Born
- November 18, 1979 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Goat
- Origin
- Virginia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film director / screenwriter / film producer / director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Great Bridge High School
- University
- University of Oklahoma
Awards & achievements
- 2016 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.