Craig Parker

Biography

Date of birth: 12 November, 1970 - read about November 12 in history
Born in: Suva, Fiji
Resides in: New Zealand
Eye color: blue
Hair color: dark brown
Height: 177 cm / 5'10"

CRAIG m /KRAYG/ Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic creag meaning "crag" or "rocks". The surname originally belonged to a person who lived near a crag.
Craig's Shortland Street Trading Card 1995

Craig's Shortland Street Trading Card Star Sign: Scorpio
Hobbies: Swimming, sailing, eating and playing
Favourite music: David Bowie, Loni Anderson (This has to be a typo on the card and is probably meant to be Lori Anderson), REM
Favourite Movie: The Hunger
Favourite Actor: John Hurt, Vanessa Redgrave
Favourite Book: The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Favourite Item Of Clothing: My boots
Favourite Food: Indian
From the Great Comedy Debate 1999 (It is better to marry than to burn)

"Fiji blazed on, words coup were still pronounced with a 'p' and used to keep chickens in it." "What need did we have of marriage, we had tans." "Suddenly the cry of sanctity of marriage echoed across the land. Banished were the 'Young and the Restless', 'The Bold and the Beautiful'. And so, 'The Days of Our Lives' were changed forever. Coincidentally enough, it was the same time my parents decided to come to New Zealand. In a decision I can only put down to a hurried, late night flight and too many gins, my parents decided to settle in Glenfield. Here, the story might very well have ended. Me, doomed to a life of suburban mediocrity, married with 2.4 children, with only the remains of a fading tan, my fire extinguished forever. However, destiny, she moves in mysterious ways. For it was here I met my great life teacher, my wise woman, my mentor, Rachel Hunter." "We settled into our classroom, remedial woodwork, I working on my spice rack, Rachel working out what a ruler did."
Craig Parker, Great Comedy Debate 1999
Courtesy of Craig Parker, the Actor Behind Haldir
Craig's profile from Theatre Sports

Craig is a very popular TS performer and was a member of the famed Auckland Champs team, Tuatara Park. He's been onstage in numerous ATC productions and he's also a veteran television actor. He was the much loved Guy Warner in Shortland Street and people wept at his departure. He's much sought after to MC public and corporate events and has traveled throughout the country participating in celebrity debates. He has just finished putting in a tropical garden in his backyard complete with whistling tree frogs.