Hunter Parrish

 ( 1987 Births ) 

Hunter Parrish Tharp Virginia, Birth Records, 1864-2014 (born May 13, 1987) is an American actor and singer. He is known for playing the role of Silas Botwin in the Showtime series Weeds and for his performances in the Broadway theatre productions of Godspell in the role of Jesus and Spring Awakening as Melchior. Hunter Parrish Internet Broadway Database. 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2016

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Early life Parrish was born in Richmond, Virginia, to Annie Parrish, who works with children with autism, and Bruce Tharp, an engineer. Parrish has an older brother. Profile, cjonline.com; accessed April 9, 2015. He graduated from Plano Senior High School and Texas Tech University Independent School District.

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Career

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2003–2005: Early career After being seen at a showcase in New York, directed by Peter Sklar, Parrish was offered professional representation and went on to guest star in several television shows and appeared in the film Sleepover (2004).

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2005–2012: Weeds and Broadway debut Parrish gained recognition when he began starring in the hit Showtime series Weeds in 2005. The show ran for eight seasons, ending in 2012. Part of the main ensemble cast, Parrish portrayed the role of the older Botwin son, Silas.

Following filming of Weeds fourth season, Parrish joined the cast of the Tony Award-winning Broadway theatre musical Spring Awakening at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in New York City. He made his Broadway debut on August 11, 2008, as the replacement for the lead role of Melchior Gabor for which he received critical acclaim. He remained in the role until the show closed on January 18, 2009. Parrish returned to Broadway two-and-a-half years later, to star in the 2011 Broadway revival of Godspell in which he starred as Jesus. Performances began October 13, 2011. He left the show on April 15, 2012, to film the final season of Weeds.

During this period, Parrish had many other roles on screen. He has supporting parts in the films RV (2006), Freedom Writers (2007), 17 Again (2009), and It's Complicated (2009). In Freedom Writers, Parrish played Ben Samuels, the only white student in a California high school class. The National Review Online wrote that Parrish had played the role with "unassuming humour". He had a handful of guest roles on TV and took part in the 2008 short "Cougar 101 with Hunter Parrish" for funnyordie.com. From 2007 to 2009, he hosted the web series Two Guys and a Girl with his friends Kyle Sherman and Allison Tyler.

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2012–present: Dramatic roles in television and film Since 2013, Parrish has had a string of recurring roles on television. In 2013 and 2014, he guest starred on The Good Wife as Jeffrey Grant, a young man accused of murder. In 2015, he also had recurring roles in The Following and Hand of God. Parrish had a main role in the Amazon Prime series Good Girls Revolt, which was released in 2016. In 2017, Parrish was cast in the recurring role of Clay Haas in the second season of ABC's thriller series Quantico.

In March 2019, it was announced that Parrish would have one of the lead roles in the Jane the Virgin spin-off series Jane The Novela. Ultimately, the show was not picked up by The CW.

Earlier, in January 2019, it was announced that Parrish would appear in the Netflix drama series Ratched. Produced by Ryan Murphy, Ratched was picked up for one season, which was filmed from January to July 2019 and released on September 18, 2020.

In 2022, Parrish was cast in the Hulu mystery thriller series The Other Black Girl, a television adaptation of the 2021 novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris. The series premiered on September 13, 2023.

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Personal life Parrish has been married to Kathryn Wahl since 2015. The couple have one child, a daughter born in September 2020.[4], instagram.com; accessed January 6, 2021. Parrish is a Christian. Profile, interviewmagazine.com; accessed April 9, 2015.

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Filmography

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Film

2004	Sleepover	Lance Gregory
2005	Steal Me	Tucker
	Premonition	Charlie	Short film
	Down in the Valley	Kris
2006	RV	Earl Gornicke
2007	Freedom Writers	Ben Samuels
2009	17 Again	Stan
	Paper Man	Bryce
	It's Complicated	Luke Adler	National Board of Review Award for Best Cast
2010		McDonough
2012	Gone	Trey
2014	Still Alice	Tom Howland
2015		Sam Rama
2017	All Nighter	Kip
2025	Atrabilious	Milo Kramer

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Television

2003		Hank	Episode: "The Father-Daughter Dance"
2005	Summerland	Tracy Hart	Episode: "The Pleiades"
2005–2012	Weeds	Silas Botwin	Main role; 102 episodes
2005		Jeremy McBride	Episode: "Gum Drops"
2006	In Justice	Kevin Rounder	Episode: "Confessions"
	Close to Home	Jay Stratton	Episode: "A House Divided"
	Campus Ladies	Student health employee	Episode: "Webcam"
2007		Jordan Owens	Episode: "Responsible"
2010		Wally West (voice)	Episode: "Requiem for a Scarlet Speedster!" A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
2011	Pound Puppies	Tundra (voice)	Episode: "Snow Problem"
2013–2014		Jeffrey Grant	3 episodes
2015		Kyle Locke	5 episodes
	Hand of God	Josh Miller	5 episodes
2015–2016	Good Girls Revolt	Douglas Rhodes	Main role; 10 episodes
2017	Quantico	Clay Haas	9 episodes
2018	This Is Us	Alan	2 episodes
2019	Jane the Novela	Felix	Unaired television series
2020	Ratched	Father Andrews	2 episodes
2023		Owen	Main role; 10 episodes

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Stage

2008–2009	Spring Awakening	Melchior	Eugene O'Neill Theatre	Broadway replacement
2011–2012	Godspell	Jesus	Circle in the Square Theatre	Broadway revival
2018	Ngozi Anyanwu	JD	Vineyard Theatre	Off-Broadway
2021	To Kill a Mockingbird	Jem Finch	Shubert Theatre	Broadway replacement

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Discography In 2012, Parrish recorded his first EP called Guessing Games, featuring six songs. At first, Guessing Games was only available for sale in the lobby of Godspell’s home at the Circle in the Square Theatre, but with a bigger release to follow. The first single from the EP, "Sitting at Home", was released on iTunes on June 7, 2012. The complete EP was released later that month, on June 26.

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Awards and nominations

2006	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Weeds	rowspan=2
2008

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