Parker Sawyers

Parker Sawyers made headlines in Hollywood industry when he was cast to play American President Barack Obama on screen in the movie Southside With You. The uncanny resemblance that Parker has to Obama was recognized, and Richard Tanne with his brilliant script and created this film. Southside With You will hit the theaters in August 2016.

Parker Sawyers was not the prominent name and all that changed when he was cast to play Obama by Richard Tanne. Parker, who used to work for the Republican Governor of Indiana, had no intention of getting into acting. He admits to having not even acted in the school play and that to have got a lead role in the movie and to play the President of America is a dream comes true for this London Dwelling actor. Parker, who has bloomed late into the acting business, is married with a kid and is lives in London. He began acting in small roles in movies like Zero Dark Thirty Click to look into! >> Read More... , which released in 2012, he plays the role of a cop sporting a beard. Seen in insignificant roles such as in Survivor (2015) and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), Parker’s career was full of such roles. Either a cop in a movie or playing second fiddle to the leads in the movie was his forte. He was never the man in neither the poster nor the critically acclaimed actor.

But 2015 was a turning point in the career for Parker, whose long wait for a significant role was translated into reality. Parker, who was cast in South Side With You drew a lot of attention, and suddenly there was a huge buzz around him. Parker who says it is an honour to have portrayed Obama in his younger years has become the talk of the town. Overnight publicity from the press and attention made good for Parker’s career. The movie which has Tika Sumpter Tika Sumpter is an American model, actress, televi >> Read More... playing Michelle Obama is set in the early days of the president and circles the first date with the wife to be Michelle. Obama’s days of trying to woo Michelle is captured with essence, although the actors and the director claim that it is not completely based on what actually happened. However, the movie which was screened at Sundance Festival got rave reviews and great appreciation for the leads in the movie.

Parker Sawyers has been part of many movies before being cast as the lead. We can see his acting in Austen Land playing Alexander, playing Shaun Williams in Monsters: Dark Continent, a small role of Ray in Pierce Brosnan Any man envy the “Suave and Womanizer” moves of th >> Read More... flick Survivor, as Thomas in Hyde Park on Hudson. He has also acted in television series called Lilyhammer in 2012 as Deshawna. This mobster oriented show has Parker playing the character of Deshawna for one episode. Hyde Park on Hudson is a movie based on Roosevelt and Parker plays Thomas in the movie, nonetheless, he is part of a good movie.

The Call Up movie which released in June 2016 is a movie based on online gamers and when they are challenged to take on a new adventure with their state of the art tech and realize the real trouble they have gotten themselves into in the picture. This movie showcases Parker (as Andre) in one of the lead roles. He is seen sharing screen space with Chris Obi and Morfydd Clark.

2016 is a great year for Parker where he has almost six movies up his sleeves and each one different than the other. He is part of the horror flick like Autopsy of Jane Doe where he plays the role of Officer Cole in the movie. The movie Sand Castle also set to release in 2016 has him play a cop. But the movie to watch out for is Snowden, which is an anticipated movie which is based on Edward Snowden. Parker is seen playing CIA agent who interviews in Snowden in the film. Another thriller where Parker is seen in is the movie called Don’t Hang Up Click to look into! >> Read More... . He is seen as Mr. Lee, who is part of the movie which revolves around prank calls and takes an unpredictable turn with each prank call.