Chris Parker

Acting

Chris Parker

Born

1990-09-25 (36)

Place of birth

Christchurch, New Zealand

Known for

Acting

Credits

35 titles

Christopher Parker grew up in Christchurch with dancing aspirations, before attending drama school Toi Whakaari in Wellington. Heading to Auckland, he joined improv group Snort in its embryonic stages, which led to being cast as David Halls in hit stage play Hudson and Halls Live. Parker’s screen work includes writing and appearing in both Funny Girls and Jono And Ben; the latter featured his segment Chris Out Of Water. He's also acted in sitcom Golden Boy, co-hosted podcast turned web series The Male Gayz, and won the Fred Award for Best Show at the 2018 NZ International Comedy Festival.

Known for

Have You Been Paying Attention? poster
7.3

Topical comedy-quiz show featuring five guests competing to see who can remember the most about events of the week. A fast-paced, funny look at international affairs, politics, sport and entertainment news, we test just how well our contestants have been paying attention.

Have You Been Paying Attention?

2013

7 Days poster
7.0

7 Days is a New Zealand comedy gameshow similar in some ways to the British program Mock the Week, hosted by Jeremy Corbett and created by The Down Low Concept. Paul Ego and Dai Henwood usually appear on each episode, along with other comedians, who form teams and answer questions about news stories from the last week.

7 Days

2009

Taskmaster NZ poster
8.0

Jeremy Wells and his loyal assistant Paul Williams torment some of Aotearoa's best, brightest, and most available comedians. Who will earn the Taskmaster's respect and a gold statue of his head?

Taskmaster NZ

2020

Drag Race Down Under poster
5.1

Drag queen contestants compete in an elimination-style contest and strut their stuff in a variety of challenges - all to prove that they’ve got what it takes to be Down Under's next Drag Queen Superstar!

Drag Race Down Under

2021

Thank God You're Here poster
6.4

Each episode involves performers walking through a door into an unknown situation, greeted by the line "Thank God you're here!". They then had to improvise their way through the scene. At the end of each episode a winner was announced.

Thank God You're Here

2006

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee poster
8.4

Comedian Guy Montgomery hosts a spelling competition with a mixture of simple and unconventional rounds.

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee

2023

Film credits

2020s · 10 titles

Heart Eyes poster
6.2

When the "Heart Eyes Killer" strikes Seattle, a pair of co-workers pulling overtime on Valentine's Day are mistaken for a couple by the elusive couple-hunting killer. Now, they must spend the most romantic night of the year running for their lives.

Heart Eyes

2025

Baby Done poster
6.3

Wannabe-adventurer Zoe freaks out when she falls pregnant to her long-term boyfriend Tim. As Tim embraces the prospect of fatherhood, Zoe attempts to rush through her dreams.

Baby Done

2020

Nude Tuesday poster
4.4

When middle-aged suburban couple, Laura and Bruno are gifted a remote couples’ retreat for their anniversary, they decide to give their failing marriage one last shot before calling it quits. Arriving in an idyllic sanctuary nestled in the mountains, Laura and Bruno uncomfortably enter a world of laughter workshops, tantric dance, sexual liberation and emotional animals, helmed by the charismatic guru Bjorg Rassmussen. When new temptations start to take hold, the couple are pushed to the brink forcing them to look within to find what they really want. But will they bare all to get it?

Nude Tuesday

2022

Topp Class: A Topp Twins Tribute Concert poster
NR

NZ’s top musicians and comedians celebrate the extraordinary contribution Dames Lynda & Jools Topp have made to Aotearoa New Zealand over 40 years. Made with the support of NZ On Air.

Topp Class: A Topp Twins Tribute Concert

2022

Rhys Nicholson's Big Queer Comedy Concert poster
5.0

The brand new stand-up special was recorded at Sydney’s magnificent Enmore Theatre. Hosted by Rhys Nicholson (RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under), the concert features a cast of award-winning LGBTQIA+ comedy superstars, including Urzila Carlson, Geraldine Hickey, Cassie Workman, and Chris Parker.

Rhys Nicholson's Big Queer Comedy Concert

2023

Chris Parker: Give Me One Good Reason Why I Shouldn't Throw My Phone Off This Bridge poster
NR

Are you ready for a night of some gay jokes?! I hope you enjoy my full comedy special: Give Me One Good Reason Why I Shouldn’t Throw My Phone Off this Bridge. Filmed at the ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand.

Chris Parker: Give Me One Good Reason Why I Shouldn't Throw My Phone Off This Bridge

2024

Chris & Eli's Porn Revolution poster
NR

Gay comedians Chris Parker and Eli Matthewson are on a crusade to get the country talking about pornography. Join Chris Parker and Eli Matthewson as they launch a campaign to shake the stigma from porn, helped by experts, creators and consumers across the country. But as they get deeper into their quest, will it even be possible to sum up the complex world of porn into one snappy slogan?

Chris & Eli's Porn Revolution

2022

Chris Parker: Back To School poster
NR

Comedian Chris Parker presents this part stand-up, part documentary, one-of-a-kind special! He travels to Christchurch and the place he discovered his passion for making people laugh - his high school.

Chris Parker: Back To School

2022

Workmates poster
NR

Lucy and Tom are best mates running a tiny, broke theatre. But when an accident forces them to shut down and Tom threatens to leave, Lucy realises she would do anything to save the theatre and keep her friend... who she might be in love with.

Workmates

2025

Chris Parker: Stop Being So Dramatic poster
NR

Chris Parker explores the intense relationship with intrusive thoughts and memories of a dramatic childhood in community theater.

Chris Parker: Stop Being So Dramatic

2026

2010s · 4 titles

Series credits

Have You Been Paying Attention? poster
7.3

Topical comedy-quiz show featuring five guests competing to see who can remember the most about events of the week. A fast-paced, funny look at international affairs, politics, sport and entertainment news, we test just how well our contestants have been paying attention.

Have You Been Paying Attention?

2013

7 Days poster
7.0

7 Days is a New Zealand comedy gameshow similar in some ways to the British program Mock the Week, hosted by Jeremy Corbett and created by The Down Low Concept. Paul Ego and Dai Henwood usually appear on each episode, along with other comedians, who form teams and answer questions about news stories from the last week.

7 Days

2009

7 Days poster
7.0

7 Days is a New Zealand comedy gameshow similar in some ways to the British program Mock the Week, hosted by Jeremy Corbett and created by The Down Low Concept. Paul Ego and Dai Henwood usually appear on each episode, along with other comedians, who form teams and answer questions about news stories from the last week.

7 Days

2009

Taskmaster NZ poster
8.0

Jeremy Wells and his loyal assistant Paul Williams torment some of Aotearoa's best, brightest, and most available comedians. Who will earn the Taskmaster's respect and a gold statue of his head?

Taskmaster NZ

2020

Taskmaster NZ poster
8.0

Jeremy Wells and his loyal assistant Paul Williams torment some of Aotearoa's best, brightest, and most available comedians. Who will earn the Taskmaster's respect and a gold statue of his head?

Taskmaster NZ

2020

Drag Race Down Under poster
5.1

Drag queen contestants compete in an elimination-style contest and strut their stuff in a variety of challenges - all to prove that they’ve got what it takes to be Down Under's next Drag Queen Superstar!

Drag Race Down Under

2021

Thank God You're Here poster
6.4

Each episode involves performers walking through a door into an unknown situation, greeted by the line "Thank God you're here!". They then had to improvise their way through the scene. At the end of each episode a winner was announced.

Thank God You're Here

2006

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee poster
8.4

Comedian Guy Montgomery hosts a spelling competition with a mixture of simple and unconventional rounds.

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee

2023

Have You Been Paying Attention? poster
7.5

New Zealand's best and brightest comedians showcase their current affairs prowess unpacking the hot topics of the week: politics, sports, pop culture news and international affairs to test just who’s been paying attention…

Have You Been Paying Attention?

2019

SIS poster
NR

A group of Polynesian writers must create a new comedy show, but there's one issue - their Caucasian head writer is a problematic ally. From STI checks to body swaps, the girls master life one sketch at a time.

SIS

2020

SIS poster
NR

A group of Polynesian writers must create a new comedy show, but there's one issue - their Caucasian head writer is a problematic ally. From STI checks to body swaps, the girls master life one sketch at a time.

SIS

2020

Golden Boy poster
7.6

Follow the hilarious life of small town girl Mitch as she lives in the constant shadow of her rugby star brother Tama.

Golden Boy

2019

Agent Anna poster
10.0

Agent Anna is a New Zealand Comedy-drama television series, created by Maxine Fleming with Vanessa Alexander and devised by Robyn Malcolm. Produced by Great Southern Film and Television and funded by NZ On Air and Television New Zealand. It began airing its first series of six episodes in New Zealand on 31 January 2013. It was confirmed on 12 August 2013 that the show had been renewed for a second series of 10 episodes.

Agent Anna

2013

Patriot Brains poster
5.0

The fast-paced comedy panel show will see each country’s greatest comedian’s pitted against each other to find out who knows their country best, with our host the only thing keeping them apart.

Patriot Brains

2021

Urzila poster
6.0

Urzila is gleefully outrageous, capturing Carlson’s fearless, no-filter approach to comedy in full flight. Each episode mashes up razor‑sharp stand-up with cheeky, fast‑firing sketches, many of them plucked straight from the wildly funny stories she riffs on during her live shows. The whole thing crackles with mischief. It’s a TV series powered by two decades of stand-up comedy chaos: bold, boisterous, and unmistakably Urzila.

Urzila

2026

Tonight at the Museum poster
NR

Filmed on location in a real museum after dark, surrounded by priceless artefacts, taxidermy and historical curiosities, Alex Lee guides four celebrity players through a series of challenges and quizzes.

Tonight at the Museum

2026

Celebrity Escape poster
NR

Seven comedians attempt high-concept escape rooms under the watch of a mischievous Game Master. Solve the room, then survive elimination - with Panic Buttons, Gifts, Wrath, and only one winner.

Celebrity Escape

2026

Celebrity Tipping Point NZ poster
NR

Daniel Faitaua takes the tried-and-true Tipping Point formula and infuses it with a distinctly Kiwi flavour, alongside some some of Aotearoa's favourite famous faces

Celebrity Tipping Point NZ

2026

Best Foods Comedy Gala poster
NR

Join host Melanie Bracewell and all-star line up of international and local acts for the Best Foods Comedy Gala.

Best Foods Comedy Gala

2023

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