Oliver Parker (born 6 September 1960) is a British film director, screenwriter, and former actor. He is known for writing and directing the film adaptations of Shakespeare's Othello (1995) and Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), and for his role as Peloquin in the cult film Nightbreed (1990).

Parker was born in Plymouth, the second of three sons of Jillian, Lady Parker, a writer and GP (general practitioner), and Sir Peter Parker, formerly chairman of British Rail.^[1]

His brothers include the public relations executive Sir Alan Parker (born 1956) and the actor Nathaniel Parker (born 1962). They also have a sister, Lucy.

Year	Film	Director	Producer	Writer	Other	Notes
1987	Hellraiser					Actor: "Moving Man 2"
1988	Hellbound: Hellraiser II					Actor: "Workman 2"
1990	Nightbreed					Actor: "Peloquin"
	Nuns on the Run					Actor: "Doctor"
1993	Shepherd on the Rock					Actor: "Simon McIntyre"
1994	Murder in Belgravia: The Lucan Affair					Actor: "Lord Lucan"; Television movie
1995	Othello
	The Big Game					Actor: "Charles Harman"; Television movie
1999	An Ideal Husband					Actor: "Bunbury"
2001	Zoe					Actor: "Julian"
2002	The Importance of Being Earnest
2003	The Private Life of Samuel Pepys					Television movie
2006	Fade to Black
2007	I Really Hate My Job
	St Trinian's
2009	Dorian Gray
	St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2011	Johnny English Reborn
2016	Dad's Army					Lyrics: "Auf Wiedersehen Mr Hitler"
2018	Swimming with Men
2023	The Great Escaper
	Funny Woman
TBA	Pure[2]

• Matlock (1 episode, 1987) – Man at Butler's School
• The Bill (1 episode, 1989) - Glen Phelps
• Agatha Christie's Poirot (The Million Dollar Bond Robbery, 1991) - Philip Ridgeway
• Casualty (18 episodes, 1993-94) - Mark Calder
• Lovejoy (Day of Reckoning, 1994) - Desmond Dexter

• Oliver Parker at IMDb