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London born Shaun Parkes vast array of credits include lead and title roles in some of the UK’s finest dramas including: ‘Moses Jones’, ‘Casanova’ and ‘Harley Street’. Miramax’s cult film ‘Human Target’ launched Shaun as a star of big screen and propelled him to huge hits like ‘The Mummy Returns’ and ‘Notes on A Scandal’. Now Shaun is about to grace our screens in ABC’s brand new thriller ‘The River’ starring as cameraman Adjay (Andreus Jude Poulaine).

Shaun discovered his love for entertainment at an early age and studied drama at Seltec College for two years, before being accepted into one the UK’s most prestigious drama schools ‘The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art’ (RADA).

On graduation Shaun enjoyed numerous roles on screen and stage, but it was ‘Human Traffic’ that launched Shaun as an on screen star. This cutting edge film was directed by Justin Kerrigan and starring John Simm, Lorraine Pilkington and Danny Dyer, the film follows five friends as they spend a lost weekend in a mix of music, love and club culture. The film has become a major cult classic, influencing an entire generation of club-goers and setting a new standard for youth orientated comedy dramas.

Shaun’s versatility can be seen in many of his roles including the title role detective Moses Jones in ‘Moses Jones’, Frederick Matkin in ‘Servants’, Casanova’s sidekick Rocco in Russell T Davies ‘Casanova’, Dr. Ekkow Obiang in ‘Harley Street’, Felix Masuku in ‘Strike Back’ and DS Anthony Wareing in ‘Identity’.

Academy trained actor Shaun hasn’t lost his love for treading the boards and has starred alongside David Threlfall and Neil Stuke in Joe Penhall’s award-winning play, ‘Blue Orange’, in the West End in Kwame Kwei-Armah’s ‘Eiliman’s Kitchen’ and at famous Shakespeare’s Globe as Aaron in ‘Titus Andronicus’.

He is also known for many roles on the big screen including the wacky character Koop in ‘The Mummy Returns’, Rob in ‘Clubbed’ and Bill Rummer in ‘Notes on A Scandal’ alongside starring Dame Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett.

In latest work Shaun will play the well-known character Pirate George Merry in Sky1 HD’s adaptation of the much-loved Robert Louis Stevenson classic ‘Treasure Island’. With other cast member’s including Elijah Wood, Donald Sutherland and Daniel Mays, it is set in the dangerous world of buccaneers, and promises to be a high octane adventure following the story of gutsy young lad Jim Hawkins as he discovers Flint’s treasure map.

Shaun also co-stars in ABC’s brand new show ‘The River’, this wonderful thriller is Executive Produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Paranormal Activity director Oren Peli’s. Shaun plays Adjay (Andreus Jude Poulaine), a British veteran cameraman, and part of the crew filming the expedition to find the missing Emmet Cole.

Shaun co-stars as ‘Adjay (Andreus Jude Poulaine)’ in ABC’s newest thriller ‘The River’. Adjay is is a veteran cameraman, and part of the crew filming the expedition to find Emmet Cole.

It is directed by Paranormal Activity director Oren Peli’s and the executive producer is Steven Spielberg.

The River airs on ABC on February 07, 2012.

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‘The Mummy Returns’
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‘Harley Street’
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‘Kill Kill Faster Faster’
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‘Offending Angels’
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‘Strike Back’
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‘The Inspector Lynley Mysteries’
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‘Blue/Orange’
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‘Clubbed’
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In ‘The Palace’ Daphne Alexander stars as a young mother in the midst of the chaos of war and faced with an impossible decision: how to keep all of her children alive in these extraordinarily stressful, life-threatening circumstances. ‘The Palace’ is currently being considered for a 2012 Academy Award Nomination.

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Completely trilingual, she read Law at Oxford before training to be an actress at LAMDA, where she played parts such as Masha in Chekhov’s ‘Three Sisters’ and Isabella in ‘Measure for Measure’. Just three months after she graduated she landed the role of regular character Nadia Talianos on the BBC’s most popular and high rating medical drama ‘Casualty’. After enjoying a year playing Nadia Daphne left this wonderful show for new and exciting TV roles including; Janita in ‘The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard’ directed by Simon Curtis and Sara in ‘House of Saddam’ directed by Jim O’Hanlon.

Daphne was quickly cast as Connie, legal intern to Timothy Hutton’s character in Roman Polanski’s award-winning film ’The Ghost Writer’, and native Alaskan girl Theresa in ‘The Fourth Kind’, a film produced by Gold Circle and directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi. She stars as a beautiful Iraqi novelist in the independently produced film ‘Meso Café’, directed by Ja’far Al Hamid, which premiered with Raindance Film Festival in Piccadilly Circus. Daphne also stars in the award-winning film ‘The Palace’, inspired by the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, directed by Anthony Maras. The film received Audience Award at Adelaide Film Festival, Best Short Film at Sydney Film Festival, Best Short Film at Melbourne Film Festival and is currently being considered for a 2012 Academy award nomination.