Corey Parker

Corey Parker July 8 1965 March 5 2026 was an American actor and acting coach He grew up in and around the theater A native of New York City he began working as an actor at age 5 and training at the age of 14 with teachers from the Actors Studio He graduated from the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan He has appeared on every major network with leading roles on ABC CBS NBC FOX UPN and supporting roles on PBS BBC HBO MTV USA He has worked at Paramount Universal 20th Century Fox Warner Brothers Miramax Lorimar and Viacom Corey is a member of the Ensemble Studio Theater in New York and Los Angeles and has worked with Chicagos Steppenwolf Theater Company with Joe Papp at the Public Theater and has a long list of productions in which he has appeared in New York and at the Mark Taper in Los Angeles