Steven Christopher Parker (born January 8, 1989) is an American actor, writer, and director. Onscreen, he is best known for his role as "Sledgehammer" Big Wes, a middle school basketball team player in the 2005 film '' Rebound'' starring

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. More recently, Parker has co-written and directed spoof Broadway musicals including one based on the TV series '' Lost'' (''Lost: The Musical'') and another parodying ''

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'' (''Shame of Thrones'').

Professional career

Parker has appeared in about a dozen feature films, including ''

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'' (as an unnamed high school chemistry lab partner) and ''

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'' (as an unnamed teen-aged boy). On television, Parker played the supporting role of Harold, a young medical intern, on the 14th season of '' ER''. He played a

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impostor in a late-2008 television advertisement for DiGiorno frozen pizza. Parker was a contestant on ''

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'' on his birthday in January 2010. However, he did not win the game and ended up with only 55 cents when spinning the Big Wheel, which was not enough to make it into the "Showcase Showdown". The show was broadcast on CBS on March 2, 2010. On October 26, 2015, ''Lost the Musical: We Have to Go Back'' (co-written by Parker with Steven Brandon) premiered at the Lillian Theater in

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. A musical comedy based on the long-running TV show ''Lost'', the spoof musical offered each audience a choice of three different endings, which ''

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'' characterized as "70s cartoon," "80s sci-fi movie" or "90s sitcom." Two years later, Parker and Brandon again collaborated to write and produce another musical spoofing a popular TV series, ''Game of Thrones the Rock Musical: An Unauthorized Parody''. The show premiered at the Macha Theatre in

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, and also performed in San Diego during 2017

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before moving to the Jerry Orbach Theater

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in NYC. The show received generally positive reviews, with the ''

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'' saying "With breakneck pacing, the show, which originated on the West Coast, blends deep affection for 'Thrones' with a keen satirical eye"; ''

'' saying the show "offers a clever mix of first-season (or book, if you're so inclined) storylines, snarky pop culture references and not-so-subtle foreshadowing"; and StageBuddy.com saying "it was easy to see why parodies are so popular after seeing the Game of Thrones version.."

References

External links

StevenChristopherParker.com
official website

* 1989 births Living people People from Littleton, Colorado American male television actors American male film actors {{US-screen-actor-1980s-stub