Years active 1981 – present Role Actor Spouse Denise Parks | Name James Parks Parents Michael Parks Uncles Jimmy Parks | |
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Full Name James Jean Parks Born November 16, 1968 (age 55) ( 1968-11-16 ) Ventura County, California, U.S. Movies Kill Bill Volume 1, Django Unchained, Death Proof, Kill Bill: Volume 2, Red State Similar People Michael Parks, Scott Spiegel, Quentin Tarantino, RZA, Giacomo Martelli | ||
James Jean Parks (born November 16, 1968) is an American actor.
Parks was born in Ventura County, California. His roles include Texas Ranger Edgar McGraw in From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, Kill Bill Volume 1 and Death Proof. Earl McGraw, the father of Edgar McGraw, is played by James' real life father, Michael Parks. He portrayed Deputy Gilber in the French horror film Rubber. Parks also acted alongside his father again in Kevin Smith's 2011 horror film, Red State.
In 2008, Parks had a small role on the hit HBO television series True Blood playing Mack Rattray.
Filmography
Actor
-
The Summoning (announced) as
Brad
2022
Wrong Reasons as
James Winandi
2019
The Walking Dead (TV Series) as
Captured Whisperer
- Open Your Eyes (2019) - Captured Whisperer
- Bonds (2019) - Captured Whisperer
2017
The Son (TV Series) as
Niles Gilbert
- Legend (2019) - Niles Gilbert (credit only)
- The Bear (2019) - Niles Gilbert
- All Their Guilty Stains (2019) - Niles Gilbert
- Somebody Get a Shovel (2019) - Niles Gilbert
- The Blue Light (2019) - Niles Gilbert
- Hot Oil (2019) - Niles Gilbert
- Scalped a Dog (2019) - Niles Gilbert (credit only)
- The Blind Tiger (2019) - Niles Gilbert (credit only)
- Ten Dollars and a Plucked Goose (2019) - Niles Gilbert
- Numunuu (2019) - Niles Gilbert
- Scalps (2017) - Niles Gilbert
- The Prophecy (2017) - Niles Gilbert
- Honey Hunt (2017) - Niles Gilbert (credit only)
- Marriage Bond (2017) - Niles Gilbert
- The Buffalo Hunter (2017) - Niles Gilbert
- No Prisoners (2017) - Niles Gilbert (credit only)
- Death Song (2017) - Niles Gilbert
- Second Empire (2017) - Niles Gilbert (credit only)
- The Plum Tree (2017) - Niles Gilbert (credit only)
- First Son of Texas (2017) - Niles Gilbert
2015
The Hateful Eight as
O.B.
2015
The Elevator as
Jack
2014
Child of Grace as
Graham
2012
Django Unchained as
Tracker
2008
True Blood (TV Series) as
Mack Rattray
- If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin'? (2011) - Mack Rattray
- The First Taste (2008) - Mack Rattray
- Original Pilot (2008) - Mack Rattray
- Strange Love (2008) - Mack Rattray
2011
Red State as
Mordechai
2010
Machete as
Edgar McGraw (uncredited)
2010
Amigo as
Sgt. Runnels
2010
Rubber as
Cop Doug
2008
Noble Things as
J.C.
2008
Three Priests as
Johnny
2008
NCIS (TV Series) as
Ryan Sikes
- Tribes (2008) - Ryan Sikes
2007
Death Proof as
Edgar McGraw
2007
Fighting Words as
Fresno Pete
2007
Grindhouse as
Edgar McGraw (segment "Death Proof")
2007
Jericho (TV Series) as
Agent Hicks
- The Day Before (2007) - Agent Hicks
2007
24 (TV Series) as
National Guard Sergeant
- Day 6: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. (2007) - National Guard Sergeant
2006
The Darkroom as
Dwayne (as James Dean Parks)
2006
Trailer Talk (Short) as
Patrick
2006
Islander as
Pokey
2006
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair as
Edgar McGraw
2006
In ascolto as
Anthony Ashe
2006
Eight Days to Live (TV Movie) as
Anderson
2006
Bones (TV Series) as
Sheriff Dawes
- The Skull in the Desert (2006) - Sheriff Dawes
2006
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) as
Jonathan Wax
- Up in Smoke (2006) - Jonathan Wax
2005
Threshold (TV Series) as
Jake Greene
- The Order (2005) - Jake Greene
2005
House of the Dead 2 (TV Movie) as
Bart (as James Jean Parks)
2005
Daltry Calhoun as
Arlo
2005
Numb3rs (TV Series) as
Fitchman
- Dirty Bomb (2005) - Fitchman (uncredited)
2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as
Edgar McGraw
2004
Deadwood (TV Series) as
Clell Watson
- Deadwood (2004) - Clell Watson
2003
Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series) as
Deputy Bennings
- North Star (2003) - Deputy Bennings
2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 as
Edgar McGraw
2003
Stargate SG-1 (TV Series) as
Pharrin
- Lifeboat (2003) - Pharrin
2002
Crocodile 2: Death Swamp as
Squid
2002
The X-Files (TV Series) as
Agent Terry Sullivan
- Provenance (2002) - Agent Terry Sullivan
2001
The District (TV Series) as
Officer Lea
- Running Towards Fire (2001) - Officer Lea
2000
Nash Bridges (TV Series) as
Butch
- Blow Out (2000) - Butch
1999
Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) as
Zack Crowder
- Widow Maker (1999) - Zack Crowder
1999
Crusade (TV Series) as
Duncan
- The Memory of War (1999) - Duncan
1999
$pent as
Grant
1998
JAG (TV Series) as
'Slider' Morrison / Lt. Cmdr. 'Slider' Morrison
- Shakedown (1999) - 'Slider' Morrison
- Angels 30 (1998) - Lt. Cmdr. 'Slider' Morrison
1999
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (Video) as
Deputy McGraw
1999
You Know My Name (TV Movie) as
Alibi Joe
1997
Profiler (TV Series) as
A.J. Tibbet / Luke Dickerson
- Home for the Homicide (1998) - A.J. Tibbet
- Blue Highway (1997) - Luke Dickerson
1998
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series) as
Tector Gorch
- Bad Eggs (1998) - Tector Gorch
1997
Rough Riders (TV Mini Series) as
William Tiffany
- Episode #1.2 (1997) - William Tiffany
- Episode #1.1 (1997) - William Tiffany
1997
House of Frankenstein (TV Mini Series) as
Quinn
- Episode #1.2 (1997) - Quinn
- Episode #1.1 (1997) - Quinn
1997
Brooklyn South (TV Series) as
Kevin O'Donnell
- Touched by a Checkered Cab (1997) - Kevin O'Donnell
1996
Apollo 11 (TV Movie) as
Man at Bar
1996
Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (TV Movie) as
Pursuer #2
1996
Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series) as
Vel
- The Chute (1996) - Vel
1996
The Sentinel (TV Series) as
Tommy Juno
- Killers (1996) - Tommy Juno
1996
Babylon 5 (TV Series) as
Drakhen
- Severed Dreams (1996) - Drakhen
1995
Space: Above and Beyond (TV Series) as
Shankowicz
- Stay with the Dead (1995) - Shankowicz
1994
McKenna (TV Series) as
Randy
- McKenna's Wonder (1994) - Randy
1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as
Service Station Mechanic
1991
Conagher (TV Movie) as
Curly
1991
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story (TV Movie) as
Tiger Knowles
1990
Shades of LA (TV Series)
- Coopers Coroner (1990)
1990
Blind Vengeance (TV Movie) as
Will Sharkey
Writer
2022
Reginald the Vampire (TV Series) (executive story editor - 10 episodes)
- Reginald Andres Beyond Thunderdome (2022) - (executive story editor - as James Jean Parks)
- No One Dies for Failing the SATs (2022) - (executive story editor - as James Jean Parks)
- The Odyssey (2022) - (executive story editor - as James Jean Parks)
- The Last Day of Our Acquaintance (2022) - (executive story editor - as James Jean Parks)
- Halfway to a Threeway (2022) - (executive story editor - as James Jean Parks)
- Fools in Love (2022) - (executive story editor - as James Jean Parks)
- All the Time in the World (2022) - (executive story editor - as James Jean Parks)
- Hypnos (2022) - (executive story editor - as James Jean Parks)
- The Hunger (2022) - (executive story editor - as James Jean Parks)
- Dead Weight (2022) - (executive story editor - as James Jean Parks)
Art Department
2000
The District (TV Series) (construction foreman)
1997
City of Industry (carpenter)
1997
Zeus and Roxanne (gang boss)
1996
Profiler (TV Series) (construction foreman)
1996
The Pretender (TV Series) (gang boss)
1994
Reality Bites (carpenter)
1993
Against the Grain (TV Series) (gang boss)
Soundtrack
2012
Django Unchained ("Trackers Chant")
2004
Deadwood (TV Series) (performer - 19 episodes)
- Tell Him Something Pretty (2006) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- The Catbird Seat (2006) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- A Constant Throb (2006) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- Unauthorized Cinnamon (2006) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- A Rich Find (2006) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For (2006) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- Tell Your God to Ready for Blood (2006) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- Boy-the-Earth-Talks-To (2005) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- The Whores Can Come (2005) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- Complications (2005) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- A Lie Agreed Upon: Part II (2005) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- A Lie Agreed Upon: Part I (2005) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- Sold Under Sin (2004) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- Jewel's Boot Is Made for Walking (2004) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- No Other Sons or Daughters (2004) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- Suffer the Little Children (2004) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- Bullock Returns to the Camp (2004) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- Plague (2004) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
- The Trial of Jack McCall (2004) - (performer: "Theme From Deadwood" - uncredited)
Producer
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Unlovables (Short) (executive producer) (pre-production)
Miscellaneous
1988
The Milagro Beanfield War (production consultant)
Self
-
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks (Documentary) (filming)
2006
Reinventing the House: Making a Bloody Sequel (Video documentary short) as
Self
Archive Footage
2019
QT8: The First Eight (Documentary) as
Self
References
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