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Actor

1968-01-02 · Kingston, Jamaica · Male

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Evan Dexter O'Neal Parke is a Jamaican-American actor. He is best known for his role as Hayes in King Kong.

Early life, family and education

Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, he was raised in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, and then on Long Island, New York.

He was an economics major at Cornell University. He later earned a masters degree from Yale School of Drama. In 1997, Parke attended the New York Film Academy, focusing on film producing. This was funded with a William & Eva Fox Foundation Fellowship.

Career

His onscreen performances began on television with a role on the soap opera All My Children but also he performed in movies such as The Cider House Rules. Since 2014 his focus has been television.

Parke's stage performances include Colored People's Time, The Old Settler and The Lion King on Broadway.

He played Hayes in King Kong. In 2018 he was cast in the unsold pilot Salvage.

Video games

Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005) - Benjamin "Ben" Hayes

Detroit: Become Human (2018) - Luther