Huw Parmenter
Acting
Biography
Huw Parmenter trained at the Oxford School of Drama and Rose Bruford College. Productions include: Anything is Possible if You Think About it Hard Enough at Southwark Playhouse; The Lovely Bones for Birmingham Rep; The Mirror Crack’d at Wales Millennium Centre and Salisbury Playhouse; Jam Jars at Tristan Bates; After Orlando at the Vaults and Theatre Royal Stratford East; Desert Rats, Slow Falling Bird, The Late Wedding and The Ballad of the Lost Dogs for Chaskis Theatre; Home Theatre UK at Theatre Royal Stratford East; Dark Tourism at Park Theatre; Rebel Rebel at Theatre503; Living in the City With or Without Sex at the Old Red Lion; Pride and Prejudice at Kenton theatre; Basket Case on UK tour; Hearing the Song for Orange Tree; and Women Beware Women at the Sam Wanamaker Festival. Vikings, Killing Eve and EastEnders.
Known For
The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods. Legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.
Vikings
The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
EastEnders
A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.
Killing Eve
A counter-terrorism expert takes a job protecting a young heiress. After an attempted kidnapping puts both of their lives in danger, they must flee.
Close
In 1964, Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under Sir John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.