Dan Parr

Description

Over the last decade Dan has worked consistently throughout the creative industry. His visual work across theatre, TV, and film, and his voice work spans radio, commercials, audio drama, and TV commentary.

In theatre Dan has appeared in Gareth Farr’s Britannia Waves The Rules at The Royal Exchange Manchester, for which he was nominated for Best Actor at the Manchester Theatre Awards; Jim Cartwright’s Road at The Royal Court, directed by John Tiffany; Lyndsey Turner’s Hamlet at The Barbican alongside Benedict Cumberbatch; and notably playing Romeo in Amy Leach’s Romeo and Juliet at West Yorkshire Playhouse, which received 5-star reviews.

On screen he’s worked for the BBC in dramas The Village, The Musketeers, Silent Witness, and The Crimson Fields, where he played opposite Suranne Jones, and starred as Teddy Smith in two British independent films, The Rise of the Krays and The Fall of the Krays.

Dan recently starred in his first radio drama, The Test Batter Can’t Breathe, by James Fritz, and was shortlisted for Best Debut at the BBC Audio Drama Awards. Dan’s voice can be heard on TV and radio, advertising the new Tesco Club Card Plus, McDonald’s, and Macmillan Cancer Support. Dan has worked with Manchester United and Tezos to announce their new partnership and Premier League productions. He has also voiced on projects with The FA, Visit Britain, Tesco Pet Insurance, CAT Construction, AMEX, and the BBC, and can be heard commentating on the Channel 5 TV series It’s Your Fault, I’m Fat and Great British Rivers: Then & Now.

Dan is co-founder of Hear the Picture, an actor-led audio description company exploring creative access in theatre. The company has just landed its first job on the West End, working on The National Theatre’s new production of the multi-award-winning new musical Standing at the Skys Edge, for which Dan will be providing the creative audio description.