Nathaniel Parker (born 18 May 1962) is an English actor best known for playing Detective Inspector Thomas "Tommy" Lynley in the BBC crime drama series The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.
Parker was born in London, the son of the businessman (and one-time British Rail chairman) Sir Peter Parker and Jillian, Lady Parker, a GP and expert gardener who wrote "The Purest of Pleasures:Creation of a Romantic Garden". He was educated at Fox Primary School, Colet Court and Leighton Park School in Reading. Parker's brother is the film director Oliver Parker. He also has another brother, Alan Parker, who is chairman of Brunswick Group Ltd. Parker is married to actress Anna Patrick. The couple live in London with their daughters Raphaella (born 1998) and Angelica (born 1996).
Parker joined the National Youth Theatre, and after training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He portrayed Bassanio in Peter Hall's 1989 production of The Merchant of Venice in both London and on Broadway, co-starring with Dustin Hoffman. In 1997, Nathaniel portrayed David as an adult in a made-for-TV film of the life of the biblical David. In 2000, he played Bob in Rupert Goold's West End revival of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow. "With his unforced, tough demeanour and conviction Parker substantially carries the evening," wrote John Thaxter in The Stage (6 July 2000).
Plot
David and Sarah have been been searching for a safe place as long as they can remember. The world is overtaken by the undead, and David and his sister might be the only ones left. They finally find a lonely home to rest but soon realize that this home isn't lonely. There are many undead and David must do everything to make sure he and sister come out alive.
Keywords: valencia
Evil is Everywhere
Plot
After being orphaned as a young child and living in various foster homes over the years, a rebellious 12 year-old named David is placed in the custody of foster parents who, by their love, challenge Dvid to abandon his anger and learn to hope and trust again. But this bond is threatened when David's scheming aunt surfaces and demands to take custody of her nephew.
Keywords: family-relationships
When you're searching for hope and love, follow your heart, for it will show you...The Way Home
Plot
Richard Brown, a decorated Vietnam War veteran now living in Indonesia, discovers that gunmen invaded his home, murdered his son, Bobby, (preparing to celebrate his 8th birthday), and gang-raped and murdered his wife, Florinda. Vowing revenge, he begins to track down the culprits, learning in the process that they're in the employ of a business rival named Hawk. At one point he's captured, beaten, and tortured but then he's rescued by Julia, Hawk's personal secretary, who also seeks revenge on her employer for causing the death of her sister. Brown eventually finds and confronts Hawk at Hawk's fortress-like compound.
Keywords: assault-rifle, axe-fight, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, birthday-party, blood, blood-splatter, bloodbath, branding-iron, brutality
Richard Brown: [upon finding his wife and son murdered] I'll find whoever did this and, so help me God, they'll pay.
Hawk: I want that bastard caught - alive! I want to provide him with a slow and painful death.
Plot
In the Victorian period, two teenagers, David and Sarah, travel with a caravan from Baghdad to Damascus. At an oasis, the white slave agent known as the Jackal raids them, mainly to add the beautiful young Sarah to his harem. Only David and Sarah narrowly escape, and all the others are slayed in the massacre. Their flight leads them to a beautiful oasis - their paradise - where they discover love and sex. However, the Jackal has not given up on Sarah yet, and David must lure him to his death, or be killed by him.
Keywords: 1820s, american-abroad, arab, baghdad, camel, caravan, chimpanzee, damascus-syria, desert, englishman
If Only It Could Have Been Forever...
No Two People Have Ever Come So Close...
oh God let your spirit fall on me, your perfect peace comes down and amazes me, it's
like a dream or a vision inside of me, your perfect peace comes down and amazes me,
oh God i want to dance like David, every time i fall on my face, i dream of a place
so far away, don't want to hide my face for another day, everything i do, i want to
do it for you, unlike the others who have fallin' and slipped away, they've slipped
away, move swiftly now, don't fall behind
(Crowe/Cochran/Adam/Kelly)
How many people have the same name?
How many Davids do you know?
What's the measurement on thinking the same thing
What's the chance they'd ever know
What's the chance they'd ever know
Well I know of two men
Who carry my name
I read about one in a magazine
Saw another in a newspaper on a aeroplane
There once was a young boy
Who was photographed at 13
For Life magazine
As ballroom dancer
I have often been asked if that was me
I have often wondered if that was me
How many people have the same name?
How many Davids do you know?
What's the measurement on thinking the same thing
What's the chance they'd ever know
What's the chance they'd ever know
The other man comes from Florida *
He trains snakes for a living
He was arrested and fined
For being unkind
I'd hate to be that reptile when he got home
Well I'd hate to be that snake when he got home
How many people have the same name?
How many Davids do you know?
What's the measurement on thinking the same thing
What's the chance they'd ever know
What's the chance they'd ever know
Who is the fox? - I am the fox
Who are you? - I am me
Who is me? - Me is a thief
You'll bring your poor, poor mother grief
So after the fox, after the fox
Off to the hunt with chains and locks
So after the fox, after the fox
Someone is always chasing after the fox
Where is the gold? - It's on the truck
Where's the truck? - I won't tell
You must tell - Then I will lie
You'll make your poor, poor sister cry
So after the fox, after the fox
Off to the hunt with chains and locks
So after the fox, after the fox
Someone is always chasing after the fox
Why do you steal? - So I'll be rich
Why not work? - Work is hard
You'll be caught - I never fail
All little crooks wind up in jail - Not me, not me
So after the fox, after the fox
Off to the hunt with chains and locks
So after the fox, after the fox
Someone is always chasing after the fox
After the fox
It's alright, David, I'm fucked up again
I'm tired of waiting
Of being your friend
Cause you're stuck on the first page and I'm close to the
So just shut your mouth and pretend
You scream your cellphone and you watch your TV
Sometimes you look like a fool
Sometimes you look right past me
And I'm the one singing you songs in the end
So goddamn, I guess we'll be friends
And oh, all the days pile up like used paper plates
And you know but you still go
Pictures and movies and books and cartoons
When I'm lookin' at them sometimes I'm thinkin' bout you
And writing down things that i think you should do
You know, I might get sick of me too
And oh, all the days pile up like used razor blades
And you know but you still go
So David I'm here and my fingers are sore
From writin' down words that I know you'll ignore
When each one comes out it fees more like before
So David I've evened the score
This is where it all began
What a piece of work is man
He stands with no spine
And no one else can say to me
It's over now, you changed the sea
Because the passenger is all mine
If you fall and lose it all
Just leave it alone
'Cause if I fall and lose it all
I'll throw the first stone
I tried to get him out of there
I pushed and shoved and pulled his hair
He sat there and stared
Forever and a day it takes
To make me learn from my mistakes
Over and over, I'm not prepared
But misery loves company
When he is here I'm less lonely
Where else can I turn when I'm betrayed?
But worst of all is finding out
Being sure and beyond any doubt
That I am the one who cannot be saved
It breaks my heart to feel it start
He grabs the wheel but now I feel
I'm here with no fear
My oldest friend
Let's not pretend
I'll never listen again
I'll never fall and lose it all
I left it alone
I'll never fall and lose it all
Back in the days of doubt and dissension, from the soil
Palestinias
A wandering began, mathless in the annals of history
and time
Exiled and expeled, trapped in the walls of Babylon �
only a leg on their way
A consequence unheard-of, dispersion and pursuance for
no rational cause
Symbol of confession � held in contempt
An endless voyage through time
Prejudice, unreason � a contagious seed
Today we shake our heads, can't comprehend
In medieval times the Christian church made itself a
part of the crime
Conversion and judgement in blind infallibility
executed upon the jews
Bigotry and prejudice are persisting and basic
characters of man
As essential feature not to accept dissenters, it's so
easy to judge
But at nightfall of civilisation, when reason fell and
Fascism prevailed
A malpractice tarnished the world, rendered by a
subservient mass!
Accustomed to misuse and fear, we're looking back �
insensibly!
What happened then won't happen anew, close your eyes
in arrogance and simply forget!
So much injustice and grief done unto the star of David
Remind unsound doctrines of an Aryan race, the
concentration camps, the relentless exodus
Some folks say it will never come again, are they
oblivious? Full of unconcern?
So look Pretoria and the fascist-like regime � will
{david-Verse 1}....
I smoke a blunt to take the pain out
And if I wasn't high, I'd probably try to blow my brains out........
(I'm hopeless), they shoulda killed me as a baby
And now they got me trapped in the storm, I'm goin crazy.........
(Forgive me); they wanna see me in my casket
and if I don't blast I'll be the victim of them bastards
I'm losin hope, they got me stressin, can the Lord forgive me
Got the spirit of a thug in me
Another sip of that drink, this Hennessey got me queasy
Don't wanna hurl, young nigga take it easy
Picture your dreams on a triple beam, and it seems
don't underestimate the power of a
fean
To my homies on the block
slangin rocks with your glocks put this tape in your box
When you're runnin from the cops -- and never look back
If they could be black, then they would switch
Open fire on them busta-a$$ bit**s, .. .
(david-Verse2}.....
I wonder if the Lord will forgive me and bury me a G
I couldn't let my adversaries worry me
and every single day it's a test, wear a bulletproof vest
and still a ni99a stressin over death
If I could choose when a ni99a die, figure I'd
take a puff on the blunt, and let my trigga fly
When everyday it's another death, with every breath,
it's a constant threat, so watch yo' step!
You could be next if you want to, who do you run to?
Murderin ni99az, look what it's come to
My memories bring me misery, and life is hard
in the ghetto, it's insanity, I can't breath
Got me thinkin, what do Hell got?
Cause I done suffered so much, I'm feelin shell-shocked.....
And driveby's an everyday thang
I done lost too many homies to this motherf**ken game
(david-Verse3}
F**k the five-oh cause they after me
Kill me if they could, I'll never let em capture me
Done lost too many ni99az to this gangbangin
Homies died in my arms, with his brains hangin, f**ked up!
I had to tell him it was alright, and that's a lie
and he knew it when he shook and died, (my God)
Even though I know I'm wrong man
Hennessey make a ni99a think he strong, man
I can't sleep, so I stay up, don't wanna f**k them bit**s
Try to calm me down, I ain't givin up
I'm gettin lost in the weed, man, gettin high
Livin everyday, like I'm gon' die (Gnonna die ganna die)
I smoke a blunt to take the pain out, and if I wasn't high
probably try to blow my brains out
Asleep for twenty years with this feeling
but I was on your side
and he's spent some 20 years with this feeling
of being lost inside
he was lost inside
of his mind
just like I've been holding on for all our lives
all our lives
Oh David won't you look into my
He Turned too many heads for one lifetime
he never had to try
and he stained too many beds for one lifetime
but always asking why
always asking why...why
Just like I've been doing up until tonight
Just like I've been doing David all my life
all my life
Oh David, won't you look into my
i keep kicking at the curb with my worn out shoes
i keep running into strangers that say i know you
i don't want to be a proud man, i just want to be a man
a little less like my father and more like my dad
i want to hunt like david
i want to kill me a giant man
i want to slay my demons
but i've got lots of them, i've got lots of them
i try to keep my conscience clean
i try to keep myself out of your bad dreams
i try to wash my hands for you every night
lest you find my strangling fingers wrapped around tight
i want to hunt like david
i want to kill me a giant man
i want to slay my demons
Flowers for the dead
At times I still hear your voice in my head
And I wish that you were here instead
And all our precious memories I'll never forget
(david-Verse 1)
josh, we've been best friends
Ever since we were little kids
So I sit and reminisce on all the things we ever did
I remember
All the stupid shit I can't forget
Hope God forgive us for our sins
and give me the strength to live
Far from sensitive
But I'm shedding tears right now
Cause I'm watching you fight for your life
And I can't help out
Meanwhile, the doctor's shocking your chest
Checking for breath
I was wit you from the stretcher
To the hospital bed
Not believing it yet
Everybody sad and depressed
Counting your blessings
Praying and praying, hoping for the best
Waiting in back
Your girl duke shaking from stress
Breaking in tears and fear
Cause dog, she loved you to death
Next thing you know, the doctor comes out
Just shaking his head
Nothing was said
so i knew u were dead
(david-Verse 2)
In my sleep I hear you speaking to me
And feel you reaching to me
Wish I could see you
Though I know you wit me spiritually
Physically, right here besides me
Is where I need you to be
Keeping me company
And take over this whole industry
Memories, of when we used to be
Too deep in the streets
If there was beef
We had each others backs naturally
If there was need for me to grab the heat
You'd grab it from me
Just as long as its me
yes indeed
We sat and chat
On the block puffin trees,
Playing knuckles until one of us bleedz
And read encyclopedias to me
You was a genius
Even though you didnt have a college degree
We were homies g
But you will always be a brother to me
So close
Big P, your legacy will always live on the streetz
Rest In Peace!
(Chorus)
david-3
Yeah, This is dedicated to the ones who never made it
I hated the fact you faded away
You were the greatest
So I say this prayer
I'll never forget you cause you special
I'll kept you in my heart
May God bless you!
Rest in peace to my peoples
Who passed away
Best believe I'ma keep you alive always
Till the day we meet again
Face to Face wiht a grin
In hell or heaven
You my twin to the end
And Im ganna Miss You!
(Chorus)
Rest in peace my ni99a
I know you chillin’
I know you chillin’
I know you’re with god now
Look at you you're young
Havin' so much fun
Gonna be a star
Blah blah blah
And click there goes the phone
I don't wanna know
What my
Horoscope's predicting
Just pour me a drink
Cuz I need a kick
I don't wanna think
I just wanna sip
David don't you hear me at all
David won't you give me a call
Waitin' here not makin' a sound
David come around
Mister bushie says
I'm your president
I have lots to say
Hey hey hey
And click goes the remote
There you have my vote
Catchin' the next boat out of here
Just pour me a drink
Cuz I need a lie
I don't wanna think
I just wanna die
David don't you hear me at all
David don't you hear through the wall
Waitin' here not makin' a sound
David come around
Chaos pervades the world outside
Days offer spades of hurled outcries
Gone is the fair and five and dime
But he is there
He's so fine
Listen to her play
Has somethin' to say
Even has a rap
Clap clap clap
But click there goes the lid
Sorry 'bout the fib
I ain't got a grip on nothin'
Just pour me a drink
Right outta the can
I don't wanna think
I just want my man
David don't you hear me at all
David dear I'm just down the hall
Waitin' here not makin' a sound
I still have last night in my body
I wish you were with me
I still have last night in my body
I wish you were with me
I wish you were with me
I still have last night in my body
I wish you were with me
I still have last night in my body
I wish you were with me
I wish you were with me, David
I still have last night in my body
I wish you were with me
I wish you were with me, David
Oh David
Oh David
Oh David
(I am thinking of you)
(I am thinking of you)
(I am thinking of you)
(I am thinking of you)
I still have last night in my body
I wish you were with me
I still have last night in my body
I wish you were with me
I wish you were with me, David
Oh David
Oh David
I wish you were with me, David
I wish you were with me
(I am thinking of you)
(I am thinking of you)
Yes, I am thinking of you
I am thinking of you
(I am thinking of you)
(I am thinking of you)
(I am thinking of you)