Parkes played one of the leads in the Internationally acclaimed Human Traffic (1999), . He also stars in Rage (1999), a film directed by Newton Aduka, which opened this year in London's Raindance Film Festival Hi many television credits include the lead in British Channel 4's The Lock, the six part spin off of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). He has played the central roles in Visitor, The (1998), Randall& Hopkirk, The Plastic Man and Turning World.
Parkes has appeared in a great deal of theatre, including Chips With Everything at the Royal National Theatre, cheek by Jowl's Duchess of Malfi in the West End, and a variety of Royal Court Productions. He is also an excellent baritone
