Parry Glasspool (born 5 March 1992) is a British actor. He played Harry Thompson in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks and was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 21st National Television Awards in 2016. The character was killed off in 2019 after four years on the soap. In 2022, Glasspool was cast in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Jason Denshaw.
Parry Glasspool | |
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 Glasspool in 2020 | |
| Born | 5 March 1992 Hollywood, Worcestershire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Notable work | |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Lloyd Glasspool (brother) |
Early and personal life edit
Glasspool was born on 5 March 1992[1] to a Welsh mother and English father in Hollywood, Worcestershire, and was educated at Woodrush High School in Wythall and Stratford-upon-Avon College[2] and then studied for a BA Honours in Acting for Stage and Media at Kingston College.[3] He is the older brother of tennis player Lloyd Glasspool.[4]
In August 2016, Glasspool posted a video on the social media application Instagram showing him wielding a knife while pretending to be a woman threatening to kill her boyfriend. Glasspool was suspended from Hollyoaks for two weeks.[5]
Career edit
Within a week of graduating from Kingston College, Glasspool was filming for series 6 of Hollyoaks Later, a spin-off of Hollyoaks. He was cast in the role of Tony Hutchinson's estranged son, Harry Thompson, who had previously appeared in Hollyoaks between 2007 and 2009, then played by Daniel Seymour and later Harrison George Rhodes.[6] Glasspool noted that being called Parry and playing a character called Harry can be confusing, and that one person called him Parry on set and it was aired.[2] After this, he appeared in a two short films: How To Be Sexy by Isabelle Sieb and Cicada by Delouris Collins – and on Our Zoo for BBC One.[7] He later moved to Liverpool after being invited to participate in the main series of Hollyoaks.[6] For his role as Thompson, he was nominated for best newcomer at the National Television Awards.[8] Glasspool left Hollyoaks in July 2019 after his character is killed by resident serial killer Breda McQueen (Moya Brady).[9]
He has since joined the theatre production, By The Waters of Liverpool. The tour was supposed to take place from March until the end of May 2020. But due to the COVID-19 lockdown, the play was cancelled after only 2 weeks of production.[10] Then in 2022, he appeared in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Jason Denshaw.[11]
References edit
- ^ "Parry Glasspool, Actor". Mandy Actors.
- ^ a b "Should Parry Glasspool, Hollyoaks heart-throb from Hollywood (Birmingham) get soap award?". Birmingham Mail. 2016-01-13.
- ^ "Hollyoaks' Kingston-educated Parry Glasspool talks to us about National Television Award nomination". Richmond and Twickenham Times.
- ^ "Parry Glasspool". Birmingham Living. n.d. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Parry Glasspool: Hollyoaks star suspended over knife video". BBC News. 2016-08-09.
- ^ a b Kilkelly, Daniel (30 September 2013). "'Hollyoaks' return for Tony's son Harry – first look picture". Digital Spy. (Hearst Magazines UK). Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ^ "Parry Glasspool". Parryglasspool.co.uk.
- ^ "What's My Vibe? Hollyoaks actor and former Kingston College student Parry Glasspool". Surrey Comet.
- ^ "Breda kills Harry – Hollyoaks' Parry Glasspool reacts to shock exit". Radio Times. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- ^ "By The Waters Of Liverpool - The Stage Play". www.bythewatersofliverpool.com. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- ^ Shivani, Dubey. "Former Hollyoaks star Parry Glasspool lands Emmerdale role". Digital Spy. (Hearst Communications). Retrieved 3 June 2022.
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