Nate Parker was born on 18th November 1979 in Virginia. He is a man of multiple talents. He is an actor, a performer, a writer, a producer and a director. His mother, Carolyn was just 17 years old when he was born. She was not married to his biological father. However, she married someone else from whom Nate got his last name Parker. He has 4 younger sisters. According to DNA Analysis, they are descendants of the Cameroons. When he was in middle school, his mother married Walter Whitefield and moved to Maine. Nate Parker has always been close to his biological father in spite of being away all the time physically. He moved to Virginia Beach after the death of his father to live with his maternal uncle. His uncle Jay combs was a wrestler. When his great-grandmother fell sick, his mother moved back to Virginia and Nate shifted with her.
He started wrestling in Princess Anne School. He stood third in the state level wrestling championship. That time he was attending Churchland School for his high school education. His mother moved to another high school district so that he can take part in a powerhouse program of wrestling. During 1997-98, he was the member of a wrestling team, which goes by the name of Great Bridge. He got scholarship at Penn State University to wrestle. He was ranked as a freshman at the University. He attained fifth position in a wrestling championship, which was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 2002. He got an undergraduate degree in Computer Programming from Oklahoma in 2003. He caught the attention of Jon Simmons at a modelling convention in Dallas while he was with a model friend. At that time he was working as a computer programmer.
After a brief audition, Jon asked Nate Parker to move to LA, California. He got a role in television commercial soon after he moved to LA. He played the lead role in the hip-hop version of Romeo and Juliet in 2006. He got the role Henry Lowe in the movie “The Great Debaters” which was directed by Denzel Washington. For the movie, Nate wrote a 100 page biography of Henry Lowe, who was a well-known debater in real life. The other movies that he did are “The Secret Life of Bees” and “Beyond the lights” etc. He was nominated for best actor award in Black Reel Awards. He had an interest in making movie on Nat Turner which he had written and planned to direct also. He announced in 2014 that he is assembling his team for the movie. He would play the role of Nat Turner in the movie.
He is always aspired to contribute to society. He provides scholarship to younger generation of age between 17 and 25 years. He is a supporter of Peace4Kids program. He also provides wrestling coaching to 10- 12 years old kids in a High school.
He got married to Sarah DiSanto in 2007. His wife is from Pennsylvania. They have 3 daughters.
His biography is available in various sites like IMDB and Starpulse. His net worth is assumed to be $3.5 million. He has many followers in social networking sites like twitter and Facebook. He has around 81+ thousand followers following him in Twitter.
| Birth Date: | 18 Nov, 1979 |
| Age: | 40 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Norfolk |
| Education: | University of Oklahoma Pennsylvania State University |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American actor, director, producer, writer and musical performer |
| Twitter Id: | NateParker |
| Net Worth 2021: | 3 million |
