Nate Parker

Bio:
Nate Parker (born on November 18, 1979 in Norfolk, Virginia), is an American actor, producer, director, and writer. Before moving into a career in the entertainment industry, Nate was an accomplished athlete, who attended Penn State University on a wrestling scholarship. Nate transitioned into a career in acting in the early 2000s, when a talent agent noticed him at an event and told him to move to LA to start auditioning. From there, he was in a number of films: The Secret Life of Bees, Rome & Jewel, Red Hook Summer, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Arbitrage, Non-Stop, and more. He made his directorial debut in 2016 with Birth of a Nation, in which he also stars as Nat Turner. In 2016, it was revealed that Nate was accused in 1999 of raping and harassing a fellow Penn State student. Nate was acquitted due to the fact that he and the victim had engaged in consensual oral sex the day prior; a second accused assailant, Jean McGianni Celestin (who cowrote Birth of a Nation) was sentenced to six months in jail. The unnamed victim committed suicide in 2012.

Best Known For:
Nate Parker is best known as an actor, and as the director of Birth of a Nation.

Personal Life:
Nate married wife Sarah DiSanto in 2007. They met while attending Penn State.