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Trey Parker (born Randolph Severn Parker III on 19th October 1969 in Colorado, United States) is an Emmy Award winning American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician, and actor, best known for being the co-creator of South Park along with Matt Stone.
Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short titled Jesus vs. Frosty. His first success came from Cannibal! The Musical. From there he made another short title Jesus vs. Santa, which then led him and his college friend, Matt Stone, to create the animated television series, South Park, which has been on television for over a decade.
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Trey Parker (born Randolph Severn Parker III on 19th October 1969 in Colorado, United States) is an Emmy Award winning American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician, and actor, best known for being the co-creator of South Park along with Matt Stone.
Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short titled Jesus vs. Frosty. His first success came from Cannibal! The Musical. From there he made another short title Jesus vs. Santa, which then led him and his college friend, Matt Stone, to create the animated television series, South Park, which has been on television for over a decade. He has won 3 Emmy Awards for his role in South Park, winning for both "Outstanding Programming More Than One Hour" and "Outstanding Programming Less Than One Hour".
Biography
Early life
Parker was born in Conifer, Colorado, the son of Sharon Parker, an insurance broker, and Randy Parker, a geologist (who share the first names of South Park characters Randy and Sharon Marsh). He has an older sister named Shelley. Parker grew up in the Denver, Colorado area, and attended the University of Colorado, but did not graduate, concentrating instead on writing Cannibal! The Musical.
On a September 2006 airing of the ABC newsmagazine Nightline, Parker articulated his position on religion. He stated that he believes there is more going on than we even know about and cautioned that it would take a long time to explain exactly what he meant by his belief in God. Stone subsequently quipped, "I still don't understand it."
Parker stated the following:
"Basically ... out of all the ridiculous religion stories which are greatly, wonderfully ridiculous—the silliest one I've ever heard is, 'Yeah ... there's this big giant universe and it's expanding, it's all gonna collapse on itself and we're all just here just 'cause ... just 'cause. That, to me, is the most ridiculous explanation ever."
Career
In 1992 Parker and Stone created Jesus vs. Frosty. It included four boys, two resembling Stan and Kyle, one called Kenny who looked like Cartman, and a fourth unnamed boy who looked like Kenny. After the duo released Cannibal! The Musical, they were asked to make another animated short. They came down to two ideas; one a sequel to Jesus vs. Frosty, and one about a character that would later be recurring in South Park, Mr. Hankey. They chose to write about the four boys, and their decision ultimately opened the door for them to present a show, South Park, to Comedy Central. Stone and Parker produced 13 episodes for season 1.
In 1997, they also released Orgazmo, a movie rated NC-17. In 1998, they starred in (but did not write or direct) BASEketball, another feature film, while being renewed for a second season of South Park. In 1999, Parker and Stone made South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, which gave the series prominence. The film's music was nominated for an Academy Award, but lost. In 2001, the duo announced they would do 39 shorts between the lengths of 2 and 5 minutes. Although originally thought to be South Park related, they decided they would do something different. The result was the shorts Princess. The content was so extreme that it was cancelled after two shows aired. In 2001, they also created That's My Bush!, another television series. Despite great reviews, the show was cancelled after one season for the cost per episode. In 2004, they made a film, titled Team America: World Police. The film was given positive reviews. As of 2009, South Park is in its thirteenth season.
Parker is also a member of the band DVDA with Stone, for which he plays keyboards and sings. DVDA's songs have appeared in many of the duo's productions. They include Orgazmo, BASEketball , South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, and Team America: World Police.
Trey claimed to have been on acid with Matt Stone at the time of the 2000 Academy Awards, where they wore dresses popularized by Jennifer Lopez and Gwyneth Paltrow at previous awards shows.
On September 28, 2007, Parker and Stone acquired the rights to the Canadian-made Kenny vs. Spenny, which premiered November 14, 2007 on Comedy Central with ten old and new episodes.
Parker and Stone are collaborating with Avenue Q composer Robert Lopez on a musical about Mormons, has a working title of Mormon Musical, which will star Cheyenne Jackson, and is planned for a 2009 opening.
Filmography
Voices on South Park
Trey Parker voices Stan Marsh and Eric Cartman, two of the main characters on the show. He also voices recurring characters Randy Marsh, Marvin Marsh, Starvin' Marvin, Clyde Donovan,
Craig Tucker, Mr. Garrison, Ned Gerblansky, Dr. Alphonse Mephesto, Stephen Stotch, Mr. Hankey, Santa Claus, Mr. Mackey, Officer Barbrady, Ms. Choksondik, Tom Pusslicker, Timmy, Jimmy Vulmer, Tuong Lu Kim, Phillip, and Satan, as well as many other minor speaking roles.
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