Biography
But those risks paid off when he won a career-making role on Showtime's critical darling, "Weeds" (2005- ), as a grieving teenager who is forced to abandon his insecurities and man-up after his father passes away. Parrish honed his natural comedic talents in films like "RV" (2006) as a geeky teenager on summer vacation and in "17 Again" (2009), where he played a high school bully. He also drew critical reviews for his portrayal of the only …
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Career Milestones
2009 | Cast as Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin's son in Nancy Meyers' "It's Complicated" |
2009 | Appeared as a high-school basketball player in the film "17 Again" |
2008 | Joined the cast of the Tony-Award-winning Broadway musical "Spring Awakening" playing the lead role of Melchior Gabor |
2007 | Began hosting a web talk show with his friends Kyle Sherman and Allison Tyler called "Two Guys and a Girl" |
2007 | Played Ben Samuels, the only white student in a California high school class, in "Freedom Writers" |
2006 | Played the son of Jeff Daniels and Kristin Chenoweth in the comedy "RV" |
2005 | Cast as Silas Botwin, the oldest son of a drug dealing suburban mother, in Showtime's "Weeds" |
2004 | Feature film debut, "Sleepover" |
2003 | Made TV debut in an episode of "The Guardian" (CBS) |
Awards
2009 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Weeds |
2007 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Weeds |