Corey Parker
Corey Parker is a Master Teacher and a professional acting coach who has worked for 24 years in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta and Nashville. He has coached on set for Marvel, as well as coaching actors on Zoom in London, Sydney, Barcelona, Dublin and Singapore. His actors have won Tony Awards, SAG Awards and Emmy Awards. He has taught at Duke University, Rhodes College and the University of Memphis. His teen actors have been accepted to NYU - Tisch, Yale, RADA and USC, among others. His work as an actor spans 5 decades, including leading roles as well as recurring roles, and encompassing both drama and comedy. Corey’s work as an actor has been acknowledged by the New York Times, Time Magazine and the Los Angeles Times. He is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio and the Ensemble Studio Theater. A SAG actor since 1979 and a teacher since 2000, Corey draws from his many years in front of the camera as well as his considerable time spent onstage in New York and Los Angeles; Corey’s work also draws from his decades of training from some of the greatest teachers in American acting. Corey knows there are many ways to approach acting and that acting does adhere to basic natural laws. Each actor’s own nature provides them with a truly unique instrument. Working with each actor’s authentic instrument is at the core of Corey’s work.
For Corey, teaching the actor means empowering the actor with tools, and developing a practice for making creative choices, and problem solving - in auditions and on the set. Corey’s lifetime worth of professional experience allows him to support and bring confidence to actors at all stages of their work.
Evidence of Corey’s coaching can be seen on Broadway, on TV, and on film. Most recently Corey has coached on projects with directors Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah, and Academy Award winner Roland Joffe. He has taught acting workshops with casting director Seth Caskey, casting director Risa Bramon Garcia and casting director Brett Goldstein. Corey currently teaches in person in Nashville and his online classes at BGB Studio.
Corey's clients can be seen on:
Sana Amanat
Executive Producer of Marvel Studio’s “Ms. Marvel” and “Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors.”
“Corey is an excellent coach and mentor, guiding his students with patience and encouragement. He excels at working with actors new to the craft and training them to get camera-ready quickly. He tunes his coaching to the specificity of the student, giving guidance based on their individual needs versus a generic playbook. From dealing with dialogue memorization to interacting with directors, Corey understands how to prepare his students and clients with the skills they need to become confident and talented performers.”
Some of Corey's clients...
Patrick Dempsey
“I use the tools Corey gave me every time I am on the set…”
Seen in: “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Transformers: Dark of The Moon,” “Bridget Jones’s Baby,” “Made of Honor.”
Winner of the Screen Actors Guild Award.
Annaleigh Ashford
“Corey Parker's instinct, support, and expertise as a coach have been invaluable to me as a working actor. He has been instrumental in my preparation for character work and for script analysis. Corey always helps me find the truth. His coaching has been a blessing to me.”
– 2015 Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford
– 2023 Tony Award nominee
On Broadway: "You Can't Take it With You." "Sylvia," "Wicked," "Legally Blonde: The Musical." “Sweeney Todd”
On screen: "Masters of Sex," "Smash," Disney's "Frozen" and the webseries "Submissions only.”
Sherilyn Fenn
“Corey Parker is one of the best teachers in town. He has helped me in every way as an acting coach. I believe one of the reasons Corey is so great is because for so many years of his life he was acting himself, with integrity, truth and depth. I was blessed to work with him during that time. Now he has devoted himself to sharing and teaching the truths of an actor. Corey will enhance and deepen your work too. I cannot give a higher recommendation. He is my go-to. I feel blessed and lucky to work with him.”
Seen in: ”Twin Peaks,” “Wild at Heart,” “Of Mice and Men”
Credits
As a coach, Corey has worked with Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford, Screen Actors Guild Award winner Patrick Dempsey, Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Sherilyn Fenn, Aaron Tveit, MC Lyte, director Victoria Mahoney, Gabriel Mann, Naomi Campbell, Jennifer Missoni, model Tyson Beckford, Rachel Roberts, Scoot McNairy, Rah Digga, Tarek Bishara, Max Burkholder,and Pokey LaFarge.
Corey has coached actors on...
Ms. Marvel (Disney+)
Happy Face (Paramount +)
BPositive (CBS)
Shining Vale (Starz)
The Undoing (HBO)
Magnum P.I. (CBS)
American Crime Story (FX)
Sun Records (CMT)
Bluff City Law (NBC)
S.W.A.T (CBS)
Law & Order (NBC)
Masters of Sex (Showtime)
Chicago Med (NBC)
Blue Bloods (CBS)
Wim Wenders’ Don’t Come Knockin’
Gideon Raff’s Now and Then (AppleTV+)
The English (Amazon Prime Video)
Our Kind of People (Fox)
This Is Us (NBC)
Welcome to Chippendales (HULU)
Treason (Netflix)
2004 Broadway production of Raisin in the Sun
2014 Broadway production You Can't Take it With You
2015 Broadway production of Sylvia
2016 Cherry Lane Theater Pass Over
2023 Broadway Production Sweeney Todd
Corey has coached speakers at TedGLOBAL.
CoreY has taught acting at…
BGB Studio in Los Angeles 2014 -2024
HB Studio in New York
Susan Batson's Black Nexxus Studio -
NYC & Hollywood
Lesly Kahn's Studio in Hollywood
Michael Howard Studios in New York
Ruskin Studios in Los Angeles
New Collective LA in Los Angeles
Operafest in Martha's Vineyard
Indie Memphis Youth Film Program - Memphis
Indie Memphis Shoot ‘N Splice - Memphis
Rhodes College 2008- 2014
Duke University 2023
St. Mary's School- Memphis
Christian Brothers University
Playhouse on the Square
IndieActing Studio
High School of the Visual Performing
Arts - Los Angeles
University of Memphis 2016, 2022, 2023
Crosstown Arts, Memphis
Speaker/Producer of ”Documentaries on Acting” Series, Malco’s Studio in The Square Theater (2019)
His teen students have been accepted at
the following schools…
What Corey's peers are saying...
“Corey Parker is a true artist. His intelligence, emotional life and creativity are formidable. It is Corey Parker who trusted me as a teacher and recommended me to Nicole Kidman whom I have coached for the past 20 years. I am returning the favor to all actors who seek great coaching. Take my advice and seize the opportunity to have a genuine genius to guide you on your path.””
Susan Batson, acting coach to Nicole Kidman, Zoe Kravitz, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Juliette Binoche, Chris Rock, Zac Ephron, Common, Liv Tyler and Oprah Winfrey. Author of “Truth”.
“Corey Parker is someone who, with great perception, understands the workings of how to translate the truth of the human experience to the actor’s work. Corey has vast credentials in having worked in all the mediums, as an actor, which also enriches his ability to pass along what it takes for an actor to create something special.””
Ivana Chubbuck, acting coach to Charlize Theron, Brad Pitt, Jim Carrey, Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Travis Fimmel. Author of best selling "Power of the Actor."
“Let me shout it from the rooftops: Corey is the best teacher I know. He’s committed to actors and to their evolution. He gets actors to produce personal, truthful, bold, authentic work. He’s incredibly patient and nurturing in the process. Corey has transformed actors; I’ve seen it. Corey is the teacher you want in your life, he’s the teacher I want in mine.””
Casting Director: “Masters of Sex,” “Seal Team,” “The Affair,” “CSI: New York,” “The Joy Luck Club,” “Wall Street,” “Fatal Attraction,” “Born on the Fourth of July,” “Speed,” “Flirting With Disaster.” Co Founder of BGB Studio, Los Angeles.
Lifetime Member of the Actors Studio
