Early life

Parrish was born in Richmond, Virginia, to Annie Parrish, who works with autistic children, and Bruce Tharp, an engineer. Parrish has a younger brother. He graduated from Plano Senior High School and Texas Tech University Independent School District.

Career

Parrish has guest starred in several TV series, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Close to Home, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Summerland. He appeared in the films Sleepover and RV and The Good Wife. In Freedom Writers, Parrish played Ben Samuels, the only white student in a California high school class. The National Review Online wrote that Parrish had played the role with "unassuming humor".

He portrayed the role of the oldest Botwin son, Silas, in the Showtime original series Weeds from 2005 to 2012. On August 11, 2008, Parrish joined the cast of the Tony-Award-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening in the lead role of Melchior Gabor at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in New York City, receiving critical acclaim. He remained in the role until the show closed on January 18, 2009.

On August 18, 2008, he released a video on funnyordie.com titled "Cougar 101 with Hunter Parrish".

He appeared as a high-school basketball player, Stan, in 17 Again (2009). From 2007 to 2009, he hosted a web talk show with his friends Kyle Sherman and Allison Tyler calledTwo Guys and a Girl.

In 2011-2012, Parrish starred as Jesus in the Broadway revival of Godspell. Performances began October 13, 2011. He left the show on April 15, 2012 to film the final season of Weeds.

In 2013 and 2014, he guest starred on The Good Wife as Jeffrey Grant, a young man accused of murder.

Personal life

Parrish is Christian. He dated Allison Tyler, his talk show co-host in 2007. Following their break-up, he was in a relationship with singer and actress AJ Michalka from April 2009 to July 2010. In December 2014, he announced his engagement to Kathryn Wahl. On September 13, 2015, they were married at the Flying Caballos Ranch, in San Luis Obispo, California.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Sleepover	Lance Gregory
2005	Steal Me	Tucker
2005	Premonition	Charlie	Short film
2005	Down in the Valley	Kris
2006	RV	Earl Gornicke
2007	Freedom Writers	Ben Samuels
2009	17 Again	Stan
2009	Paper Man	Bryce
2009	It's Complicated	Luke Adler	National Board of Review Award for Best Cast
2010	Space Between, TheThe Space Between	McDonough
2012	The Patriot of America	Michael Burwell	Voice
2012	Gone	Trey
2014	Still Alice	Tom Howland
2014	A Rising Tide	Sam Rama
2016	The Runaround

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Guardian, TheThe Guardian	Hank	Episode: "The Father-Daughter Dance"
2005	Summerland	Tracy Hart (uncredited)	Episode: "The Pleiades"
2005-2012	Weeds	Silas Botwin	102 episodes Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
2005	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Jeremy McBride	Episode: "Gum Drops"
2006	In Justice	Kevin Rounder	Episode: "Confessions"
2006	Close to Home	Jay Stratton	Episode: "A House Divided"
2006	Campus Ladies	Student Health employee	Episode: "Webcam"
2007	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jordan Owens	Episode: "Responsible"
2010	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Kid Flash, Geo-Force (voice)	Episode: "Requiem for a Scarlet Speedster!"
2011	Pound Puppies	Tundra (voice)	Episode: "Snow Problem"
2013	The Good Wife	Jeffrey Grant	Recurring Character
2015	Following, TheThe Following	Kyle Locke
2015	Hand of God	Josh
2015	Good Girls Revolt	Douglas Rhodes

Discography

In 2012, Parrish recorded his first EP called Guessing Games, featuring six songs. At first, Guessing Games was only available for sale in the lobby of Godspell's (his current music at the time) home at the Circle in the Square Theatre, but with a bigger release to follow. The first single from the EP, "Sitting at Home", was released on iTunes on June 7, 2012. The complete EP was released later that month, on June 26.

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