Nathan Parsons

Nathan Parsons
Parsons at the July 2014 San Diego Comic Con
Born	Nathan Dean Parsons (1988-06-16) 16 June 1988 (age 28) Adelaide, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991–present

Nathan Dean Parsons (born 16 June 1988) is an Australian-born American actor, best known for his work in daytime television on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital as the character of Ethan Lovett. He also had roles on primetime television shows as vampire James Kent on the seventh and final season of the HBO drama series True Blood, and recently exited the role of werewolf Jackson Kenner on The CW drama series The Originals. Also played the role as extra camera man in the Disney channel movie Starstruck along with his "The Originals" costar Danielle Campbell

Parsons was born in Adelaide, South Australia but raised in Colorado and Texas. He moved to Los Angeles to attend the University of Southern California after being accepted into their Bachelor of Fine Arts Acting program. He is also a member of Boom Kat Dance Theatre, a non-profit dance company based in Santa Monica, California. Currently in their third year, Boom Kat has been made a resident company of the Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica following the success of their third production NeverWonderland. In his spare time, Nathan enjoys dance, rock climbing, hiking, lacrosse, football, soccer, yoga, and scuba diving.

As a child actor he did voice-over work dubbing Japanese anime for ADV Films, including the lead role of Jean Roque-Raltique in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water and parts in "Soul Hunter", Devil Lady and Jing: King of Bandits. Parsons has previously appeared in the films Teeth (2007) and The Brotherhood V: Alumni (2009).