Hunter Parrish
Hunter Parrish : Role - Silas Botwin
Birthday : 13 May 1987
Birth Place : Richmond, Virginia
Height : 5′7″
Gender : Male
Recent Role : Silas Botwin on Weeds
Hunter Parrish was born on 13 May 1987 in Richmond, Virginia. He studied at the Texas Tech University Independent School District.
He acted in a guest performance in different television shows like ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’, ‘Close to Home’, ‘Law and Order: Special Victims Unit’ and ‘Summerland‘. He is currently seen in the television series ‘Weeds‘ as “Silas Botwin“. Perhaps this is the role, which gave him the greatest recognition on television. He has performed in a Broadway musical ‘Spring Awakening‘ as “Melchior Gabor” at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre, in New York City.
He appeared in movies like, ‘The Guardian’, ‘Sleepover‘, ‘Premonition‘, ‘Down in the Valley’, ‘In Justice’, ‘Close to Home’, ‘Campus Ladies‘, ‘Freedom Writers’ and ‘17 again’.
He earned the nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award in 2007 & 2009 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for ‘Weeds‘. He was also nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film- Young Ensemble Cast for his role in ‘Sleepover‘, in the year 2005. He was the winner of the Best Actor Award at the Method Fest- 2005 in the category of Feature Film for his role in ‘Steal Me’.
Role in Weeds
Hunter Parrish is playing “Silas Botwin” in ‘Weeds’ tv show. He is the eldest of the two children, of Nancy Botwin. His father’s death was a great trauma to him and he took it out on his family. He is impulsive and extremely naïve, but he acts as though he knows everything. He has gone through several break-ups and harasses his mother about her job. Afterwards, he decides to join the business of drug dealing.
