Birth name: Ian Graham Parks
Birthdate: September 21, 1984
From: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Job: Actor / Editor
Sexual orientation: Gay
Hello again! This week, I'm going to talk about this handsome bear; Ian Parks.
Hunky male Ian was born in Harrisburg. When he was eight, he would do community theater on a regular basis, starring in several plays and musicals, all the way through high school. A graduate at Temple University in Philadelphia, he receivied his Bachelor of Arts degree in Film and Media Art, where he almost completed a minor course in acting. After that, he moved to the sunny city of Los Angeles.
There, he would pursue his dream in working in the film industry. Between February 2008 to January 2009, he was a runner for ToyBox, an entertainment marketing agency that makes adverts for major Hollywood films. During that time, he also worked in the voice over booths, wrote equipment tutorials, trained new employees and fed the crew with BBQ's. After that, he became a freelance editor and cameraman.
In February 2012, Ian found an ad on Craigslist that was looking for an editor for a "gay comedy/mystery web-series". Ian contacted the person who wrote the ad, and after getting the job, he was also given the opportunity to play a role in the said web-series, where he would later become an essential addition to the cast. Filming started in April and ended in the same month. On August 1, the first episode of 'Where the Bears Are' was aired on YouTube.
The web series follows three gay bears (Nelson, Wood and Reggie) who live in L.A and are drawn into different murder investigations. Ian plays Todd "Hot Toddy" Stevens, a muscular handsome bear who later becomes Nelson's husband. The web-series is a success, named Best Gay Web Series of 2012 by both AfterElton.com and the LGBT blog Queerty. The web-series is now on it's seventh season, which will start airing episodes in August.
Other than that, he also did some other work in the film industry.
In 2013, he made his on-screen film debut as David, a bar patron in the indie thriller 'The Devil's in the Details'. He was also credited as the editor and digital imaging technician for the film.
In 2015, Ian worked as a production assistant for the pornographic video 'Jailbreak'. Ian himself isn't an adult film actor, as he prefers to work behind the camera rather than in front.
He is also working on a project of his own, though very little is said about it and is unconfirmed if the project will see the day of light.
But then all the attention came along. And it was hard for him to cope with. So to cope, he went to drugs and started taking crytsal meth. From when WTBA premiered in 2012 all the way to 2015, he took drugs every single day. Even though he had been taking other drugs prior to WTBA (including pot, crack, ecstasy, etc.), it was the crystal meth that almost destroyed his life. He would go to clubs and have sex with men, he had falling outs with his friends and family, he went in debt and he even had suicidal tendencies. But one day, after not having any money left to support himself, he got rid of the pipes, blocked all numbers that are associated with anyone that would get him back on meth and suddenly stopped taking the drug itself all together.
Ian finally started to get his life back on track. Slowly but surely, he reconciled with his friends and family and has opened up about his drug abuse on YouTube. Despite not going to AA or any support groups, Ian has managed to stay sober (from meth only) for over three years.
On the bright side of things, Ian is known to keep his personal life private, but in his spare time, he likes to go to the gym, maintaining his muscular hairy physique. He loves listening to classical rock music and his favourite ice cream is cookie dough. He also has a tattoo of a hand holding a microphone on his left shoulder blade. Ian once dated a guy named Brutus, but they are no longer together. Ian also dated someone else, though we know nothing about the lucky guy. See what I mean when he likes to keep his personal life private? Right now, he is currently single.
Ian has, unfortunately, come across people who'd steal his photos and pretend to be him. But he always finds these imposters and reports them. Over 200 times to be exact! Crazy, right?
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Hunky male Ian was born in Harrisburg. When he was eight, he would do community theater on a regular basis, starring in several plays and musicals, all the way through high school. A graduate at Temple University in Philadelphia, he receivied his Bachelor of Arts degree in Film and Media Art, where he almost completed a minor course in acting. After that, he moved to the sunny city of Los Angeles.There, he would pursue his dream in working in the film industry. Between February 2008 to January 2009, he was a runner for ToyBox, an entertainment marketing agency that makes adverts for major Hollywood films. During that time, he also worked in the voice over booths, wrote equipment tutorials, trained new employees and fed the crew with BBQ's. After that, he became a freelance editor and cameraman.
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| Ian Parks as Hot Toddy |
The web series follows three gay bears (Nelson, Wood and Reggie) who live in L.A and are drawn into different murder investigations. Ian plays Todd "Hot Toddy" Stevens, a muscular handsome bear who later becomes Nelson's husband. The web-series is a success, named Best Gay Web Series of 2012 by both AfterElton.com and the LGBT blog Queerty. The web-series is now on it's seventh season, which will start airing episodes in August.
Other than that, he also did some other work in the film industry.
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| Ian Parks as David |
In 2015, Ian worked as a production assistant for the pornographic video 'Jailbreak'. Ian himself isn't an adult film actor, as he prefers to work behind the camera rather than in front.
He is also working on a project of his own, though very little is said about it and is unconfirmed if the project will see the day of light.
Ian finally started to get his life back on track. Slowly but surely, he reconciled with his friends and family and has opened up about his drug abuse on YouTube. Despite not going to AA or any support groups, Ian has managed to stay sober (from meth only) for over three years.
Ian has, unfortunately, come across people who'd steal his photos and pretend to be him. But he always finds these imposters and reports them. Over 200 times to be exact! Crazy, right?
You can check him out by clicking the links below;
YouTube
just started watching where the bears are,funny too bad it was cancelled
ReplyDeleteWhen a show is cancelled, it is usually due to poor viewership or reviews. Also, they usually cancel a show without an ending. This web series did have an ending, thus it wasn't cancelled. The creators also said that it was time to end it. They never said they were cancelling the show. Also, I felt that the episode finale of the web series was very anticlimatic.
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