“If you go to the supermarket and buy a package of food and look at the photo on the front, the food never looks like that inside, does it? That is a fundamental lie we are sold every day.”

British actor and director

Martin Parr is a British actor and director, best known for his work in British theatre. He has built his reputation on stage work and directing, and is associated above all with theatre rather than screen performance. The available record does not give further biographical detail, so his public identity rests chiefly on those roles and the body of work that made his name familiar to theatre audiences.