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Randolph Severn 'Trey' Parker III (born October
19, 1969) is one of the creators of the television
series South Park.

==Biography==
Randolph Severn Parker the third (hence the
nickname) was born and raised in Conifer,
Colorado, he is the youngest child of Randy and
Sharon and has an older sister Shelley. Parker
attended West Jefferson Junior High and Evergreen
High in Colorado, where he was voted class clown. 

Parker went to Berklee College of Music in Boston
before transferring to the University of Colorado
in Boulder, where he met Matt Stone. He was
majoring in music, and with a goal to someday
score films, and took classes to learn more about
the film process. He made several animated shorts
including "American History" which won a Student
Academy Award, and "The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus
vs Frosty" with Stone. 

Parker's first film was a feature length film
about Alferd Packer, a Colorado miner who was the
only person convicted of cannibalism in United
States|America. A trailer was shot over the
summer, and was used to help raise enough funds to
shoot the film. “Alferd Packer, The Musical”
it was renamed "Cannibal! The Musical" when picked
up in 1996 for distribution by Troma began filming
during spring break in 1993. Family, friends and
fellow students all took part in the film.
Students who participated received intern credit,
except for Parker, who was kicked out of the
university due to excessive absences from working
on the film. 

Parker's college film caught the eye of Brian
Graden, a then FoxLab executive. In 1995, Graden
commissioned Trey and Matt to create a video
Christmas card based on their animated college
short. "The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus vs. Santa"
was the result -- a five minute short that
featured an uncensored Stan Marsh, Kyle
Broflovski, Eric Cartman and Kenny McCormick
watching Jesus and Santa battle it out for
ownership of the Yule holiday. One of the
recipients of the video rumored to be George
Clooney made several hundred copies, and the
animation became a must-see passed around
Hollywood and the internet. 

That same year, Parker created a pilot for FoxLab
called “Time Warped” -- a 'musical romp
through time' featuring a story about Aaron and
Moses. FoxLab felt the idea would work better as a
children's show so a new pilot, “Rom & Jul”
was made for FoxKids -- a Romeo & Juliet-esque
story about a Homo erectus and Australopithecus
who fall in love despite the conflict between
their species. FoxKids passed on the show. 

Parker wrote, directed and starred in his second
feature film "Orgazmo” in 1997, about a
wholesome Mormon who becomes a celebrity in Los
Angeles' adult film world. Due to the NC-17 rating
given by the MPAA, it did not have a wide release.


Parker and Stone were hired by Comedy Central to
create a show based on the animated characters
they created in college. Though it didn't test
well with audiences, Comedy Central decided to
pick it up for six episodes anyway. "South Park"
made its debut on 13 August 1997, and has now gone
on to be the highest rated original series in the
network's history. 

In 1998, Parker starred with Stone and Dian Bachar
in "BASEketball,” directed by David Zucker of
Airplane! and Naked Gun fame. The story follows a
group of friends who take their homemade game from
neighborhood driveways to the professional sports
world. 

In the summer of 1999, Parker and Stone released
their critically acclaimed feature length film,
"South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut," which was,
naturally, a musical. “Blame Canada,” a song
written by Parker and Marc Shaiman, was nominated
for Best Song at the Academy Awards. 

After a contract renegotiation in 2000, three more
seasons were added to South Park and Parker and
Stone had a deal to create a live action sitcom.
In 2001, "That's My Bush!" premiered -- a sitcom
that portrayed the Commander in Chief as the
lovable main character. It was not brought back
for a second season due to its high costs
(reportedly $700,000 per episode) and meager
ratings. Another contract negotiation in 2003
picked up South Park for a ninth season, with an
option to pick up a tenth. 

"Team America: World Police," the most recent
creation from the duo, is a 'puppet movie' about a
special police force dedicated to saving the world
from terrorists, and was recently released in
October 2004. 

Parker and his creative partner, Matt Stone, have
received criticism and acclaim from both sides of
the political spectrum, making them hard to pin
down politically, except that they display
irreverence for almost any authority figure.  The
term South Park Republican has been coined to
refer to those who claim that South Park reflects
a Republican, although non-traditional, viewpoint.
Historically, though, Parker has described himself
as "middle-ground".

Parker resides in the Los Angeles area and is
currently on hiatus from South Park, which resumes
its ninth season on Comedy Central on 19 October
2005.


 biography courtesy of http://treyparker.info 

==Miscellaneous Facts==
* Has blue eyes
* Is left handed
* Loves musicals
* Talented pianist
* Denver Broncos fan
* Has a cat named Jake
* Registered Libertarian
* Member of the band DVDA 
* Also credited as Juan Schwartz
* Has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do
* Owns homes in Seattle, WA and Kappa, HI
* Lived in Tennessee and Wyoming for a short time
as a child
* Formerly engaged to Liane Adamo, dated
Cannibal!: The Musical co-star Toddy Walters, and
has been linked with actress Lisa Faulkner and
model/actress Nichole Robinson -- currently
rumored to be dating Emma Sugiyama

 list courtesy of http://treyparker.info 

==Filmography==


===Collaborations with Matt Stone===
*Princess (2005? in Internet Flash
Animation|2005?): co-writer, voices, producer,
director.
*Team America: World Police (2004 in film|2004):
co-writer, voices, producer, director
*That's My Bush! (TV series, 2001 in
television|2001): co-creator, writer, executive
producer, theme composer and performer
*South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999 in
film|1999): voices, additional music and lyrics,
co-writer,  director
*BASEketball (1998 in film|1998): actor
*South Park (TV series, 1997 in
television|1997-present): co-creator, voices,
writer, additional music, director, executive
producer
*Orgazmo (1997 in film|1997): actor, co-writer,
director
*The Spirit of Christmas (Jesus vs. Santa, 1996;
Frosty vs. Santa, 1992)
*Cannibal! The Musical (1994 in film|1994): actor
(as Juan Schwartz), composer, co-writer, director

===Miscellaneous===
*American History, 1991 college animated short,
winner of a Student Academy Awards|Student Academy
Award
*"Even If You Don't" by Ween (music video, 2000)
*"The Giant Beaver of Southern Sri Lanka," during
the making of which he met Stone (also notable for
inspiring The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri
Lanka|a South Park episode).
* Princess, a two episode cartoon for
Shockwave.com that was deemed so offensive that
Shockwave refused to show it on their website.
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/princess.html

===Voices on South Park===
*Stan Marsh, his dad and his grandfather
*Eric Cartman|Cartman
*Clyde Donovan
*Recurring South Park characters#Craig|Craig and
his dad (episode 304). Also his mother.
*Herbert Garrison
*Mr. Hankey
*Recurring South Park_characters#Mr. Mackey|Mr.
Mackey
*Recurring South Park characters#Ms.
Choksondik|Miss Choksondik
*Recurring South Park characters#Timmy|Timmy
*Recurring South Park characters#Jimmy|Jimmy
*Recurring South Park characters#Gerald and Sheila
Brovlovski, and Ike|Kyle Schwartz
*Satan
*Various others