Trey Parker

He married Emma Sugiyama in 2006. The marriage was short-lived and ended in 2008.

Currently, he is reported to be in a long-term relationship with Boogie Tilmon with whom he is expecting a child.

Parker is the son of a geologist father, Randy and an insurance broker mother, Sharon. He has one older sister, Shelley.

A creative child, he used to perform in his school’s talent shows. He began writing sketches as a sixth grader and developed a love for musical theatre as a teenager. He performed in ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ and even designed the sets for the community theater’s production of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’.

He graduated from the Evergreen High School and attended Berklee College of Music. He later went to the University of Colorado to study music and Japanese. While at the university he met Matt Stone who would later become his best friend and business collaborator.

Parker and Matt Stone began making animated movies while still at the university. They made ‘Jesus vs. Frosty’ using just construction paper, glue and an old film camera. The movie was premiered at a student film screening in 1992.

The duo wrote and directed an independent black comedy musical called ‘Cannibal! The Musical’ that was loosely based on the true story of Alfred Packer in 1993.

In 1995, they created another animated film called ‘Jesus vs. Santa’. The plot revolved around the adventures of four boys. The film was widely circulated on the internet and was spotted by the cable network Comedy Central which approached Parker and Stone to develop the ‘South park’ series.

The adult animated sitcom ‘South Park’ premiered on the Comedy Central television network in 1997. The show became famous for its crude language, sexual content and dark humour which were intended for a mature audience. The show became one of the channel’s highest rated shows.

The success of ‘South Park’ propelled the duo to co-write and produce a full length feature film based on the show. ‘South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut’, a musical comedy film, was released in 1999. The film was a critical as well as a commercial success and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for ‘Blame Canada’.

Parker is best known as the co-creator of the highly popular adult animated comedy series ‘South Park’. The series satirized a wide range of topics and won several awards and accolades, including numerous Primetime Emmy Awards.