 His two older brothers have also acted in several Irish and British television productions.During an interview with "Flicks and the City", Parkinson also mentioned that he was not allowed by his parents to watch "Game of Thrones" due to its R18 content, apart from a few scenes that were related to him.In a later interview published in the "New Zealand Herald" on 7 April 2015, Parkinson admitted that he was put-off watching "Game of Thrones" after seeing a three-year-old child getting his throat slit in one episode.