Currie Graham

{{Short description|Canadian stage, film and television actor}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Currie Graham

| image = Currie Graham.jpg

| caption = Graham at The Thrilling Adventure and Supernatural Suspense Hour in 2009

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|2|26}}

| birth_place = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/31/Currie-Graham.html |title=Currie Graham Biography (1967-) |website=FilmReference.com}}

| years_active = 1988—present

| occupation = Actor

| children = 1

| spouse =

}}

Currie Graham (born February 26, 1967{{Cite news |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2012/02/26/feb-26-celebrity-birthdays-2/ |title=Feb. 26 celebrity birthdays |newspaper=The Orange County Register |date=February 26, 2012 |access-date=October 2, 2023 |quote=Actor Currie Graham ... is 45.}}) is a Canadian stage, film and television actor. While primarily recognized as a TV actor, he has numerous film credits, including the action thrillers Rancid and Assault on Precinct 13.

Early life and education

Graham grew up in Ontario, Canada. Currie is his mother's maiden name.{{Cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/currie-graham/bio/3030438718/ |title=Currie Graham Biography |website=TV Guide}} He attended Algonquin Public School and Maynard Public School. His family relocated from Algonquin, Ontario to Cardinal, Ontario. He attended South Grenville District High School in Prescott, Ontario. He studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City.

Film and TV work

Currie may be best known for playing Lt. Thomas Bale, the micromanaging detective squad commander in the final season of the TV program NYPD Blue, having earlier made an appearance in season 4 playing a small-time criminal. His other regular starring TV appearances include the final season of the TV program Suddenly Susan as the male lead/romantic interest Nate Knaborski.

Graham has established a career in television via multiple guest-starring roles, including recurring roles in House as the husband of Dr. House's ex-girlfriend Stacy (Sela Ward), The Mentalist as Walter Mashburn, Weeds as Vince, 24 as Ted Cofell, Boston Legal as ADA Frank Ginsberg, Desperate Housewives as Lynette Scavo's boss, Ed Ferrara, Criminal Minds as Viper, in the episode titled "52 Pickup" and in Men in Trees as Supervisor Richard Ellis, the romantic interest of local chief of police Celia Bachelor. Other guest appearances include Over There (Season 1, Episode 10) as Corporal Shaver, and roles on the TV programs Judging Amy, Patrick Lehane on the TV mini-series Would Be Kings and CSI. Graham also appeared in one episode of ER.

At the 19th Gemini Awards in 2004, Graham received a nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role for his portrayal of Constable Robert Cross in the 2003 TV film Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story.

In 2008, he appeared as IOA agent James Marrick in the direct-to-DVD film Stargate: The Ark of Truth, a film conclusion of the Stargate SG-1 television franchise. He previously starred as Nick Balco in the TNT series Raising the Bar. Previously, he has appeared in the pilot episode of Brimstone as Det. William Kane, in the Season 4 premiere of Private Practice alongside French Stewart, and had a recurring role in Dallas.{{cite web |first=Natalie |last=Abrams |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/currie-graham-french-1021061/ |title=Exclusive: Currie Graham, French Stewart to Guest-Star on Private Practice |work=TV Guide |date=July 27, 2010}}

Currie has appeared in a handful of films. His credits include minor roles in Hitchcock (2012) and the 2012 remake of Total Recall, as well as a supporting role in Pompeii (2014).

In 2015, he appeared as Mike Sherman in an episode of Mad Men. In 2016, he appeared as Calvin Chadwick in season two of Agent Carter.{{Cite magazine |first=Natalie |last=Abrams |title=Agent Carter casts Whitney Frost and more season 2 additions |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/09/agent-carter-whitney-frost-season-2-spoilers |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=2016-02-21 |date=October 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010230209/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/09/agent-carter-whitney-frost-season-2-spoilers |archive-date=October 10, 2015}} In 2016, he joined the cast of the HBO series Westworld. He also appeared in USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage as the prosecutor in Captain McVay's court martial. In 2018, he had a recurring role as Ben McRee, a longtime friend of the titular character in The Rookie.{{Cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Scoop-Coming-Up-on-a-New-Episode-of-THE-ROOKIE-on-ABC-Tuesday-November-20-2018-20181105 |title=Scoop: Coming Up on a New Episode of The Rookie on ABC - Tuesday, November 20, 2018 |website=BroadwayWorld |date=November 5, 2018 |access-date=November 23, 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123052932/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Scoop-Coming-Up-on-a-New-Episode-of-THE-ROOKIE-on-ABC-Tuesday-November-20-2018-20181105 |archive-date=November 23, 2018}} In 2022 he had a recurring role in the Amazon Prime Video series Reacher as the villain Kliner Sr.{{Cite web |url=https://press.amazonstudios.com/us/en/cast/currie-graham/1229 |title=Currie Graham |website=Amazon Studios}}

Filmography

=Films=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1993

| Money for Nothing

| Dunleavy

|

1994

| Amateur

| Video store clerk

|

1994

| Trust in Me

| Dylan Gray

|

1996

| Portraits of a Killer

| Wade Simms

|

1997

| One of Our Own

| Detective Peter La Pierre

|

1999

| data-sort-value="Arrangement, The" | The Arrangement

| Detective Peter La Pierre

|

1999

| Black Light

| Larry Avery

|

2002

| Edge of Madness

| Dr. Jenkins

|

2002

| Hip, Edgy, Sexy, Cool

|

|

2002

| Angels Crest

| Richard

|

2004

| Rancid

| Crispin Klein

|

2005

| Assault on Precinct 13

| Mike Kahane

|

2008

| Stargate: The Ark of Truth

| IOA agent James Marrick

|

2010

| Henry's Crime

| Simon

|

2012

| Hitchcock

| PR flack

|

2014

| Cabin Fever: Patient Zero

| Dr. Edwards

|

2014

| Kiss Me

| Dr. Craig

|

2014

| Pompeii

| Bellator

|

2016

| Havenhurst

| Mike

|

2016

| USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

| Captain Ryan

|

2017

| Blackmail

| Bollinger

|

2018

| My Million Dollar Mom

| Governor Ritter

| Short film

2021

| Born a Champion

| Burchman

|

2024

| Homestead

| Blake Masterson

|

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1992

| rowspan="2"|Law & Order

| Mitchell Burkitt

| Episode: "Star Struck"

2022

| Kyle Swanson

| Episode: "Wicked Game"

1993

| Survive the Night

| Ice

| Television film

1994

| Hostage for a Day

| Hondo

| Television film

1994

| Lonesome Dove: The Series

| Deserter

| Episode: "Duty Bound"

1995

| Falling for You

| Detective Colton

| Television film

1996

| data-sort-value="Stranger to Love, A" | A Stranger to Love

| Jimmy

| Television film

1997

| ER

| James

| Episode: "The Long Way Around"

1997

| data-sort-value="Big Easy, The" | The Big Easy

| Ted Rogers

| Episode: "Son O' McSwain"

1998

| Pacific Blue

| Chad Brancato

| Episode: "House Party"

1998

| Players

| Roy "Jericho" Hallicky

| Episode: "Con-tamination"

1998

| Brimstone

| Detective William Kane

| Episode: "Altar Boys"

1998

| L.A. Doctors

| Jay Johnson

| Episode: "Classic Evan"

1999–2000

| Suddenly Susan

| Nate Knaborski

| 22 episodes

1999

| Behind the Mask

| Geller

| Television film

1999

| data-sort-value="Wonder Cabinet, The" | The Wonder Cabinet

| Dr. Kevin Spitz

| Television film

1999

| Strange World

| Malcolm Baine

| Episode: "Aerobe"

2001

| Philly

| Hank Tyler

| Episode: "Tempus Fugitive"

2001

| CSI

| Stanley Hunter

| Episode: "Caged"

2002

| Judging Amy

| Mr. Simmons

| Episode: "Boston Terriers from France"

2002

| 24

| Ted Cofell

| 2 episodes

2002

| data-sort-value="Division, The" | The Division

| Peter Sarkin

| Episode: "Welcome Home"

2002

| Witchblade

| Carl Dalack

| Episode: "Nailed"

2002

| Body & Soul

| Dr. Quinten Bremmer

| Main cast

2003

| Peacemakers

| Linus Turrow

| Episode: "Bad Company"

2003

| Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story

| Constable Robert Cross

| Television film

2003

| data-sort-value="Handler, The" | The Handler

| George

| Episode: "Hardcore"

2003

| These Guys

| Tom

| Television film

2003

| 111 Gramercy Park

| Ken Wilton

| Television film

2004

| Threat Matrix

| Agent Daley

| Episode: "Extremist Makeover"

2004

| Monk

| Harold Maloney

| Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Missing Granny"

2004

| CSI: Miami

| Robert Mackenzie

| Episode: "Money for Nothing"

2004

| data-sort-value="Practice, The" | The Practice

| Sheldon Modry

| Episode: "The Firm"

2004

| data-sort-value="Drew Carey Show, The" | The Drew Carey Show

| Russell

| Episode: "Straight Eye for the Queer Guy"

2004–2005

| NYPD Blue

| Lieutenant Thomas Bale

| Main role (season 12)

2005–2006

| House

| Mark Warner

| 4 episodes

2005

| Over There

| Corporal Shaver

| Episode: "Suicide Rain"

2005–2008

| Boston Legal

| ADA Frank Ginsberg

| 9 episodes

2005–2007

| Desperate Housewives

| Ed Ferrara

| 9 episodes

2006

| Augusta, Gone

| John

| Television film

2006

| CSI

| Willy Cutler

| 2 episodes

2006

| data-sort-value="Accidental Witness, The" | The Accidental Witness

| Victor Sandeman

| Television film

2006

| A.K.A.

| Captain Mayhew

| Television film

2007

| By Appointment Only

| Jake Brenner

| Television film

2007

| Elijah

| Gary Filmon

| Television film

2007–2008

| Men in Trees

| Supervisor Richard Ellis

| 10 episodes

2008

| Criminal Minds

| Viper

| Episode: "52 Pickup"

2008

| Would Be Kings

| Patrick Lehane

| Television miniseries (2 episodes)

2008

| data-sort-value="Capture of the Green River Killer, The" | The Capture of the Green River Killer

| Captain Norwell

| Television film

2008–2009

| Raising the Bar

| Nick Balco

| 25 episodes

2009

| Ghost Whisperer

| Rick Hartman

| Episode: "Thrilled to Death"

2009

| Lie to Me

| Eric Kuransky

| Episode: "Undercover"

2010

| Castle

| Stanford Raynes

| Episode: "Wrapped Up in Death"

2010

| data-sort-value="Mentalist, The" | The Mentalist

| Walter Mashburn

| 2 episodes

2010

| {{Sortname|The|Closer|The Closer}}

| Paul Ryder

| Episode: "The Big Bang"

2010

| Weeds

| Vince

| Episode: "A Yippity Sippity"

2010

| Dark Blue

| Jack Sutton

| Episode: "Home Sweet Home"

2010

| Private Practice

| Ryan Mason

| Episode: "Take Two"

2010

| Smoke Screen

| Raley Gannon

| Television film

2011

| Fairly Legal

| John Marsden

| Episode: "Believers"

2011

| Chaos

| Congressman Fuller

| Episode: "Song of the North"

2011

| Law & Order: LA

| Max Hearn

| 2 episodes

2011

| Suits

| Judge Donald Pearl

| Episode: "Errors and Omissions"

2011

| Grimm

| Frank Rabe

| Episode: "Bears Will Be Bears"

2012

| Fringe

| Jim Mallum

| Episode: "Forced Perspective"

2012

| NCIS: Los Angeles

| Agent Roger Clarke

| Episode: "Partners"

2012

| Harry's Law

| Detective Lance Johnson

| Episode: "The Whole Truth"

2012

| data-sort-value="Exes, The" | The Exes

| Brett

| Episode: "Three Men and a Maybe"

2012

| Drop Dead Diva

| Simon Grundy

| Episode: "Lady Parts"

2012

| Arrow

| Derek Reston / King

| Episode: "Legacies"

2012–16

| House of Lies

| Grant Stevens

| 5 episodes

2013

| data-sort-value="Glades, The" | The Glades

| Pruitt Wolcott

| Episode: "Shot Girls"

2013

| Franklin & Bash

| ADA Kirk

| Episode: "Freck"

2013

| Grey's Anatomy

| Greg

| Episode: "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"

2014

| Dallas

| Stanley "Stan" Babcock

| 3 episodes

2014–2016

| Murder in the First

| Mario Siletti

| 32 episodes

2014

| Saving Hope

| Dr. Thor MacLeod

| Episode: "Days of Heaven"

2015–2017

| Longmire

| Kevin Morris

| 3 episodes

2015

| Mad Men

| Mike Sherman

| Episode: "The Milk and Honey Route"

2016

| Agent Carter

| Calvin Chadwick

| 7 episodes

2016–2018

| Westworld

| Craig

| Episode: "The Original"
Episode: "The Riddle of the Sphinx"

2016

| Noches con Platanito

| Himself

| 1 episode

2017

| Chicago P.D.

| Todd Smith

| Episode: "Home"

2017

| Ten Days in the Valley

| Henry Vega

| 5 episodes

2018

| Kevin (Probably) Saves the World

| Glenn Peyton (voice)
Barry

| Episode: "Caught White-Handed"
Episode: "The Right Thing"

2018–2021

| data-sort-value="Rookie, The" | The Rookie

| Ben McRee

| 7 episodes

2018

| data-sort-value="Detectives, The" | The Detectives

| Detectives Sergeant Greg Brown

| Episode: "The Walk Home"

2019

| Blue Bloods

| Liam Norris

| Episode: "Ripple Effect"

2019

| Project Blue Book

| Susie's associate

| 5 episodes

2019

| Titans

| Stuart

| Episode: "Faux Hawk"

2020

| Emergence

| Government agent

| 2 episodes

2020

| Cardinal

| Neil Cuthbert

| 4 episodes

2022

| Reacher

| Kliner Sr.

| 4 episodes

2023

| 1923

| Chadwick Benton

| 2 episodes

=Web=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

scope="row" | 2012

| House of Lies: Fridays at Galweather

| Grant Stevens

| Episode: "Sexual Harassment"

scope="row" | 2015

| Con Man

| Emcee

| Episode: "Baby Boom"

References

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