Marcus Graham
{{Short description|Australian actor}}
{{Other people|Marcus Graham}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}}
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| birth_place = Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1986–present
| family = Ron Graham (father)
| awards = AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama
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Marcus Graham is an Australian film, television and stage actor, writer and director, with roles including Mulholland Drive and Josh Jarman. He was known as a teenage heartthrob in the early 1990s while starring in the Australian TV soap E Street as the character Stanley 'Wheels' Kovac He is also known for his role as Harvey Ryan in Home and Away
Early life and education
Marcus Graham was born in Perth, Western Australia, the son of English-Australian actor Ron Graham and Judy, a ballerina with the West Australian Ballet Company. His parents had separated by the time he was two.{{cite web | url=https://www.nowtolove.com.au/amp/celebrity/tv/marcus-graham-e-street-78129 | title=EXCLUSIVE: E Street star Marcus Graham opens up on his Hollywood heartbreak | date=2 July 2023 }}
He graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 1983, before making his professional acting debut in 1986.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
Career
Graham has worked extensively in Australian television, first achieving success in the early '90s as Stanley 'Wheels' Kovac in E Street. He went on to star as the lead in Good Guys, Bad Guys and also appeared in All Saints, Shadows of the Heart, The Secret Life of Us, the ABC comedy Stupid, Stupid Man, and the American drama series Charmed.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
Graham played the regular role of Harvey Ryan in the Channel 7 series Home and Away, and Pav in Season 1 of Australian drama The Heights. He has played Melbourne underworld figures in two Australian television dramas – Alan Williams in 1995's Blue Murder, and Lewis Caine in 2008's Underbelly.[http://www.underbellytv.com/ Underbelly – Home Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115072345/http://www.underbellytv.com/ |date=15 January 2008 }}
2006 saw him win an Australian Film Institute award for a guest role on the Channel 7 drama Blue Heelers.[http://www.afi.org.au/awards/pastwinners/Television%20Award%20Winners%201986-2006.pdf Australian Film Institute, Past Winners, Television 1986-2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128222933/http://www.afi.org.au/awards/pastwinners/Television%20Award%20Winners%201986-2006.pdf |date=28 November 2007 }}
Graham has also worked extensively in theatre throughout his career. Notable stage credits include The Rocky Horror Show (as Frank N Furter), Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Pericles,[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/19/1071337144879.html Graham gets dangerous, The Age, 22 December 2003] Twelve Angry Men, Othello, Oedipus the King, Macbeth and Hedda Gabler. He won a Mo Award for his starring role in The Blue Room opposite Sigrid Thornton.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
In 2019, Graham formed Ai Films Studio, for which (together with a business partner), he writes, directs and produces. His documentary feature Dream Big Little One has garnered awards at many international film festivals.[https://aifilms.studio]{{cite web | url=https://www.nowtolove.com.au/amp/celebrity/tv/marcus-graham-e-street-78129 | title=EXCLUSIVE: E Street star Marcus Graham opens up on his Hollywood heartbreak | date=2 July 2023 }}
Filmography
=Film=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
| 1987 | Dangerous Game | Jack | Feature film |
| 1992 | Mad Bomber in Love | Franklin | Feature film |
| 1993 | A Divinity of Sorts | Rock Manager | Short film |
| 1993 | Ratbag Hero | Uncredited | TV film |
| 1993 | Crimetime | Feature film | |
| 1994 | Point of No Return | Grady / Christian | TV series |
| 1997 | The Last Embrace | Bartender | |
| 1997 | Good Guys, Bad Guys: Only the Young Die Good | Elvis Maginnis | TV film |
| 1998 | Justice | Bobby Lewis | Feature film |
| 1998 | Three Chords and a Wardrobe | Nick | Short film |
| 1999 | Secret Men's Business | Michael Schofield | TV film |
| 2000 | Mulholland Drive | Mr. Darby | Feature film |
| 2000 | Green Sails | Will Patterson | TV film |
| 2001 | Nicolas | Nicolas | Feature film |
| 2003 | Horseplay | Max MacKendrick | Feature film |
| 2004 | Roll | Alex | TV film |
| 2004 | Josh Jarman | Josh Jarman | Feature film |
| 2004 | Cool | Stephen | Short fim |
| 2007 | Spike Up | Tolly Manditis | Short film |
| 2007 | Blackjack: Ghosts | Harry Searle | TV film |
| 2008 | Three Blind Mice | John | Feature film |
| 2008 | Burley! | Ricko (voice) | Short film |
| 2009 | Clearing the Air | Dad | Short film |
| 2011 | Snobs | Therapist | TV film |
| 2011 | Blockhouse Blues and the Elmore Beast | Jimmy Twice | Feature film |
| 2012 | The Last Match | Barry Bluster | Short film |
| 2013 | Worm | Uncle Craig | Short film |
| 2015 | Holding the Man | Doctor Sam | Feature film |
| 2015 | Off Record | Michael | Short film |
| 2016 | Woman with an Editing Bench | Boris Shumyatsky | Short film |
| 2016 | Cold Hearts | Convict | Short film |
| 2017 | Rip Tide | Farriet | Feature film |
| 2019 | Calliope's Prelude | Short film | |
| 2021 | This Should be Banned | Barry | Short film |
| 2022 | These Futures Are Not Inevitable | John | Video |
| TBA | Myall Creek Day of Justice | George Gipps | In production |
=Television=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
| 1986 | A Fortunate Life | Miniseries, 1 episode | |
| 1990 | Shadows of the Heart | Vic Hanlon | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1990 | | The Flying Doctors | Ted Paterson | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991 | Chances | Alex Taylor | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991 | G.P. | Sean Bracey | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1989–93 | E Street | Stanley "Wheels" Kovac | TV series, 108 episodes |
| 1994 | The Battlers | The Busker | Miniseries |
| 1994 | Halifax f.p. | Vinnie Geralitis | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | Blue Murder | Allan Williams | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1997–98 | Good Guys, Bad Guys | Elvis Maginnis | TV series, 26 episodes |
| 1998 | Sins of the City | Vince Karol | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2000 | Charmed | Dragon Warlock | TV series, season 2, episode 22: "Be Careful What You Witch For" |
| All Saints | TV series | ||
| The Secret Life of Us | TV series | ||
| 2006 | Blue Heelers | Pilgrim Bond | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2007 | Stupid, Stupid Man | James | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2007 | Game Head | Self | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2007–08 | Championship Gaming Series North American League | Host | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 2008 | CGS Live | Host | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2008 | Time Trackers | Kevin | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2008 | Underbelly | Lewis Caine | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 2011 | Laid | Telly | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2011 | City Homicide | Michael Lombardi | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 2011 | SLiDE | Patrick | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2011 | Crownies | Danny Novak | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 2011–14 | Home and Away | Harvey Ryan | Regular role, 228 episodes |
| 2014 | Janet King | Danny Novak | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Hiding | Nils Vadenberg | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 2016–21 | Jack Irish | Rob Shand | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 2017 | House of Bond | Michael Williams | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Cleverman | Stephen McIntyre | TV series, 11 episodes |
| 2018 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Tomasetti | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 2019 | Secret City | Andrew Griffiths | TV series, 12 episodes |
| 2019 | Reef Break | Dax | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2019 | The Heights | Pav | TV series, season 1, 30 episodes |
| 2021 | Lost for Words | Seif | Miniseries |
| TBA | Zombie Therapy | TV series, in production |
2025 "Ten Pound Poms" TV Series BBC season 2
=Writing/directing=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
| 1997 | The Plastic Gangster | Writer / director | Short film |
| 2018 | Parked | Director | Short film |
| 2021 | This Should Be Banned! | Writer / director | Short film |
| 2021 | Dream Big Little One | Writer / director / producer | Documentary film |
| 2023 | Digital Skin | Writer / director / producer | Short film |
| 2023 | I Am | Writer / producer | |
| TBA | FiveK Radius | Director / producer | Feature film, in production |
| TBA | The McKenzie Sunshine Show | Director / producer | Kids TV series, in development |
Theatre
=As actor=
=As director=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
| 2004 | Greek | Director | Punk's Palace Theatre at Brisbane Powerhouse |
| 2013 | Glengarry Glen Ross | Director | Serious Boys Theatre at Darlinghurst Theatre |
| 2013 | The Bebop Apocalypse | Director | Seriousboys & 107 Projects at Darlinghurst Theatre |
Awards and nominations
=As actor=
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| Year
! Award ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result |
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| 1990
| E Street | {{nom}} |
| 1992
| E Street | {{nom}} |
| 1997
| Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Lead Actor in Television Drama | {{nom}} |
| 2003
| Best Male Actor in a Play | {{won}} |
| 2005
| Interactive Theatre Australia Award for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Lead Role | {{nom}} |
| 2006
| {{nom}} |
| 2006
| | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama | {{won}} |
| 2013
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Mainstage Production | {{nom}} |
| 2014
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Mainstage Production | {{nom}} |
| 2014
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | {{nom}} |
| 2019
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Miniseries | {{nom}} |
=As filmmaker=
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| Year
! Award ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result |
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| 2021
| New York International Film Awards | Best Documentary Feature – Grand Jury Prize | Dream Big Little One | {{won}} |
| 2021
| ONIROS Film Awards | | Dream Big Little One | {{won}} |
| 2021
| The Southern California International Film Festival | Best Director | Dream Big Little One | {{won}} |
| 2021
| The Southern California International Film Festival | Best Feature Film | Dream Big Little One | {{won}} |
| 2021
| The Southern California International Film Festival | Best Documentary | Dream Big Little One | {{won}} |
| 2021
| New York Movie Awards | Best Documentary | Dream Big Little One | {{nom}} |
| 2021
| Madcap Comedy International Short Film Festival | Best Script | This Should Be Banned! | {{won}} |
References
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External links
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Australian people of English descent
Category:Australian male film actors
Category:Australian male television actors
Category:Male actors from Perth, Western Australia
Category:People educated at Mount Lawley Senior High School
Category:20th-century Australian male actors
Category:21st-century Australian male actors
Category:Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts alumni