Graham Skipper | |
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| Born | March 14, 1983 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
Graham Skipper is an American actor, director and screenwriter. [1] [2] He is best known for his roles as Herbert West in Re-Animator: The Musical , Seth Hampton in Almost Human , Zack Connors in The Mind's Eye , Gordon Hardesty in Beyond the Gates and for writing and directing the horror film Sequence Break. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Graham was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. He studied theatre at Fordham University, New York. He is a founding member of the comedy troupe FUCT. In 2011, he moved to Los Angeles for Stuart Gordon's stage adaptation of Re-Animator: The Musical. [7]
In 2017, his horror film Sequence Break, premiered at Fantasia International Film Festival, Chattanooga Film Festival and London FrightFest Film Festival. [8] [9] It also won Best Feature at the Chattanooga Film Festival. [10]
| Year | Film | ||||
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| Director | Writer | Producer | Notes | ||
| 2013 | Scratches | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 2015 | The Engagement Party | No | Yes | No | Television film |
| 2015 | The Mind's Eye | No | No | Yes | |
| 2016 | Space Clown | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2017 | Sequence Break | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2019 | Bliss | No | No | Yes |
As actor
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1996 | Late Bloomers | Avery Lumpkin | |
| 2012 | The Boring Life of Jacqueline | Russian Bath Customer | |
| 2012 | Story of the Eye | Georges | |
| 2013 | Almost Human | Seth Hampton | |
| 2013 | Criminal Minds | Danny Sterling | |
| 2013 | The Cartridge Family | Sergio | |
| 2013 | Sex Boss | Graham | |
| 2013 | Scratches | Jake | |
| 2014 | Suck It | Graham | |
| 2015 | The Engagement Party | Ben Irwin | |
| 2015 | The Resort | Peter | |
| 2015 | 20 Seconds to Live | Magician | |
| 2015 | Tales of Halloween | Cop / Hellman | |
| 2015 | Balloon | Climber | |
| 2015 | The Mind's Eye | Zack Connors | |
| 2015 | Dementia | Hendricks | |
| 2016 | Carnage Park | Peter W | |
| 2016 | The Devil's Dolls | Officer Doyle | |
| 2016 | Friends Effing Friends Effing Friends | Steve | |
| 2016 | Audition Girl | Sean | |
| 2016 | Beyond the Gates | Gordon Hardesty | |
| 2016 | Feeding Time | Dale | |
| 2016 | Space Clown | Graham | |
| 2017 | Downrange | Deputy | |
| 2018 | Bad Apples | Robert | |
| 2015-2018 | Suspense | H.P. Lovecraft / Fred Bancroft / Van Meter | |
| 2018 | All the Creatures Were Stirring | Max | |
| 2018 | Dementia Part II | ||
| 2019 | Bliss | Hadrian | |
| 2019 | In Search of Darkness | Himself | Documentary film |
| 2019 | VFW (film) | Roadie | |
| 2022 | Christmas Bloody Christmas | Mike | |
| 2023 | Suitable Flesh | Pathologist |
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