Marcus Graham

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Marcus Graham
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Born
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active1986–present
Family Ron Graham (father)
Awards AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama

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 .

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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. [1]

He graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 1983, before making his professional acting debut in 1986.[ citation needed ]

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 ]

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 . [2]

2006 saw him win an Australian Film Institute award for a guest role on the Channel 7 drama Blue Heelers . [3]

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 , [4] 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 ]

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. [5] [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 Dangerous Game JackFeature film
1992 Mad Bomber in Love FranklinFeature film
1993A Divinity of SortsRock ManagerShort film
1993 Ratbag Hero UncreditedTV film
1993 Crimetime Feature film
1994 Point of No Return Grady / ChristianTV series
1997The Last EmbraceBartender
1997 Good Guys, Bad Guys: Only the Young Die GoodElvis MaginnisTV film
1998JusticeBobby LewisFeature film
1998Three Chords and a WardrobeNickShort film
1999 Secret Men's Business Michael SchofieldTV film
2000 Mulholland Drive Mr. DarbyFeature film
2000Green SailsWill PattersonTV film
2001NicolasNicolasFeature film
2003 Horseplay Max MacKendrickFeature film
2004RollAlexTV film
2004 Josh Jarman Josh JarmanFeature film
2004CoolStephenShort fim
2007 Spike Up Tolly ManditisShort film
2007 Blackjack: Ghosts Harry SearleTV film
2008 Three Blind Mice JohnFeature film
2008Burley!Ricko (voice)Short film
2009Clearing the AirDadShort film
2011 Snobs TherapistTV film
2011Blockhouse Blues and the Elmore BeastJimmy TwiceFeature film
2012The Last MatchBarry BlusterShort film
2013WormUncle CraigShort film
2015 Holding the Man Doctor SamFeature film
2015Off RecordMichaelShort film
2016Woman with an Editing BenchBoris ShumyatskyShort film
2016Cold HeartsConvictShort film
2017 Rip Tide FarrietFeature film
2019Calliope's PreludeShort film
2021This Should be BannedBarryShort film
2022These Futures Are Not InevitableJohnVideo
TBAMyall Creek Day of JusticeGeorge GippsIn production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 A Fortunate Life Miniseries, 1 episode
1990 Shadows of the Heart Vic HanlonMiniseries, 2 episodes
1990 The Flying Doctors Ted PatersonTV series, 1 episode
1991 Chances Alex TaylorTV series, 1 episode
1991 G.P. Sean BraceyTV series, 2 episodes
1989–93 E Street Stanley "Wheels" KovacTV series, 108 episodes
1994 The Battlers The BuskerMiniseries
1994 Halifax f.p. Vinnie GeralitisTV series, 1 episode
1995 Blue Murder Allan WilliamsTV series, 2 episodes
1997–98 Good Guys, Bad Guys Elvis MaginnisTV series, 26 episodes
1998 Sins of the City Vince KarolTV series, 3 episodes
2000 Charmed Dragon WarlockTV 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 BondTV series, 1 episode
2007 Stupid, Stupid Man JamesTV series, 1 episode
2007Game HeadSelfTV series, 2 episodes
2007–08Championship Gaming Series North American LeagueHostTV series, 8 episodes
2008CGS LiveHostTV series, 1 episode
2008 Time Trackers KevinTV series, 3 episodes
2008 Underbelly Lewis CaineTV series, 5 episodes
2011 Laid TellyTV series, 2 episodes
2011 City Homicide Michael LombardiTV series, 4 episodes
2011 SLiDE PatrickTV series, 1 episode
2011 Crownies Danny NovakTV series, 4 episodes
2011–14 Home and Away Harvey Ryan Regular role, 228 episodes
2014 Janet King Danny NovakTV series, 2 episodes
2015 Hiding Nils VadenbergTV series, 8 episodes
2016–21 Jack Irish Rob ShandTV series, 4 episodes
2017 House of Bond Michael WilliamsMiniseries, 2 episodes
2017 Cleverman Stephen McIntyreTV series, 11 episodes
2018 Picnic at Hanging Rock TomasettiMiniseries, 6 episodes
2019 Secret City Andrew GriffithsTV series, 12 episodes
2019 Reef Break DaxTV series, 1 episode
2019 The Heights PavTV series, season 1, 30 episodes
2021Lost for WordsSeifMiniseries
2025 Darby and Joan Dermot LincolnTV series: 1 episode
Ten Pound Poms Benny BatesTV series: 5 episodes
TBAZombie TherapyTV series, in production

Writing/directing

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997The Plastic GangsterWriter / directorShort film
2018ParkedDirectorShort film
2021This Should Be Banned!Writer / directorShort film
2021Dream Big Little OneWriter / director / producerDocumentary film
2023Digital SkinWriter / director / producerShort film
2023I AmWriter / producer
TBAFiveK RadiusDirector / producerFeature film, in production
TBAThe McKenzie Sunshine ShowDirector / producerKids TV series, in development

Theatre

As actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 Biloxi Blues Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane
1987The Rivers of ChinaWayne Shute The Wharf Theatre
1988The Heartbreak Kid Cremorne Theatre & Stables Theatre, Sydney
1989 A Midsummer Night's Dream Sydney Opera House
1990 / 1992 Love Letters Andrew Makepeace Ladd III Sydney Opera House
1991 Henry IV, Part 1 Sydney Olympic Park & Blackfriars Theatre, Sydney
1992 Antony and Cleopatra Blackfriars Theatre, Sydney
1992 The Rocky Horror Show Frank-N-Furter Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide
1993Tourmaline Black Swan Theatre Company for Perth Festival at PICA
1993 The Shaughraun Conn the ShaughraunSuncorp Theatre, Brisbane
1994 A Midsummer Night's Dream Demetrius Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
1995 The Shaughraun Conn the Shaughraun Playhouse, Melbourne & Sydney Opera House
1995 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Glen Street Theatre
1995 American Buffalo Seymour Centre
1996 The Rocky Horror Show Frank-N-Furter Lyric Theatre & Newcastle Civic Theatre
1996 The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Brutus Playhouse, Melbourne
2001 Three Days of Rain Sydney Theatre Company
2001 The Seagull Playhouse, Melbourne
2001 The White Devil Brachiano Sydney Theatre Company at Brooklyn Academy of Music
2002 The Glass Menagerie Sydney Theatre Company
2003 Les Liaisons Dangereuses Le Vicomte de Valmont Playhouse, Melbourne
2002–04 The Blue Room Melbourne Theatre Company, Theatre Royal, Sydney, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth & Lyric Theatre
2004 A Number Brisbane Powerhouse & Space Theatre, Adelaide
2004–05 Twelve Angry Men Juror 8 Arts Project Australia & Adrian Bohm at QPAC, Sydney Theatre & Melbourne Athenaeum
2005 Zastrozzi, The Master of Discipline Zastrozzi Black Swan Theatre Company for Perth Festival
2005 Oedipus The King Oedipus Playhouse, QPAC
2005 Love Letters Andrew Makepeace Ladd III Parade Theatre
2006It Just Stopped Malthouse Theatre
2007 Othello IagoOrange Civic Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Melbourne & The Playhouse, Civic Square
2007 Moliere's Tartuffe Tartuffe Malthouse Theatre
2008 The 39 Steps Richard Hannay Geelong Performing Arts Centre & Playhouse, Melbourne
2009Secret Bridesmaid's BusinessGuest Groom Playhouse, Melbourne
2009 Jerry Springer: The Opera Special Guest Star Sydney Opera House
2009 Pericles Pericles Bell Shakespeare Company at Playhouse, Melbourne & Sydney Opera House
2009 God of Carnage Alan Reille Sydney Opera House
2009 Julius Caesar Wharf Theatre
2010 That Face Hugh Belvoir St Theatre
2010 Macbeth Macbeth Queensland Theatre Company, QUT Festival Theatre, Powerhouse for Brisbane Festival
2011 The Fastest Clock in the Universe Host/Reader Chapel Off Chapel
2013The Bebop ApocalypseSeriousboys & 107 Projects at Darlinghurst Theatre
2013 Angels in America Roy Cohn Belvoir St Theatre & Theatre Royal
2014 Noises Off Lloyd Dallas Sydney Opera House
2014 Hedda Gabler Judge Brack Belvoir St Theatre
2014 Emerald City Mike Griffin Theatre Company at SBW Stables Theatre
2017 Cabaret Ernst LudwigThe Kit Kat Club at Hayes Theatre Co & Melbourne Athenaeum

As director

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Greek DirectorPunk's Palace Theatre at Brisbane Powerhouse
2013 Glengarry Glen Ross DirectorSerious Boys Theatre at Darlinghurst Theatre
2013The Bebop ApocalypseDirectorSeriousboys & 107 Projects at Darlinghurst Theatre

Awards and nominations

As actor

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
1990 Logie Awards Most Popular New Talent E Street Nominated
1992 Logie Awards Most Popular Actor E Street Nominated
1997 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Lead Actor in Television Drama Good Guys, Bad Guys Nominated
2003 Mo Awards Best Male Actor in a Play The Blue Room Won
2005 Matilda Awards Interactive Theatre Australia Award for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Lead Role Oedipus the King Nominated
2006 Helpmann Awards Best Male Actor in a Play Oedipus the King Nominated
2006 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama Blue Heelers Won
2013 Sydney Theatre Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Mainstage Production Angels in America Nominated
2014 Sydney Theatre Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Mainstage Production Hedda Gabler Nominated
2014 The Equity Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Home and Away Nominated
2019 The Equity Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Miniseries Picnic at Hanging Rock Nominated

As filmmaker

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2021New York International Film AwardsBest Documentary Feature – Grand Jury PrizeDream Big Little OneWon
2021ONIROS Film AwardsDream Big Little OneWon
2021The Southern California International Film FestivalBest DirectorDream Big Little OneWon
2021The Southern California International Film FestivalBest Feature FilmDream Big Little OneWon
2021The Southern California International Film FestivalBest DocumentaryDream Big Little OneWon
2021New York Movie AwardsBest DocumentaryDream Big Little OneNominated
2021Madcap Comedy International Short Film FestivalBest ScriptThis Should Be Banned!Won

References

  1. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: E Street star Marcus Graham opens up on his Hollywood heartbreak". 2 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Underbelly – Home Page Archived 15 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Australian Film Institute, Past Winners, Television 1986-2006 Archived 28 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Graham gets dangerous, The Age, 22 December 2003
  5. ↑ https://aifilms.studio [ bare URL ]
  6. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: E Street star Marcus Graham opens up on his Hollywood heartbreak". 2 July 2023.
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