Graham McTavish

Graham McTavish

McTavish at the 2014 Comic-Con International
Born 4 January 1961
Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation Actor, voice actor
Years active 1986–present

Graham McTavish (born 4 January 1961) is a Scottish television and film actor and voice actor.

Life and career

McTavish was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He played the character Warden Ackerman in Red Dwarf in five episodes of series 8. McTavish has also had many supporting roles in British dramas and films such as Casualty, Jekyll, The Bill, Taggart and Sisterhood. He also played the ill-tempered Mercenary Commander Lewis in Rambo, had a role as Desmond's drill sergeant in the fourth season of Lost, starred in Ali G Indahouse as a Customs Officer and played a Russian pirate in NCIS. He played Ferguson in 4 episodes of season 4 of Prison Break. He has also starred in the film Green Street 2 which was released on 23 March 2009. McTavish provided the voice and motion capture work for the evil psychopath war criminal Zoran Lazarevic in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, the voice of the main protagonist Dante Alighieri in Dante's Inferno, Restoration leader Commander Lucius in the Shadow Complex video game, and the Decepticon Thundercracker in Transformers: War for Cybertron. He played Russian Foreign Minister Mikhail Novakovich in the eighth season of 24, and did voice work as the Marvel Comics villain Loki in Hulk Vs. Thor and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. In 2011, McTavish also provided the voices of antagonist Joseph Bertrand III in Infamous 2 and newcomer Charlie Cutter in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.

Most recently, McTavish appeared in the 2011 film The Wicker Tree, Robin Hardy's sequel to his 1973 film, The Wicker Man. He plays Dwalin in the The Hobbit films.

In September 2013, it was announced that McTavish had been cast as Dougal Mackenzie in the upcoming television series Outlander for the American television channel Starz. The series is an adaption of the bestselling novels by author Diana Gabaldon.[1] The series premiered on August 9, 2014 to rave reviews from critics and audiences alike.[2]

Filmography

Graham McTavish listens to an audience question during his panel at the Calgary Expo 2015.

Films

Year Film Role Notes
1988 For Queen & Country Lieutenant
1989 Erik the Viking Thangbrand
1996 The Wind in the Willows Drunken Weasel Voice
1999 Macbeth Banquo
1998 Merlin: The Quest Begins Rengal
1999 King Lear Duke of Albany
2003 Ali G Indahouse Police Officer
2003 dot the i Detective
2004 King Arthur Roman Officer
2008 Rambo Lewis
2008 Sisterhood Martin
2009 Hulk Vs. Loki Voice
2009 Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground Big Marc Turner
2009 Middle Men Ivan Sokoloff
2009 Penance Geeves
2009 Pandemic Captain Riley
2010 Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic Dante Voice
2010 Secretariat Earl Jansen
2011 Dead Space: Aftermath Captain Campbell Voice
2011 Colombiana Head Marshall Warren
2011 The Wicker Tree Sir Lachlan Morrison
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Dwalin
2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Dwalin
2014 Plastic Steve
2014 Realiti Mandrake
2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Dwalin
2015 The Finest Hours Frank Fauteux
2015 Creed Filming

Television

Year Programme Role Notes
1986 Return to Treasure Island Ned 1 episode
1996 Highlander: The Series Charlie 1 episode
1998–2005 Taggart Col. Ian Sinclair, Robin Caldwell 2 episodes
1998–2005 Casualty Gerry Talbot, George Naseby 6 episodes
1999 Red Dwarf Warden Ackerman 8 episodes
1999 Heartbeat Derek Flowers 1 episodes
2001 Doctors Paul Brookes 1 episode
2002 Celeb Steve 1 episode
2002 Rose and Maloney Jackson 1 episode
2002 Dinotopia Ajax 1 episode
2003 Rosemary & Thyme D.I. Taylor 1 episode
2003 The Last King Captain 2 episodes
2004 Murder City 1 episode
2004 Murphy's Law Al Leyton 1 episode
2005 What's New, Scooby Doo? Voice, 1 episode
2005 Empire General Rapax 6 episodes
2005 Rome Urbo 2 episodes
2005 The Bill Peter Larson 6 episodes
2006 Sharpe's Challenge McCrae 2 episodes
2007 New Tricks Jason Ferris 1 episode
2007 Jekyll Gavin Hardcastle 1 episode
2007 Numb3rs John Corcoran 1 episode
2007 NCIS Aleksei 1 episode
2007 The Royal Anthony Poole 1 episode
2007 Cane Neville 1 episode
2008 Lost Sergeant 1 episode
2008 CSI: Miami Mitch Davis 1 episode
2008 Pushing Daisies Hansel Von Getz 1 episode
2008 Prison Break Ferguson 4 episodes
2009 Wolverine and the X-Men Sebastian Shaw voice, 4 episodes
2009 Ghost Whisperer Gordon Bradley 1 episode
2010 24 Mikhail Novakovich 7 episodes
2010 The Good Guys Dolph 1 episode
2010–2011 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Loki Voice, 4 episodes
2014 Outlander Dougal MacKenzie

Video games

Year Video game Role
2006 Killzone: Liberation HGH Soldiers
2006 Medieval II: Total War Scottish Generals
2006 Lost Planet: Extreme Condition NEVEC Orbital Elevator Operator
2007 Heavenly Sword
2008 Lost Planet: Colonies NEVEC Orbital Elevator Operator
2008 Quantum of Solace
2009 Shadow Complex Commander Lucius
2009 Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Crimson
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Zoran Lazarevic
2009 Dragon Age: Origins Arl Eamon Guerrin, Vartag Gavorn
2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Archer
2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized
2009 The Saboteur Wilcox
2010 Dante's Inferno Dante
2010 Metro 2033
2010 Transformers: War for Cybertron Thundercracker
2010 Singularity Viktor Barisov
2011 Hunted: The Demon's Forge Caddoc
2011 Infamous 2 Joseph Bertrand III
2011 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Charlie Cutter
2011 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 MI6 Officer
2013 Assassin's Creed III Terry
2015 The Order: 1886 Sebastian Mallory

References

  1. Goldberg, Lesley. "Ron Moore's 'Outlander' Adds Pair to Cast". The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  2. McNeill Azar, Jessica (August 5, 2014). "Outlander: First Episode Review". The Huffington Post. Retrieved August 20, 2014.

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