Graham McTavish Biography

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

Early life

McTavish was born 4 January 1961 in Glasgow, Scotland to Alec and Ellen McTavish. Alec was a politically active person, and political discourse was common in the McTavish household. The family left Glasgow when McTavish was a child. During the course of his life, he lived in Canada, England and Scotland before settling in New Zealand. McTavish's parents were both deceased by some point prior to 2014.

Career

Early in his career, McTavish did theatre work at the Dundee Rep with colleagues that included Jimmy Logan and Robert Robertson.

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.

McTavish is also provided Additional Voices for What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Heavenly Sword, Quantum of Solace, Call of Duty: Black Ops and Star Wars: The Old Republic.

McTavish appeared in the 2011 film The Wicker Tree, Robin Hardy's sequel to his 1973 film, The Wicker Man and played Dwalin in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy.

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

In April 2014 McTavish was the 17th Grand Marshall of New York City's Tartan Day Parade.

McTavish plays the Saint of Killers in the AMC TV series Preacher, having debuted in that role in the series' second episode, "See", in June 2016.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1988	Freedom Fighter	Guards	TV movie
1988	For Queen & Country	Lieutenant
1989	Erik the Viking	Thangbrand
1996	The Wind in the Willows	Drunken Weasel	Voice
1997	King Lear: A Critical Guide	Albany	Video documentary short
1997	Julius Caesar: A Critical Guide	Brutus / Himself - Presenter	Video documentary short
1998	Macbeth	Banquo	TV movie
1998	Merlin: The Quest Begins	Rengal
1999	King Lear	Duke of Albany
2000	The Stretch	Andy McKinley	TV movie
2001	Red Cap	Chris Davies	TV Movie
2002	Ali G Indahouse	Police Officer - Customs
2003	Dot the i	Detective
2003	Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Submarine Captain
2004	King Arthur	Roman Officer
2004	D-Day 6.6.1944	Group Capt. James Stagg	TV movie
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 Sixth Gun	Silas Hedgepet	TV movie
2013	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Dwalin
2014	Plastic	Steve Dawson
2014	Realiti	Mandrake
2014	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Dwalin
2015	Creed	Tommy Holiday
2016	The Finest Hours	Frank Fauteux

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	Noel Fredericks	1 episode
2004	Murphy's Law	Al Leyton	1 episode
2005	What's New, Scooby Doo?	Additional voices	Voice, 1 episode
2005	Empire	General Rapax	6 episodes
2005	Rome	Urbo	2 episodes
2005-2006	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, 5 episodes
2016	Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness	Kim	Voice, 1 episode
2014-2016	Outlander	Dougal MacKenzie	Main cast
2015	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Savanti Romero	Voice, 1 episode
2016	Preacher	The Saint of Killers	Main cast

Video games

Year	Video game	Role	Notes
2006	Killzone: Liberation	HGH Support, HGH Generic, HGH Infantry
2006	Medieval II: Total War	Additional voices
2006	Lost Planet: Extreme Condition	NEVEC Orbital Elevator Operator
2007	Heavenly Sword	Additional Voices
2007	Operation Darkness	Oskar Dirlewanger
2008	Lost Planet: Colonies	NEVEC Orbital Elevator Operator
2008	Quantum of Solace	Additional Voices
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 Alighieri
2010	Metro 2033	Khan
2010	Transformers: War for Cybertron	Thundercracker
2010	Singularity	Viktor Barisov
2010	Call of Duty: Black Ops	Additional Voices
2011	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution	Imperial Guard Vehicles / Guardsman
2011	SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs	ClawHammer Soldier 2 / US Commander
2011	Hunted: The Demon's Forge	Caddoc
2011	Infamous 2	Joseph Bertrand III
2011	Ace Combat: Assault Horizon	Ivan Stagleishov
2011	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception	Charlie Cutter, Zoran Lazarevic
2011	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
2011	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Additional Voices
2012	Assassin's Creed III	Dr. Benjamin Church
2015	The Order: 1886	Sebastian Malory / Sir Percival
2016	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End	Charlie Cutter, Zoran Lazarevic	Multiplayer Only