Graham McTavish: biography and filmography

Graham McTavish is a Scottish film and television actor who starred in projects such as Rambo IV, Hooligans 2, Repentance, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and others. In the article, we will take a closer look at the biography and career of this person.

Biography

Graham McTavish (photo below) was born in 1961 in Glasgow - the largest city in Scotland. His parents, Ellen and Alex McTavish, decided to move when he was ten years old. Thus, he managed to live in England, Canada and New Zealand, until he returned to his homeland, where he got a job at the Dundee Repertory Theater.

Treasure Island Thief

Since 1986, Graham became a member of a television show - starred in an episode of the adventure project "Return to Treasure Island." Two years later, he played the guardsman in Desmond Davis’s drama “Freedom Fighter” and the lieutenant in the thriller Martin Stellman “For the Queen and the Country” (1988). It was only in 1997 that he received one of the main roles in Jeremy Friston’s drama “Macbeth,” where he happened to play Lord Banco, a character in the famous Shakespeare tragedy.

In 1998, Graham McTavish appeared in David Winning's television movie Merlin: The First Magic, telling the story of a young wizard who was to fight evil in the future. In 2002, he received a small role in the psychological thriller Matthew Parkhill's "Points over i". A year later, he played the captain of the submarine in the adventure thriller Jan de Bont “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 2”. And he played the role of a Roman officer in the historical drama Antoine Fouquois “King Arthur” with Keira Knightley and Clive Owen in the lead roles.

Bullies, preacher and stranger

In 2006, Graham McTawish got a supporting role in Tom Clegg's two-part television film “Testing the Sharpshooter of the Royal Sharp”. Lewis, the leader of the mercenary team, played in the action movie Sylvester Stallone "Rambo IV" (2007). He played the role of Big Mark Turner, who promised to make the life of three members of the West Hem fan organization unbearable in the crime drama Jessie Johnson's Hooligans 2 (2009). And he became a member of the main cast of Jake Kennedy’s horror film “Repentance” (2009).

In 2010, Graham played Russian Foreign Minister Mikhail Novakovich in seven episodes of the Fox drama “24 Hours” (2001-2010). The role of American Marshall Warren received in the action movie Luke Besson and Oliver Megaton "Colombian" (2011). And in 2012, 2013 and 2014, the adaptations of J. Tolkien's fantasy novel “The Hobbit” were released - films with Graham McTavish, where he played the dwarf Dwalin, one of the 12 satellites of Bilbo and Torin during the search for Erebor.

The actor played the role of Frank Faute, a supporting character in the historical drama “And the Storm struck”, directed by Greg Gillespie in 2016. Dougala, the military leader of the Mackenzie clan, played in the fantasy melodrama of Ronald D. Moore's “Alien Woman” (2014 - ...). And he tried on the role of the Holy Killer - a gloomy, silent, immortal and mortally dangerous character in the fantasy series of the AMC channel “Preacher” (2016 - ...).

What to expect?

As for the new films with the participation of Graham McTavish, he has already starred in James Wang's fantastic action movie "Aquaman" and Adam Seagal's crime thriller Sargasso, which will premiere at the end of 2018. Preparations are underway for the creation of two more projects. It's about the Caroline Allward The Vicar's Wife melodrama and Patrick and Paul Gibbs western Trail's End.