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Nathan Lee Graham

Nathan Lee Graham
Nathan Lee Graham (far left) with fellow Priscilla Queen of the Desert castmate Kyle Brown and AC & LT - The Kiki Twins attending the Michael Musto 25th Anniversary Party in NYC
Born (1968-09-09) September 9, 1968 (age 56)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active2000–present

Nathan Lee Graham (born September 9, 1968) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his roles in the films Zoolander, Zoolander 2, Sweet Home Alabama, Hitch, and Theater Camp.

On television, he has appeared in The Comeback, Scrubs, Absolutely Fabulous, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Broad City, and as Bernard in the Fox comedy LA to Vegas. He also appeared as François on the CW Riverdale spin-off Katy Keene and as Draque Noir on the Hulu series Woke.

His stage appearances include the original Broadway casts of Tony Award and Grammy Award-nominated The Wild Party and in the original Broadway cast of the Tony Award-nominated Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Graham received a 2017 Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for The View UpStairs.[1] In 2016, he received the IRNE Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Play for The Colored Museum.[2] Graham also received a Drama League Award nomination for the role of Rey-Rey in the off-Broadway production of Tarell Alvin McCraney's Wig Out. Graham also won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Performer in a Musical for the Los Angeles premiere of The Wild Party in 2005.[3] In 2005, he earned a Best Classical Album Grammy Award for Songs of Innocence and of Experience as a soloist.[4] In 2022, he played Hermes in the North American tour of the musical Hadestown.[5]

Nathan Lee Graham is a graduate of Webster University in St. Louis, MO. Graham won the José Esteban Muñoz Award from CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies at the Graduate Center, CUNY in 2017, recognizing his activism promoting queer studies outside of academia.[6]

In June 2024, it was announced that Max Mutchnick and David Kohan had created a Golden Girls–like TV series with Matt Bomer cast as Betty White's character and Nathan Lane as Bea Arthur's character. Linda Lavin will play Lane's mother. Nathan Lee Graham will play the Blanche Deveraux character type. The series is set in Palm Springs.[110][111]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Zoolander Todd
2002 Sweet Home Alabama Frederick Montana
2005 Hitch Geoff
Confessions of an Action Star Glen Jefferies
2009 Friends of Dorothy Maurice Short film
2011 Trophy Kids Barcelona
Bad Actress Cassandra / Dave Gilner
2012 Migraine Carl Short film
2016 Zoolander 2 Todd
2023 Theater Camp Clive DeWitt

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Absolutely Fabulous Assistant at 'GUFF' Episode: "Gay"
2004 Quintuplets Marcello Episode: "Bob and Carol Save Christmas"
2005 The Comeback Peter 6 episodes
2006 Scrubs Eric / Devin Episode: "My Cabbage"
2008 The More Things Change... Manny TV movie
2010–2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Gallery Owner / A.D.A. 2 episodes
2015 Hug-O-Gram Mark Rhyne 6 episodes
Connection Unavailable Michael C. Overton Episode: "Big-Deal Kind of People"
2018 LA to Vegas Bernard 15 episodes
2019 Indoor Boys Edwin Episode: "Book Club"
Broad City Unnamed role Episode: "Shenanigans"
2020 Katy Keene François 10 episodes
2020–2022 Woke Darque Noir 2 episodes
2024- Mid-Century Modern Arthur 1 episode "Pilot"

References

  1. ^ "2017 Lucille Lortel Awards Nominations". January 3, 2023.
  2. ^ Mancuso, Christina. "20th Annual IRNE Awards Nominees Are Announced - A.R.T.'s THE GREAT COMET, NICE WORK at Ogunquit, BILLY ELLIOT at NSMT and More!". BroadwayWorld.com.
  3. ^ "2005 Awards". August 26, 2023.
  4. ^ "48th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2005)".
  5. ^ "Nathan Lee Graham, Hannah Whitley & More Join the Hadestown National Tour". broadway.com.
  6. ^ "LGBTQ Pride Month: A Conversation with Broadway Artists-Activists". www.gc.cuny.edu.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Lee_Graham