Graham McGrath (born 29 July 1971) is an English actor with film, television, radio and theatre credits. He currently also works for

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based near

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, England. He had tuition at the Junior Academy of the

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in London when he was only 4 years old. He also studied music and drama at the

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(LAMDA). He spent 9 years at the academies, refining his acting and musical talents. McGrath's first appearance in front of a camera was in a TV commercial for Colgate toothpaste as a 6-year-old. Among his first major film roles were as the loyal Titch in the 1983 fantasy adventure film '' Krull'' directed by

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and as the ten-year-old

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in a 1986 mini-series. He played the part of Tom Pym in Episode 6 of the BBC's 1987 adaptation of John Le Carre's "The Perfect Spy", written by Arthur Hopcroft. He also played Luca di Marco in the

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soap opera ''

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'' for three episodes in 1999. Since then, he has been continually active in the entertainment industry and primarily made the transition from child to adult actor in his native England.

Bibliography

* Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995''. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 387.

External links

Graham McGrath professional website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:McGrath, Graham 1971 births Living people English male film actors English male television actors Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art