Marcus Graham is an Australian film, television and stage actor, writer and director, with roles including '' Mulholland Drive'' and '' Josh Jarman''. He was known as a teenage heartthrob in the early 1990s while starring in the Australian TV soap '' E Street'' as the character Stanley 'Wheels' Kovac He is also known for his role as Harvey Ryan in ''

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Early life and education

Marcus Graham was born in Perth,

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, the son of English-Australian actor Ron Graham and Judy, a ballerina with the West Australian Ballet Company. His parents had separated by the time he was two. He graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 1983, before making his professional acting debut in 1986.

Career

Graham has worked extensively in Australian television, first achieving success in the early '90s as Stanley 'Wheels' Kovac in '' E Street''. He went on to star as the lead in '' Good Guys, Bad Guys'' and also appeared in '' All Saints'', '' Shadows of the Heart'', '' The Secret Life of Us'', the ABC comedy '' Stupid, Stupid Man'', and the American drama series ''

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''. Graham played the regular role of Harvey Ryan in the Channel 7 series ''

'', and Pav in Season 1 of Australian drama '' The Heights''. He has played Melbourne underworld figures in two Australian television dramas – Alan Williams in 1995's '' Blue Murder'', and Lewis Caine in 2008's '' Underbelly''. 2006 saw him win an

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award for a guest role on the Channel 7 drama ''

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''. Graham has also worked extensively in theatre throughout his career. Notable stage credits include ''

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'' (as Frank N Furter), ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Twelve Angry Men'', ''

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'', '' Oedipus the King'', ''

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'' and '' Hedda Gabler''. He won a Mo Award for his starring role in '' The Blue Room'' opposite Sigrid Thornton. In 2019, Graham formed Ai Films Studio, for which (together with a business partner), he writes, directs and produces. His documentary feature ''Dream Big Little One'' has garnered awards at many international film festivals.

Filmography

Film

Television

Writing/directing

Theatre

As actor

As director

Awards and nominations

As actor

As filmmaker

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Marcus Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian people of English descent AACTA Award winners Australian male film actors Australian male television actors Male actors from Perth, Western Australia People educated at Mount Lawley Senior High School 20th-century Australian male actors 21st-century Australian male actors Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts alumni