Graham McTavish
Biography
Graham McTavish is a Scottish actor and author who began his career doing theater work, including spells at Dundee Rep and in London's West End. His first professional screen role came in 1986, in an episode of Return to Treasure Island. He went on to guest appearances across many British and American series, among them Taggart, Casualty, Red Dwarf, Rome and 24, and he played Dwalin in Peter Jackson's Empire Award-winning The Hobbit trilogy (2012 to 2014). His film credits include Rambo (2008), Colombiana (2011), Creed (2015), The Finest Hours (2016) and Aquaman (2018). On television he played Dougal MacKenzie in Outlander and the Saint of Killers in Preacher, and he has voiced Dracula in Netflix's Castlevania and characters in the Uncharted games. He co-wrote Clanlands with Sam Heughan, a New York Times bestseller.
65years old
Turns 66 on January 4in 84 days
- Born Glasgow
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Graham James McTavish
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 25 years1996 to 2021
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First role
In 1986, Graham McTavish took his first professional role. It was in the second episode of Walt Disney's mini-series Return to Treasure Island.
Early training
McTavish studied English literature at Queen Mary University of London, where the course let him act in three Shakespeare plays each year. His Equity card came after he appeared in a Samuel Beckett play.
First role
McTavish's first professional film role was opposite Denzel Washington in For Queen and Country, a 1988 social drama directed by Martin Stellman.
First role
In 2006, McTavish took his first professional video game voice role, playing in Guerrilla Games' action title Killzone: Liberation, which follows the popular game Killzone.
Own stunts
In Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Graham McTavish did the motion capture and the voice for Zoran Lazarevic, the action-adventure game's main antagonist.
Graham McTavish movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Peter Jackson directed three of these films, Mike Disa two. Fifteen actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Peter Jackson
Mike DisaDirector, 2 films, 2010 to 2011
All films by Mike Disa
Also three films together9 more actors
- Jed BrophyThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- Aidan TurnerThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- Stephen HunterThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- Dean O'GormanThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- Mark HadlowThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- William KircherThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- Adam BrownThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- John CallenThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- Peter HambletonThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Graham McTavish's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$4.5 billion
11 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 11 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.2B25.6% of the total
- 2$1.0B22.7% of the total
- 3$958M21.3% of the total
- 4$956M21.2% of the total
- 5$174M3.9% of the total
- 6$113M2.5% of the total
- 7$72M1.6% of the total
- 8$52M1.2% of the total
$2.6 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total