Nathan Lee Graham

Nathan Lee Graham (born September 9, 1968) is an American actor and singer.

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
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active2000–present

He has been the originator of over 17 roles on stage and screen. He is most known for the films Zoolander, Zoolander 2, Sweet Home Alabama, and Hitch. Currently he plays Hermes in the North American tour of the musical Hadestown.

On the small screen, he has been seen 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. Graham was seen as Clive DeWitt in the 2023 feature film Theater Camp.[1]

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.[2] In 2016, he received the IRNE Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Play for The Colored Museum.[3] 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.[4] In 2005, he earned a Best Classical Album Grammy Award for Songs of Innocence and of Experience as a soloist.[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]

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

References
  1. "Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, Amy Sedaris & More Set For Musical Comedy 'Theater Camp' From Picturestart, Topic Studios And Gloria Sanchez Productions". Deadline. June 9, 2022.
  2. "2017 Lucille Lortel Awards Nominations". January 3, 2023.
  3. 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.
  4. "2005 Awards". August 26, 2023.
  5. "48th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2005)".
  6. "LGBTQ Pride Month: A Conversation with Broadway Artists-Activists". www.gc.cuny.edu.
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