Born in Missoula, Montana and raised in Seattle, Graham began acting when he was 12. After several years of playing in school theatres Graham was introduced to legendary screenwriter Stewart Stern (REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, CYBIL, THE UGLY AMERICAN, RACHEL RACHEL) who, after seeing him perform, encouraged Graham to pursue acting in New York after he graduated high school.

With one part passion and two parts curiosity Graham auditioned for The Juilliard School when he was seventeen and was accepted. It was in New York that Graham would fall in love with the craft and deepen his understanding of the actor’s purpose.  He graduated with a BFA in 2003.

Since graduation Graham has worked with some of the industries’ sharpest talent, from Tom Hanks to Cicely Berry, Alvin Epstein to Frank Langella, Kenneth Brannagh to Martin Short.  His work has taken him across the country to some of the nation’s finest regional and off-Broadway theatres including The Huntington, South Coast Rep, The Folger, The Old Globe, The Duke on 42nd Street, The Walt Disney Concert Hall and The Public.  

Collaborating with award winning directors such as Daniel Sullivan, Pam McKinnon, Joseph Haj, David Esbjornsen and Darko Tresjnak, Graham has worked consistently since graduating and was awarded the Boomerang Grant in 2005 for his performance in Shakespeare’s ROMEO & JULIET, and the 2011 Helen Hayes Best Actor Award for his performance in HAMLET.

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In addition to acting Graham also works as an arts educator. He has taught inner city kids from Los Angeles to Washington DC at places such as 24th Street Theatre, Bushwick School for Social Justice, the Brooklyn Studio, Sidwell Friends and Namalata Central School in Kadavu, Fiji.

After years of bicoastalism Graham is now based in Santa Monica, CA. He has expanded his presence on television and intends to further his reach into film. He is a dedicated surfer and ocean steward, working with the Surfrider Foundation giving presentations to companies and organizations through the Rise Above Plastics campaign.

• Will appear opposite Kiefer Sutherland in TOUCH, a new drama from Executive Producer Tim Kring (HEROES) airing this winter on FOX.

• 2011 Helen Hayes Award winner for Outstanding Lead Actor in HAMLET at the Folger Shakespeare Library. The production also received the award for Best Play.

• Joined Tom Hanks, Martin Short, Tracy Ullman, Kenneth Brannagh and others in a celebrity reading of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR produced by The Shakespeare Center in May.

• Performed alongside Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham in TFANA‘s production of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.

• Seen on Valentine’s Day in HEARTS AFLAME, presented by WordTheatre at MBar in Hollywood.

• Joined Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles and Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in THE TRIAL OF HAMLET.

• Seen last fall in BECKY SHAW directed by Pam McKinnon at South Coast Rep.

• Joined Brian Cox, David Cross, Amber Tamblyn and more with WordTheatre at the Latitutde Festival in the UK.

• Recently starred in HAMLET at the Folger Shakespeare Library. A critically acclaimed performance marked by “…sharp intelligence and sensitivity…”.

• Seen opposite LL Cool J and Chris O’Donnell as Lieutenant Scott Davis this season on NCIS: LOS ANGELES.

• Played off America Ferrara, Ashley Jensen and Ana Ortiz as Mr. Pickard during the last season of UGLY BETTY.

• Starred opposite Bill Paxton as Terry Westlake in the season finale of BIG LOVE.

• Starred in the west coast premiere of Noah Haidle’s SATURN RETURNS at South Coast Rep.  Backstage West thought “…Hamilton is wonderful…”.

• Surfed Aspy Bay, Cape Breton Nova Scotia.

• Became a sweep guide for Bike The Big Apple, a company offering bicycle tours throughout Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx. Come ride with us!

• Began studying Meisner with Sandy Marshall.

• Performed off-Broadway in Theatre For a New Audience’s production of HAMLET at the Duke on 42nd Street. The New Yorker magazine deemed it “stylishâ€� and “fluidâ€� mentioning that Mr. Hamilton “…finds real pain in Laertes.”

• Collaborated with Oliver Ralli of Pass Kontrol on a short film based on the lives of Prince Hal and Falstaff from Shakespeare’s HENRY IV.

• Guest speaker at Bushwick Secondary School for Justice and the Brooklyn Studio School where he discussed the importance of Shakespeare in the modern world.

• Played the titular role in the Oberon Theatre Ensemble‘s workshop of PHAETON, a bright retelling of the Phaeton myth reimagined by Michael Milligan.

• The end of a ten year battle between environmentalists and the Transportation Corridor Agency came as an early Christmas present to Graham and the Save Trestles campaign as the Federal government upheld the California Coastal Commission’s decision to ban the 241-toll road through San Onofre State Park.