
Graham McTavish
Known for Acting · 108 credits
- Born
- 1961-01-04 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- Грэм Мактавиш · گراهام مکتاویش
Biography
Graham McTavish (born 1961) is a Scottish television actor. He has played the character Warden Ackerman in Red Dwarf in five episodes of series 8. McTavish has also had many supporting roles in British dramas and films such as Casualty, Jekyll, The Bill, Taggart and Sisterhood. He also played the ill-tempered Mercenary Commander Lewis in Rambo, had a role as Desmond's drill sergeant in the fourth season of Lost, starred in Ali G Indahouse as a Customs Officer and played a Russian pirate in NCIS. He played Ferguson in 4 episodes of season 4 of Prison Break. He has also starred in the film Green Street 2 which was released on 23rd March 2009. McTavish provided the voice and motion capture work for the evil psychopath war criminal Zoran Lazarevic in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, the voice of the main protagonist Dante Alighieri in Dante's Inferno, Restoration leader Commander Lucius in the Shadow Complex video game, and the Decepticon Thundercracker in Transformers: War for Cybertron. He played Russian Foreign Minister Mikhail Novakovich in the eighth season of 24, and did voice work as the Marvel Comics villain Loki in Hulk Vs. Thor and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
McTavish has also been cast in upcoming film The Wicker Tree, Robin Hardy's much anticipated sequel to 1973's The Wicker Man, and as Dwalin in the much anticipated The Hobbit.
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Known For
TV Shows (45)

House of the Dragon
2022
as Ser Harrold Westerling

NCIS
2003
as Aleksei

24
2001
as Mikhail Novakovich

CSI: Miami
2002
as Mitch Davis

Lucifer
2016
as Father Kinley

Prison Break
2005
as Ferguson

Lost
2004
as Sergeant

The Witcher
2019
as Sigismund Dijkstra

Outlander
2014
as Buck MacKenzie / Dougal MacKenzie

Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Gordon Brady

Casualty
1986
as Gerry Talbot / George Naseby

Doctors
2000
as Paul Brookes

Numb3rs
2005
as John Corcoran

Spartacus: House of Ashur
2025
as Korris

Heartbeat
1992
as Derek Flowers

Love, Death & Robots
2019
as Bishop Cleary

DuckTales
2017
as Fergus McDuck / Murdoch McDuck (voice) / Fergus McDuck (voice)

Preacher
2016
as Saint of Killers

Pushing Daisies
2007
as Hansel Von Getz

Colony
2016
as Andrew MacGregor

Red Dwarf
1988
as Ackerman

Devil May Cry
2025
as Arius (voice)

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
2010
as Loki (voice)

Castlevania
2017
as Vlad Dracula Tepes (voice)

The Mighty Nein
2025
as King Dwendal / Husband (voice) / King Dwendal (voice)

Transformers: Robots In Disguise
2015
as Titus / Vernon (voice)

Sharpe
1993
as McRae

Cane
2007
as Neville

The Good Guys
2010
as Dolph

Empire
2005
as General Rapax

Lily's Driftwood Bay
2014
as Narrator (voice)

Rosemary & Thyme
2003
as D.I. Taylor

Rose and Maloney
2002
as Jackson

Jekyll
2007
as Gavin Hardcastle

Wolverine and the X-Men
2009
as Sebastian Shaw (voice)

Charles II: The Power and The Passion
2003
as Captain

Murphy's Law
2001
as Al Leyton

Icons Unearthed: Lord of The Rings
2024
as Self - Narrator

Dead Talk Live
2020
as Self - Guest

Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham
2021
as Self

The Royal
2003
as Anthony Poole

Servants of Evil: Voices from Hitler's Army
2001
as Self - Narrator

World's Deadliest Snakes
2020
as Narrator (voice)

The Zulu Wars
2002
as Narrator

Epic Oceans
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movies (63)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Dwalin

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
as Dwalin

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
as Dwalin

Aquaman
2018
as King Atlan

Colombiana
2011
as Head Marshall Warren

Creed
2015
as Tommy Holiday

Rambo
2008
as Lewis

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
as Submarine Captain

King Arthur
2004
as Roman Officer

The Finest Hours
2016
as Frank Fauteux

Blood Red Sky
2021
as Col. Alan Drummond

Secretariat
2010
as Earl Jansen

Chasing Nightmares
as Bill

Hulk vs. Thor
2009
as Loki (voice)

Ali G Indahouse
2002
as Duke

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
2021
as Deglan (voice)

Merlin
1998
as Rengal

Erik the Viking
1989
as Thangbrand/Citizen/Dog Soldier

Middle Men
2009
as Ivan Sokoloff

Hulk Vs.
2009
as Loki (voice) (archive footage)

Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic
2010
as Dante (voice)

Dot the I
2003
as Detective 1

Stakeout
2019
as Ibrahim Kozlov

Green Street Hooligans 2
2009
as Big Marc Turner

Dead Space: Aftermath
2011
as Captain Campbell (voice)

The Wind in the Willows
1996
as Drunken Weasel

Good Girl, Bad Girl
2006
as Gromek

Shadow Cats
2022
as Narrator (voice)

The Stolen
2017
as Bully

Cheetah – Speed Trap
as Narrator

Pandemic
2009
as Captain Riley

For Queen & Country
1988
as Lieutenant

Serengeti Speed Queen
2020
as Narrator (voice)

Plastic
2014
as Steve Dawson

The Sixth Gun
2013
as Silas Hedgepeth

The Roots of Monty Python
2005
as Presenter

The Beatles In America
2007
as Self

D-Day 6.6.1944
2004
as Group Capt. James Stagg

Dirty Boy
2025

The Wicker Tree
2011
as Sir Lachlan Morrison

Queen Mimi
2016
as Self

The Vicar's Wife
as McCracken

Somewhere in Montana
2025
as John Alexander
A Dog's Show
2026

The Jam: Punk Icons
2006
as Presenter

Genius: Charles Darwin
2003
as Narrator

Perfidious
as President Senac

Penance
2009
as Geeves

Crocodiles Revealed
2022
as Narrator (voice)

Genesis: Total Rock Review
2006
as Self - Presenter

The Wastelander: Sector 23
2024
as The ring voz

ABBA - The Gold Singles
2006
as Self - Host/Narrator

The Stretch
2000
as Andy McKinley

Macbeth
1997
as Banquo

REALITi
2014
as Mandrake

Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring
2003
as Self - Presenter

Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Return of the King
2003
as Self - Presenter

Bloodletting

Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon
2007
as Self

Julius Caesar: Emperor of Rome
1998
as Narrator

Pink Floyd: Inside Pink Floyd: A Critical Review 1975-1996
2004
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Gunn

Oliver Cromwell: Traitor or Liberator?
1998
as Narrator
About Graham McTavish
Graham McTavish (born 1961) is a Scottish television actor. He has played the character Warden Ackerman in Red Dwarf in five episodes of series 8. McTavish has also had many supporting roles in British dramas and films such as Casualty, Jekyll, The Bill, Taggart and Sisterhood. He also played the ill-tempered Mercenary Commander Lewis in Rambo, had a role as Desmond's drill sergeant in the fourth season of Lost, starred in Ali G Indahouse as a Customs Officer and played a Russian pirate in NCIS. He played Ferguson in 4 episodes of season 4 of… With 108 credits spanning from 1986 to 2026, Graham McTavish has appeared in 63 films and 45 TV shows.
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- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) — as Dwalin
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) — as Dwalin
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) — as Dwalin
- Aquaman (2018) — as King Atlan
- Colombiana (2011) — as Head Marshall Warren
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