Nathan Lee Graham

Nathan Lee Graham (born September 9, 1968) is an American actor and singer. He has been the originator of over 17 roles on stage and screen. Currently he is "Hermes" in the North American tour of the hit musical Hadestown. He is most known for the films Zoolander, Zoolander 2, Sweet Home Alabama, and Hitch.

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

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 Francois on the CW Riverdale spin-off Katy Keene, and currently as Draque Noir on the Hulu series Woke. Graham will next be seen as Clive DeWitt in the feature film Theater Camp.[1]

His stage appearances include the original Broadway casts of Tony Awards and Grammy Award nominated The Wild Party and in the original Broadway cast of the Tony Awards nominated Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Mr. Graham received a 2017 Lucille Lortel 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. Nathan also won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Feature Performer in a Musical in The Wild Party LA Premiere 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

Films
Film
Year Title Role
2001 Zoolander Todd
2002 Sweet Home Alabama Frederick Montana
2005 Hitch Geoff
Confessions of an Action Star Glen Jefferies
2009 Friends of Dorothy (Short film) Maurice
2011 Trophy Kids Barcelona
Bad Actress Cassandra / Dave Gilner
2012 Migraine (Short) Carl
2016 Zoolander 2 Todd
2023 Theater Camp Clive DeWitt

TV
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2002 Absolutely Fabulous Assistant at 'GUFF' (TV Series), 1 episode: "Gay"
2004 Quintuplets Marcello (TV Series), 1 episode: "Bob and Carol Save Christmas"
2005 The Comeback Peter (TV Series), 6 episodes
2006 Scrubs Eric / Devin (TV Series), 1 episode: "My Cabbage"
2008 The More Things Change... Manny (TV Movie)
2010-2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Gallery Owner (2010) / A.D.A. (2013) (TV Series), 1 episode: "Shadow" and "Presumed Guilty"
2015 Hug-O-Gram Mark Rhyne (TV Series), 6 episodes
Connection Unavailable Michael C. Overton (TV Series), 1 episode: "Big-Deal Kind of People"
2018 LA to Vegas Bernard (TV Series), 15 episodes
2019 Indoor Boys Edwin (TV Web Series), 1 episode: "Book Club"
Broad City Unnamed role (TV Series), 1 episode: "Shenanigans"
2020 Woke Darque Noir (TV Series), 1 episode: "Oaktown Get-Down"
Katy Keene François or Francois (TV Series), 10 episodes

References
  1. "Theater Camp Cast Announced". June 9, 2022.
  2. "2017 Lucille Lortel Awards Nominations". January 3, 2023.
  3. "2016 20th IRNE Awards Nominations".
  4. "Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle 2005 Awards".
  5. "48th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2005)".
  6. "LGBTQ Pride Month: A Conversation with Broadway Artists-Activists". www.gc.cuny.edu.
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