Graham McTavish

ActorProducerDirector Jan 4 (age 65) Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK 1986–2026 (40 year career)

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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.…

Known For

Film

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Dwalin

Film

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Dwalin

Film

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Dwalin

Film

The Witcher

Sigismund Dijkstra

Film

Creed

Tommy Holiday

Film

Aquaman

King Atlan

Film

Castlevania

Vlad Dracula Tepes (voice)

Film

Rambo

Lewis

Filmography

Acting (111)

Movies (68)

A Dog's Show

2026 Upcoming

Oct 22

Dirty Boy

2025

Somewhere in Montana

2025

as John Alexander

2.0

the wastelander sector 23

as The ring voz

Crocodiles Revealed

as Narrator (voice)

Shadow Cats

as Narrator (voice)

Blood Red Sky

as Col. Alan Drummond

6.8

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

2021

as Deglan (voice)

7.4

The Hobbit: M4 Book edit

2021

as Dwalin

9.0

Serengeti Speed Queen

2020

as Narrator (voice)

Stakeout

as Ibrahim Kozlov

Aquaman

as King Atlan

The Stolen

as Bully

The Finest Hours

as Frank Fauteux

Queen Mimi

as Self

Creed

as Tommy Holiday

The Appendices, Part Eleven: The Gathering Storm

2015

as Self

The Appendices, Part Twelve: Here at Journey's End

2015

as Self

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

as Dwalin

Plastic

as Steve Dawson

REALITi

as Mandrake

The Appendices, Part Ten: The Journey to Erebor

2014

as Self

The Appendices, Part Nine: Into the Wilderland

2014

as Self

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

as Dwalin

The Sixth Gun

as Silas Hedgepeth

The Appendices, Part Seven: A Long-Expected Journey

2013

as Self

The Appendices, Part Eight: Return to Middle-earth

2013

as Self

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012

as Dwalin

7.4

Colombiana

2011

as Head Marshall Warren

6.6

Dead Space: Aftermath

2011

as Captain Campbell (voice)

5.9

The Wicker Tree

2011

as Sir Lachlan Morrison

4.0

Secretariat

2010

as Earl Jansen

7.4

Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic

as Dante (voice)

Penance

as Geeves

Middle Men

as Ivan Sokoloff

Hulk vs. Thor

as Loki (voice)

Pandemic

as Captain Riley

Hulk Vs.

as Loki (voice) (archive footage)

6.6

Green Street Hooligans 2

as Big Marc Turner

Rambo

as Lewis

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

2007

as Self

The Jam: Punk Icons

as Presenter

Good Girl, Bad Girl

as Gromek

Genesis: Total Rock Review

2006

as Self - Presenter

The Roots of Monty Python

2005

as Presenter

King Arthur

2004

as Roman Officer

6.3

D-Day 6.6.1944

2004

as Group Capt. James Stagg

7.1

Pink Floyd: Inside Pink Floyd: A Critical Review 1975-1996

2004

as Self - Narrator (voice)

8.0

Dot the I

2003

as Detective 1

6.0

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

2003

as Submarine Captain

5.8

Genius: Charles Darwin

2003

as Narrator

7.0

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

Ali G Indahouse

2002

as Duke

6.0

The Stretch

2000

as Andy McKinley

Merlin

1998

as Rengal

5.6

Julius Caesar: Emperor of Rome

1998

as Narrator

Oliver Cromwell: Traitor or Liberator?

1998

as Narrator

Macbeth

1997

as Banquo

4.0

The Wind in the Willows

1996

as Drunken Weasel

5.7

Erik the Viking

1989

as Thangbrand/Citizen/Dog Soldier

5.9

For Queen & Country

1988

as Lieutenant

5.3

Gunn

Chasing Nightmares

as Bill

Perfidious

as President Senac

The Vicar's Wife

as McCracken

Cheetah – Speed Trap

as Narrator

Bloodletting

Television (43)

Spartacus: House of Ashur

2025

as Korris

6.9

The Mighty Nein

2025

as King Dwendal / Husband (voice)

8.0

Icons Unearthed: Lord of The Rings

2024

as Self - Narrator

7.0

House of the Dragon

2022

as Ser Harrold Westerling

8.3

Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham

2021

as Self

7.5

Epic Oceans

2021

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Dead Talk Live

2020

as Self - Guest

9.0

World's Deadliest Snakes

2020

as Narrator (voice)

8.0

The Witcher

2019

as Sigismund Dijkstra

7.9

The Witcher

2019

as Sigismund Dijkstra

Love, Death & Robots

as Bishop Cleary

DuckTales

as Fergus McDuck (voice)

7.8

Castlevania

2017

as Vlad Dracula Tepes (voice)

8.3

Castlevania

2017

as Vlad Dracula Tepes (voice)

Lucifer

as Father Kinley

Preacher

as Saint of Killers

Colony

as Andrew MacGregor

Transformers: Robots In Disguise

2015

as Titus / Vernon (voice)

Outlander

as Buck MacKenzie

Lily's Driftwood Bay

as Narrator (voice)

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

as Loki (voice)

The Good Guys

as Dolph

Wolverine and the X-Men

2009

as Sebastian Shaw (voice)

Pushing Daisies

as Hansel Von Getz

Jekyll

as Gavin Hardcastle

Cane

as Neville

Prison Break

as Ferguson

Numb3rs

as John Corcoran

Ghost Whisperer

as Gordon Brady

Empire

as General Rapax

Lost

as Sergeant

NCIS

as Aleksei

Rosemary & Thyme

as D.I. Taylor

Charles II: The Power and The Passion

as Captain

The Royal

as Anthony Poole

CSI: Miami

as Mitch Davis

The Zulu Wars

as Narrator

as Mikhail Novakovich

Murphy's Law

as Al Leyton

Doctors

as Paul Brookes

Heartbeat

as Derek Flowers

Red Dwarf

as Ackerman

Casualty

as Gerry Talbot

Crew (3)

Movies (2)

Pink Floyd - Reflections And Echoes

2006

Director

Perfidious

Executive Producer

Television (1)

Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham

2021

Executive Producer

7.5