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
Complete Filmography

Somewhere in Montana
2025
as John Alexander
Montana cattle rancher John Alexander is a strong-minded individual and a man of few words. Because he’s land-rich but cash-poor, he grudgingly accept...

Dirty Boy
2024
Raised in an oppressive cult, a reclusive schizophrenic discovers that he's being framed by cult leaders for a series of ritualistic murders and must ...

the wastelander sector 23
2024
as The ring voz

Crocodiles Revealed
2022
as Narrator (voice)
There’s much more to a crocodile than terrifying jaws and spectacular ambush attacks. As one of the stealthiest predators in the natural world, more t...

Shadow Cats
2022
as Narrator (voice)
A flying cat, ten feet off the ground! …the deadliest feline hunter on the planet… birds smacked from the sky mid-flight! We join Lincoln the serval, ...

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
2021
as Deglan (voice)
Escaping from poverty to become a witcher, Vesemir slays monsters for coin and glory, but when a new menace rises, he must face the demons of his past...

Blood Red Sky
2021
as Col. Alan Drummond
A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight. In order to pro...

Serengeti Speed Queen
2020
as Narrator (voice)
First time mother Nzuri is forced to add strategy to her speed to avoid predators, feed her young and successfully lead them into adulthood.

Stakeout
2019
as Ibrahim Kozlov
A young private investigator in LA tows the line between danger and heartbreak as he tries to help a woman to commit fraud in order to get the money h...

Aquaman
2018
as King Atlan
Half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry is taken on the journey of his lifetime to discover if he is worth of being a king.

The Stolen
2017
as Bully
The story of a woman who must find her kidnapped son, navigating a world she doesn't know, on the edge of danger with every heartbeat.

Queen Mimi
2016
as Self
Forced onto the streets in her 50s, Marie found "home" at a Santa Monica laundromat. Taking shelter there for 20 years, Mimi's passion for pink, and l...

The Finest Hours
2016
as Frank Fauteux
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.

Creed
2015
as Tommy Holiday
The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apoll...

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Dwalin
Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruine...

Plastic
2014
as Steve Dawson
Sam and Fordy run a credit card fraud scheme, but when they steal from the wrong man, they find themselves threatened by sadistic gangster. They need ...
REALITi
2014
as Mandrake
An up-and-coming media executive has good reason to question the very facts of his existence in this micro-budget sci-fi chiller from director Jonatha...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
as Dwalin
The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to ge...

The Sixth Gun
2013
as Silas Hedgepeth
Failed pilot adaptation of an eponymous comic book set in the old west about six cursed guns that give dark powers and are tied to its owners until th...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
as Dwalin
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mounta...

The Wicker Tree
2011
as Sir Lachlan Morrison
Gospel singer Beth and her cowboy boyfriend Steve leave Texas to preach door-to-door in Scotland. When, after initial abuse, they are welcomed with jo...

Colombiana
2011
as Head Marshall Warren
After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman...

Dead Space: Aftermath
2011
as Captain Campbell (voice)
The year is 2509 and not only has Earth lost contact with the Ishimura and Isaac Clarke, but now also the USG O'Bannon, the first responder ship sent ...

Secretariat
2010
as Earl Jansen
Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. ...

Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic
2010
as Dante (voice)
Dante journeys through the nine circles of Hell -- limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery -- in search of his true...

Pandemic
2009
as Captain Riley
A slow-paced, action thriller about a virus that strikes a New Mexico county and the local veterinarian who gets caught in the middle.

Penance
2009
as Geeves
A young mother decides to become a stripper to earn some fast cash only to find her worst nightmares are about to begin

Middle Men
2009
as Ivan Sokoloff
Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobste...

Green Street Hooligans 2
2009
as Big Marc Turner
Following the deadly climax of "Green Street Hooligans," several members of the West Ham firm and numerous members of Millwall end up in jail. The GSE...

Hulk vs. Thor
2009
as Loki (voice)
For ages, Odin has protected his kingdom of Asgard. But every winter, the All-Father must rest and regain his strength for one week. During this time,...

Hulk Vs.
2009
as Loki (voice) (archive footage)
Two stories featuring Marvel's anti-hero The Incredible Hulk and his encounters with the X-Man Wolverine and the god known as Thor.

Rambo
2008
as Lewis
In Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian ...

Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon
2007
as Self
A documentary by Shoreline Entertainment, presented by Tommy Vance and Graham McTavish, a compilation featuring performance clips, interviews, and oth...

Genesis: Total Rock Review
2006
as Self - Presenter
With approximately 150 million albums sold worldwide, Genesis are one of the highest selling recording groups of all time. From being one of the most...

Pink Floyd - Reflections And Echoes
2006
Director
The story of Pink Floyd told by deejay Tommy Vance and actor Graham McTavish with the four members talking about the past, including about Syd Barrett...

The Jam: Punk Icons
2006
as Presenter
This is a documentary of interviews with music journalists and Jam fans, and including clips from the following tracks: Town Called Malice In The Ci...

Good Girl, Bad Girl
2006
as Gromek
Vanessa and Maria are twins, although not so identical...Maria is a nun while Vanessa is a go go dancer. Leading very different lives they don't inter...

The Roots of Monty Python
2005
as Presenter
A look back at the origins of the ground breaking BBC comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus.

King Arthur
2004
as Roman Officer
The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy ...

D-Day 6.6.1944
2004
as Group Capt. James Stagg
On June 6th, 1944 the largest military invasion and defence the world has ever seen occurred. D-Day tells the epic story of the preparation and execut...

Pink Floyd: Inside Pink Floyd: A Critical Review 1975-1996
2004
as Self - Narrator (voice)
In this revised second edition of the ultimate critical guide to the work of Pink Floyd, you'll be privy to an embarrassment of riches from the band i...

Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Return of the King
2003
as Self - Presenter
Documentary about the writing of the final part of the Lord of the Rings

Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring
2003
as Self - Presenter
The documentary Inside Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring traces the journey taken by the characters in the classic novel. In addition to offering i...

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
as Submarine Captain
Off the coast of the volcanic island of Santorini, the intrepid archaeologist Lara Croft makes the unexpected discovery of a pulsating golden orb able...

Dot the I
2003
as Detective 1
Young lovers in London are wrapped up in a love triangle that may not be exactly what it seems. Carmen, a beautiful Spanish woman with a tendency to l...

Genius: Charles Darwin
2003
as Narrator
Featuring footage of British naturalist Charles Darwin's home, expert commentary and animated graphics to explain his theories, this riveting document...

Ali G Indahouse
2002
as Duke
Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prim...

The Stretch
2000
as Andy McKinley
When Terry (Grantham) is sentenced to a twenty-year stretch for a murder he did not commit, his wife Sam (Dobson) discovers that his apparently respec...

Julius Caesar: Emperor of Rome
1998
as Narrator
Few men of history have as formidable or as mighty a reputation as Julius Caesar. He is not only one of the central figures of Roman history but a man...

Oliver Cromwell: Traitor or Liberator?
1998
as Narrator
Few historical characters have courted controversy as much as Oliver Cromwell: murderer of a monarch or revolutionary hero? From humble beginnings he ...

Merlin
1998
as Rengal
Great Britain, 6th century. Merlin, the greatest wizard in history, helps a man become king. Now, Merlin will become the advisor to the great King Art...

Macbeth
1997
as Banquo
In eleventh century Scotland, three witches foretell that Macbeth will become King, while Banquo will beget Kings. Macbeth accordingly has King Duncan...

The Wind in the Willows
1996
as Drunken Weasel
Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, ...

Erik the Viking
1989
as Thangbrand/Citizen/Dog Soldier
Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allo...

For Queen & Country
1988
as Lieutenant
A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.

The Vicar's Wife
N/A
as McCracken
In a small parish village in England, a handsome yet socially challenged Anglican Vicar starts getting hit on by a young woman who believes he's the l...

Cheetah – Speed Trap
N/A
as Narrator

Chasing Nightmares
N/A
as Bill
A college student risks her and her friends' lives to track down the meaning behind the nightmares she has about a girl and a delusional masked man.

Perfidious
N/A
as President Senac
Gunn
N/A
A survival horror set against the savage isolation of a North Sea oil rig overtaken by a pagan sect.

Perfidious
N/A
Executive Producer