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Actor, Author, Singer & Musician
Born Gary Rand Graham
American actor, musician, and author
Born on June 7, 1950 in Long Beach, California , United States (73 years)
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Gary Rand Graham (June 6, 1950 – January 22, 2024) was an American actor. With a career spanning five decades beginning in the 1970s in television and movies, he is perhaps best known for his starring role as Detective Matthew Sikes in the television series Alien Nation (1989–1990) and five subsequent Alien Nation television films (1994–1997), as well as his work in the Star Trek franchise, most notably the recurring role of Soval, the Vulcan ambassador to Earth in Star Trek: Enterprise.
... Gary Rand Graham (June 6, 1950 – January 22, 2024) was an American actor. With a career spanning five decades beginning in the 1970s in television and movies, he is perhaps best known for his starring role as Detective Matthew Sikes in the television series Alien Nation (1989–1990) and five subsequent Alien Nation television films (1994–1997), as well as his work in the Star Trek franchise, most notably the recurring role of Soval, the Vulcan ambassador to Earth in Star Trek: Enterprise.
Biography and early career
Graham was born in Long Beach, California. One of his earliest roles was in the 1980 CBS mini series Scruples based on the Judith Krantz novel starring Lindsay Wagner. He was cast as a "hitman" on the television show Moonlighting co-starring opposite Bruce Willis. Graham played more than 38 TV roles and had been in more than 40 movies.
As a musician, Graham was in the bands The Gary Graham Garage Band, The Gary Graham Band and The Sons of Kirk.
Graham was also a contributor to Breitbart News.Graham died from cardiac arrest in Spokane, Washington on January 22, 2024, at the age of 73.
Later career
Television
Graham starred in a 2008 television pilot styled after Sin City called Dead End City. He also appeared in the December 18, 1984 episode of Remington Steele, "Let's Steele A Plot" (season 3, episode 11), as Butch Beemis.
As well as starring as Detective Matthew Sikes in the television series Alien Nation (1989–1990), he resumed this role in the TV movies Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994), Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995), Alien Nation: Millennium (1996), Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (1996), and Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997).
Graham starred on Star Trek: Enterprise as the recurring character Ambassador Soval, a Vulcan ambassador to Earth. He also guest-starred on Star Trek: Voyager (1995) once, playing Ocampan community leader Tanis in the season 2 episode "Cold Fire". He played Ragnar in the fan production Star Trek: Of Gods and Men and continued that role in Star Trek: Renegades.
In 2015, Graham reprised his role as Ambassador Soval, in the fan film Star Trek: Axanar.
Film
Graham's film appearances include Hardcore, The Hollywood Knights, All the Right Moves, The Arrogant, The Last Warrior, Robot Jox, Running Woman and Siren. His most recent films are InAlienable, Action Hero and Dreams Awake. He made his directorial debut in the spring of 2008 with the film Interviews, which he also wrote.
Web-based work
Graham also made appearances as the "Smoking Jacket Guy" in the introduction and other scenes in the Internet gaming show The Jace Hall Show. Graham played Dr. David Macavoy in the web series Universal Dead. In late June 2010, it was announced that Universal Dead will be made into a feature film.
Filmography
Film
Television
Web series
References
External links
Official website
Gary Graham at IMDb
2008 Dead End City
... Gary Rand Graham (June 6, 1950 – January 22, 2024) was an American actor. With a career spanning five decades beginning in the 1970s in television and movies, he is perhaps best known for his starring role as Detective Matthew Sikes in the television series Alien Nation (1989–1990) and five subsequent Alien Nation television films (1994–1997), as well as his work in the Star Trek franchise, most notably the recurring role of Soval, the Vulcan ambassador to Earth in Star Trek: Enterprise.
Biography and early career
Graham was born in Long Beach, California. One of his earliest roles was in the 1980 CBS mini series Scruples based on the Judith Krantz novel starring Lindsay Wagner. He was cast as a "hitman" on the television show Moonlighting co-starring opposite Bruce Willis. Graham played more than 38 TV roles and had been in more than 40 movies.
As a musician, Graham was in the bands The Gary Graham Garage Band, The Gary Graham Band and The Sons of Kirk.
Graham was also a contributor to Breitbart News.Graham died from cardiac arrest in Spokane, Washington on January 22, 2024, at the age of 73.
Later career
Television
Graham starred in a 2008 television pilot styled after Sin City called Dead End City. He also appeared in the December 18, 1984 episode of Remington Steele, "Let's Steele A Plot" (season 3, episode 11), as Butch Beemis.
As well as starring as Detective Matthew Sikes in the television series Alien Nation (1989–1990), he resumed this role in the TV movies Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994), Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995), Alien Nation: Millennium (1996), Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (1996), and Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997).
Graham starred on Star Trek: Enterprise as the recurring character Ambassador Soval, a Vulcan ambassador to Earth. He also guest-starred on Star Trek: Voyager (1995) once, playing Ocampan community leader Tanis in the season 2 episode "Cold Fire". He played Ragnar in the fan production Star Trek: Of Gods and Men and continued that role in Star Trek: Renegades.
In 2015, Graham reprised his role as Ambassador Soval, in the fan film Star Trek: Axanar.
Film
Graham's film appearances include Hardcore, The Hollywood Knights, All the Right Moves, The Arrogant, The Last Warrior, Robot Jox, Running Woman and Siren. His most recent films are InAlienable, Action Hero and Dreams Awake. He made his directorial debut in the spring of 2008 with the film Interviews, which he also wrote.
Web-based work
Graham also made appearances as the "Smoking Jacket Guy" in the introduction and other scenes in the Internet gaming show The Jace Hall Show. Graham played Dr. David Macavoy in the web series Universal Dead. In late June 2010, it was announced that Universal Dead will be made into a feature film.
Filmography
Film
Television
Web series
References
External links
Official website
Gary Graham at IMDb
2008 Dead End City
Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0
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