LEADING-CHARACTER ACTOR

AGENT

Janet Welch Personal Management

Old Orchard, The Street, Ubley, Bristol BS40 6PJ UK

Tel/ Fax: 0870 8508874

Mobile: 07759 688638
E-mail: info@janetwelchpm.co.uk

PERSONAL STATEMENT

A quality actor - Graham is lively and communicative, with an excellent comedy and dramatic flair. He is a young-looking, fit-for-age, well-spoken 54 with a clean professional image; a good company player, well able to hold a stage alone in commercial, modern and classical productions. He is sensitive to interpreting strong and variable characters. Graham is ambitious for new film, television and mainstream theatre opportunities:

Playing Range

Distinguished

Late 40s - early 50s brings

enthusiasm, charm, authority, & a possible dark side to new writing, period drama and comedy - in film, television, theatre, commercials, videos, voiceovers and presentations.

Spotlight Online PIN

9657-1276-9485

Career 30 years

Trained Bristol Old Vic Theatre School 1973–1976 (Annual Merit Award)

Education Public School (A level)

USA High School

Skills Racquet sports, Golf, excellent Sailing, Stage Combat , Running for fitness

Personal Details

Birth Date:             06/02/1953
Height:                    5'10"
Eyes:                      Blue
Physique:             Athletic
Hair:            Brown/Grey/thinning

Casting Types
1.) Professionals: Doctors, Estate Agents, Lawyers, Businessmen, Armed Forces Officers
2.) Classical leading/character men
3.) Sympathetic man-next-door

Voice Well-spoken RP, Light Baritone quality

Dialects Native English, UK Regions, USA Regions

FILMS – most recent

FAREWELL TOMORROW, Paul Wayne UFA Dir: Dieter Kehler

DARK PLACES, Headmaster Tarantula/Phantom Dir: Donato Rotunno

PASSING THROUGH, Peter [lead] High and Wide Films Dir: Joe Shaw
Mr IN-BETWEEN, Doctor Mann Phantom Pictures Dir: Paul Sarossy

BABY JUICE EXPRESS, Reporter Enterprise Films Dir: Mike Hurst

TELEVISION – most recent

LIFE BEGINS (Millennium) [06] Manager Dir: Martin Dennis

NEW TRICKS (Wall to Wall) [05] David Hendry Dir: Graham Theakston

PANORAMA (BBC) Paramedic Officer Dir: -

HUSTLE (Kudos) Mr Williams (Surgeon) Dir: Bharat Nalluri

SEA OF SOULS (BBC/Sony)         Librarian                      Dir: James Hawes
HUTTON Enquiry (Sky)                  J. Dingemans QC       Dir: Simon Bucks
GOODBYE Mr CHIPS (BBC/SMG)          Rushton Snr                Dir: Stuart Orme

LEXX (Silver Light) Dr Ponts Dir: Paul Donovan

THE HIDDEN CITY (OBAC/Rough)          Newscaster                Dir: Richard Johnson
FIELDS OF GOLD (BBC)               Military Man                Dir: Bill Anderson
TEACHERS (Tiger Aspect)                         Eric                              Dir: Sallie Aprahamian
LEXX (Silver Light)                            Dr Ponts                      Dir: Paul Donovan
CROSSROADS (Carlton)               Roger Wood                Dir: Michael Kerrigan

THE SINS (BBC) Andrew Dir: Sallie Aprahamian

THEATRE – most recent

TAMING OF THE SHREW (Vincentio) OSO, Barnes SW13 Dir Ross Livingstone

KINDLY KEEP IT COVERED (Roland) Mill at Sonning Dir: Leslie Lawton

ROMEO AND JULIET (Prince) OSC Dir: Patrick Tucker

KING JOHN (Chatillon) OSC/The Globe Dir: Patrick Tucker

AS YOU LIKE IT (Duke Frederick) OSC/The Globe Dir: Patrick Tucker

HOBSONS CHOICE (Fred Beenstock) WEST END Lyceum Dir: Frank Hauser

ROOKERY NOOK (Gerald) Edinburgh Lyceum Dir: Richard Baron

NOISES OFF (Freddie) Edinburgh Lyceum Dir: Ben Twist

ROLE PLAY ACTOR

Clients have included Logica, KPMG, Deloittes & The Foreign Office

BBC Radio Drama

GENTLEMEN, MURDER IS SERVED (Philip)                  Director: Andy Jordan
THE GREAT IMPERSONATION (Capt Bertram)               Director: Brian Miller
THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE (The Lover)                    Director: P Plowright
LORNA DOONE (Alan Brandir)                                          Director: Brian Miller

Directing

PRESENTER TRAINING Corp Film for CISCO Systems, ScreenTest Group
MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS (with the London Pops orchestra) Richmond Theatre
SOME ASPECTS OF LOVE (Anthology) Richmond Theatre
ONE THING MORE or CAEDMON CONSTRUED (Fry) Boxgrove Priory

LECTURING & TEACHING

Drama Studies: The International Shakespeare's Globe Centre;

TASIS, England;

Mountview Theatre School;

ALRA, London;

Guildford School of Acting:

The School of the Science of Acting;

RSAMD Glasgow

First Folio Performance Studies (Original Shakespeare Company)

The History and Renovation of the Richmond Theatre (General Public)

Presentation skills (Advanced and Beginners)

Voice Development + Coaching (Businessmen/women)

Videoconferencing meeting and performance skills (Businessmen/women)

LAMDA Exams (Coaching for young people)

COMPANY DIRECTOR & co-founder - ORIGINAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Ltd

SENIOR PARTNER - SCREENTEST GROUP