Grahame Wood (born 1970) is a British–American actor born in Toronto Canada. His career has kept him busy in L.A., London, Toronto, and Vancouver. He is best known for his performance in the Roland Emmerich epic, The Patriot,[1] and continues to forge a career out of playing the layered bad guy. Commenting on his death scene in Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg proclaimed, "That was better than the opening credits of ER!"
Grahame Wood | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 53–54) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, producer, actor |
| Years active | 1986 – present |
Film/Television
editWood was trained at Britain's oldest drama school, LAMDA. In addition to The Patriot and Saving Private Ryan, Wood appeared in the Emmy Award-nominated movie, 4 Minutes, where he portrayed celebrated runner Sir Christopher Chataway.[2] He played the role of Gordon on the ABC Family series, Falcon Beach, and has guest-starred on numerous television series. Wood has spent the past two decades working in the film and television industries of the U.S., Canada and UK – playing both Americans and Brits – as well as writing and producing.
Wood was executive producer of the rock doc, Saturday Night at Morley Gibson's. He produced and wrote The Angel Chronicles, in development with Insight Productions and CTV from 2008 to 2011. He is currently in development on the cop drama, Moon Rising, with Devilishly Good Productions in L.A.
Novels
editWood has written a series of thriller novels about an RCMP constable, Darkly Stewart. Negotiations for printing and television adaptations are currently underway.
Links to film and television credits
edit- Grahame Wood at IMDb
Notes
edit- ^ "The Patriot Cast: Grahame Wood". Archived from the original on 17 November 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "Grahame Wood". IMDb.