Nathan Lee Graham (born September 9, 1968) is an American actor and singer. He has been the originator of over 17 roles on stage and screen. Currently he is "Hermes" in the North American tour of the hit musical

Hadestown ''Hadestown'' is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Anaïs Mitchell. It tells a version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Eurydice, a young girl looking for something to eat, goes to work in a hellish industrial underworl ...

. He is most known for the films ''

Zoolander ''Zoolander'' is a 2001 American comedy film directed by and starring Ben Stiller. The film contains elements from a pair of short films directed by Russell Bates and written by Drake Sather and Stiller for the '' VH1 Fashion Awards'' television ...

'', ''

Zoolander 2 ''Zoolander 2'' (promoted as ''Zoolander No. 2'') is a 2016 American action comedy film directed by Ben Stiller and written by John Hamburg, Justin Theroux, Stiller, and Nicholas Stoller. It is the sequel to the 2001 film ''Zoolander''. It stars ...

'', ''

Sweet Home Alabama "Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by American southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on the band's second album ''Second Helping'' (1974). It was written in response to Neil Young's 1970 song "Southern Man", which the band felt blamed the e ...

'', and '' Hitch''. On the small screen, he has been seen in '' The Comeback'', '' Scrubs'', ''

Absolutely Fabulous ''Absolutely Fabulous'' (also known as ''Ab Fab'') is a British television sitcom based on the ''French and Saunders'' sketch, "Modern Mother and Daughter", created by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. The show was created and written by Saund ...

'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'',

Broad City ''Broad City'' is an American television sitcom created by and starring Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson. It was developed from their independent web series of the same name, which was produced between 2009 and 2011. The sitcom, like the web series ...

and as Bernard in the Fox comedy ''

LA to Vegas ''LA to Vegas'' is an American sitcom that was broadcast on Fox. The series debuted on January 2, 2018, as a midseason entry in the 2017–18 television season. Starring Dylan McDermott, Kim Matula, Ed Weeks, Nathan Lee Graham, Olivia Macklin, a ...

''. He also appeared as Francois on the CW '' ''Riverdale'''' spin-off ''

Katy Keene Katy Keene is a character created by Bill Woggon that has appeared in several comic book series published by Archie Comics since 1945. She is a model/actress/singer marketed by the publisher as "America's Queen of Pin-Ups and Fashions". In the bo ...

'', and currently as Draque Noir on the Hulu series ''

Woke ''Woke'' ( ) is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) meaning "alert to racial prejudice and Racial discrimination, discrimination". Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social ineq ...

''. Graham will next be seen as Clive DeWitt in the feature film ''Theater Camp''. His stage appearances include the original Broadway casts of

Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual cer ...

and

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...

nominated '' The Wild Party'' and in the original Broadway cast of the

nominated '' Priscilla, Queen of the Desert''. Mr. Graham received a 2017 Lucille Lortel nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for ''

The View UpStairs ''The View UpStairs'' is a musical theater, musical with music, lyrics and book by Max Vernon based on the real-life events of the UpStairs Lounge arson attack, 1973 arson attack at the UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans. This attack res ...

''. In 2016, he received the IRNE award for Best Supporting Actor in a Play for The Colored Museum. Graham also received a

Drama League Award The Drama League Awards, created in 1922, honor distinguished productions and performances both on Broadway and Off-Broadway, in addition to recognizing exemplary career achievements in theatre, musical theatre, and directing. Each May, the awards ...

nomination for the role of Rey-Rey in the off-Broadway production of Tarell Alvin McCraney's '' Wig Out''. Nathan also won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Feature Performer in a Musical in '' The Wild Party'' LA Premiere in 2005. In 2005, he earned a Best Classical Album

for ''

Songs of Innocence and of Experience ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' is a collection of illustrated poems by William Blake. It appeared in two phases: a few first copies were printed and illuminated by Blake himself in 1789; five years later, he bound these poems with a ...

'' as a soloist. Nathan Lee Graham is a graduate of

Webster University Webster University is a private university with its main campus in Webster Groves, Missouri. It has multiple branch locations across the United States and countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa. It offers undergraduate and graduate program ...

in St. Louis, MO. Graham won the

José Esteban Muñoz José Esteban Muñoz (August 9, 1967 – December 3, 2013) was a Cuban American academic in the fields of performance studies, visual culture, queer theory, cultural studies, and critical theory. His first book, ''Disidentifications: Queers of ...

Award from CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies at the

Graduate Center, CUNY The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (CUNY Graduate Center) is a public research institution and post-graduate university in New York City. Serving as the principal doctorate-granting institution of the C ...

in 2017, recognizing his activism promoting queer studies outside of academia.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Nathan Lee 1968 births 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Film producers from Missouri American male film actors American male musical theatre actors American male television actors American male voice actors American gay actors Living people Male actors from St. Louis