Holter Graham

 

 

 

"The Infliction of Cruelty" (award-winning NYC play)

 

 

"The Diversion" (short film)

 

 

"The Infliction of Cruelty" (award-winning NYC play)     "Sounds" (VisionIntoArt NYC multimedia show)

 

 

Film poster for "The Diversion"

 

 

"Sounds" (VisionIntoArt NYC multimedia show)     "The Infliction of Cruelty" (award-winning NYC play)

 

 

Neil LaBute's play "Bash"   "The Diversion" (short film)

 

 

 

Rescue Me (FX TV clip) and The Diversion (indie film clip)

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HBO & ESPN VO Promos   MTV & Harry Potter VO Promos   National Brands VO Commercials

Radio Stations VO Promos  #1       Radio Stations VO Promos #2

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Audiobooks Samples

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"Holter Graham (is) suave, handsome and assured."

Lawrence Van Gelder in The New York Times on the feature film Six Ways To Sunday

 

"The magnetic Holter Graham...has developed from a nerd into a hunk."

The New York Post on the feature film Spin the Bottle

 

"The play's glamor quotient is provided by Holter Graham

 (as) Cody, a rising rock star Adonis."

—Ben Brantley in The New York Times on the NYC premiere of the play Trust

 

"Extremely talented...(creates) shining moments."

—nytheatre.com on Holter Graham in the NYC premiere of The Infliction of Cruelty

 

"Holter Graham is one of the most likeable and natural actors

I've seen....superb."

—Theater Talk on the NYC premiere of The Infliction of Cruelty

 

"(Graham) throws himself into his role with total commitment."

Backstage on the NYC premiere of The Infliction of Cruelty

 

"Crisp, efficient, and stylish."

—Curtain Up on Holter Graham in the NYC premiere of The Infliction of Cruelty

 

"The play is deliciously acted (by) Holter Graham as the cold-blooded hit man."

—Howard Kissel in The Daily News on the NYC premiere

of the play Sonny DeRee's Life Flashes Before His Eyes

 

"Holter Graham (plays) a long-haired, chainsaw-wielding hit man...

The jokes are often very good, and (Graham) knows exactly how to put them across."

—Ben Brantley in The New York Times on the NYC premiere

of the play Sonny DeRee's Life Flashes Before His Eyes

 

"Graham's characters sound like real people, not caricatures, ranging from gruff and gritty to believably ordinary. Graham's performance elevates Hoag's thriller, heightening its intensity and delivering a stunning climax."

AudioFile on the audiobook of Tami Hoag's Prior Bad Acts

 

"Holter Graham's use of a wide range of voices and emotions can't help but draw listeners in from the very first words...His ability to adapt his voice to the action is truly impressive."

AudioFile on the audiobook of Stephen Frey's The Power Broker

 

"Holter Graham's authoritative, masculine tenor adds credence to this complex story...Graham seamlessly switches between Russian, Chinese, Israeli, and Middle Eastern accents, defining characters with tonal nuances, speech peculiarities, and sometimes deliberate impediments...Graham's depiction of events makes the story sound as if it's ripped from the pages of today's headlines."

AudioFile on the audiobook of former U.S. Senator &

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen's Dragon Fire

 

"Holter Graham recorded his first audiobook in 2004, Steven Sherrill's edgy Visit From the Drowned Girl...Only a year later, he received his first AudioFile Earphones Award for Lisa Gardner's Alone...Holter has recorded two of Stephen Frey's financial thrillers, The Protege and The Power Broker, and just finished work on the fourth in the series, The Successor. (Holter explains) he has 'that extra love of words that goes beyond just liking to say them.'"

AudioFile profile of Holter Graham

 

Holter Graham is an extraordinarily skilled, quick-witted, and versatile actor who's performed in numerous feature films, TV shows, NYC plays, and voiceover projects.

 

Holter has acted in such popular feature films as Fly Away Home (directed by Carroll Ballard), Two Evil Eyes (directed by Dario Argento), Maximum Overdrive (written & directed by Stephen King), and Hairspray and Cry-Baby (both directed by John Waters).

 

In addition, Holter has acted on such prime time TV series as Law and Order (NBC), Rescue Me (FX), and New York Undercover (FOX), and the syndicated series Swans Crossing; and has co-hosted such Corporation for Public Broadcasting shows as Guns and the Constitution (with Hodding Carter), Take Charge, and Writer's Realm.

 

On the NYC stage, Holter has acted in The Infliction of Cruelty (Hypothetical Theatre), Cafe Anarsis (HERE), Trust (Perry Street Theater), A Tough Line (BAM), Amargo: The Lorca Tritico (Present Company Theatorium), Tumor Brainiowicz (La Mama), X Over Y (Chashama), Bash (The Producer's Club), and Ukimwi and Sonny DeRee's Life Flashes Before His Eyes (both at the Ensemble Studio Theatre).

 

And as a voiceover artist, Holter has done national commercials for such megabrands as HBO, ESPN, MTV, Kodak, Advil, L. L. Bean, and Ethan Allen; provided numerous voices for such popular videogames as CT Special Forces: Fire for Effect and The Warriors ; and narrated over a dozen audiobooks, including the work of such bestselling authors as Scott Turow, Dean Koontz, and Stephen Frey. (To listen to some samples, please click here and then click the audio links that interest you.)

 

Holter's resume appears below; his email address is h96graham@yahoo.com.

 

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Holter Graham's Resume

                                                       AEA/AFTRA/SAG

                                         (President of AFTRA New York Local since May 2007)

Email: h96graham@yahoo.com

Stats: Height: 5'10, Hair: Light Brown, Eyes: Blue; Weight: 155

Manager: Howard Entertainment, (310) 441-2701

Legit Agent: Harden Curtis Associates; (212) 977-8505

Commercial & VO Agent: Abrams Artists, (646) 486-4600

 

Film

The Diversion (indie short)

Driver (lead)

Fighting Quaker Films, Elizabeth Holder dir.

The Curse (indie feature film)

Spencer

Not Another Hollywood Film, Jacqueline Garry dir.

The Acting Class (indie short)

Himself

Jill Hennessy & Elizabeth Holder dirs.

Trifling with Fate (indie feature film)

David

Separate Star, Michael Bergmann dir.

Spin the Bottle (indie feature film)

Jonah

Cineblast Productions Inc., Jamie Yerkes dir.

Six Ways to Sunday (indie feature film)

Madden

Scout Productions, Adam Bernstein dir.

Fly Away Home (feature film)

Barry Stickland

Columbia Pictures, Carroll Ballard dir.

Two Evil Eyes (feature film)

Christian

ADC Films, Dario Argento dir.

Hairspray (feature film)

 I.Q.

New Line Cinema, John Waters  dir.

Maximum Overdrive (feature film)

Deke

De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, Stephen King dir.

Cry-Baby (feature film)

Strip Poker #2

Imagine Entertainment, John Waters  dir.

Multiple feature screenplays (readings)

Lead

NYScreenwriters.org/Manhattan Theatre Club CC

 

Television

Rescue Me

Bartender

FX

New York Undercover

Donnie

FOX

Law and Order

Erik Hanson

NBC

Swans Crossing

Billy Gunn

Syndicated

Take Charge!

Co-host

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Guns and the Constitution

Co-host (with Hodding Carter)

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Writer's Realm

Co-host

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

 

New York Theatre

Sounds

Multiple roles

Whitney Museum; VisionIntoArt interdisciplinary project

The Infliction of Cruelty

(FringeNYC Excellence Award winner)

Jonathan (lead)

Hypothetical Theatre, Joel Froomkin dir.

A Tough Line

Multiple roles

BAM/Whitney Museum; VisionIntoArt project

Cafe Anarsis

Multiple roles

HERE Theatre, HERE Culturemart project

Bash

Salesman (lead)

The Producer's Club, Laurie Sales dir.

Amargo: The Lorca Tritico

Multiple roles

Present Company Theatorium, Ian Belton dir.

Ukimwi

John (lead)

Ensemble Studio Theatre, Eliza Beckwith dir.

Sonny DeRee's Life Flashes Before His Eyes

Mick Reilly (lead)

Ensemble Studio Theatre,  Keith Reddin dir.

Trust

Cody

Perry Street Theater, Larry Green dir.

Tumor Brainiowicz

Multiple roles

La Mama, Brooke O'Harra dir.

X Over Y

Lead

Chashama@111. Ian Belton dir.

 

Regional Theatre

Sounds

Multiple roles

Teatro Manzoni (Milan), VisionIntoArt project

Four Spirits

Lead

Hartford Stages, Jeremy B. Cohen dir.

Pariah

Lead

Blonde Terrorist Theater, Ian Belton dir.

 

Voiceover

National commercials for such megabrands as HBO, ESPN, MTV, Kodak, Advil, L. L. Bean, Ethan Allen, and Healthy Choice—the latter being the most recent and currently running on network TV. To listen to some audio samples, please click here and then click the links that interest you.

Provided numerous voices for popular video games such as CT Special Forces: Fire for Effect and The Warriors.

Narrated over a dozen audiobooks, including the work of such bestselling authors as Scott Turow, Dean Koontz, Stephen Frey, and former U.S. Senator & Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen. To open a page that lets you hear samples of Holter's audiobooks, please click here.

 

Education

Skidmore College

Bachelor of Arts (BA). 1994

 

Vermont College

Master of Fine Arts (MFA), 1999

 

 

Special Skills

Multiple dialects, fluent Spanish, physical comedy, stage combat, avant-garde theatre, expert motorcycle and automobile mechanic, running (ran the 2007 NYC marathon), scuba diving, work ethic.

 

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