Nathan Lee Graham

Nathan Lee Graham (born September 9, 1968) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his roles in the films ''Zoolander'', ''Zoolander 2'', ''Sweet Home Alabama'', ''Hitch'', and ''Theater Camp''.

On television, he has appeared in ''The Comeback'', ''Scrubs'', ''Absolutely Fabulous'', ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''Broad City'', and as Bernard in the Fox comedy ''LA to Vegas''. He also appeared as François on the CW ''Riverdale'' spin-off ''Katy Keene'' and as Draque Noir on the Hulu series ''Woke''.

His stage appearances include the original Broadway casts of Tony Award and Grammy Award-nominated ''The Wild Party'' and in the original Broadway cast of the Tony Award-nominated ''Priscilla, Queen of the Desert''. Graham received a 2017 Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for ''The View UpStairs''. 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 nomination for the role of Rey-Rey in the off-Broadway production of Tarell Alvin McCraney's ''Wig Out''. Graham also won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Performer in a Musical for the Los Angeles premiere of ''The Wild Party'' in 2005. In 2005, he earned a Best Classical Album Grammy Award for ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' as a soloist. In 2022, he played Hermes in the North American tour of the musical ''Hadestown''.

Nathan Lee Graham is a graduate of Webster University in St. Louis, MO. Graham won the José Esteban Muñoz Award from CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies at the Graduate Center, CUNY in 2017, recognizing his activism promoting queer studies outside of academia.

In June 2024, it was announced that Max Mutchnick and David Kohan had created a Golden Girls–like TV series with Matt Bomer cast as Betty White's character and Nathan Lane as Bea Arthur's character. Linda Lavin will play Lane's mother. Nathan Lee Graham will play the Blanche Deveraux character type. The series is set in Palm Springs.[110][111] Provided by Wikipedia