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Graham Beckel

Graham Beckel

Actor · Born December 22, 1949 (76) · Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA

Graham Beckel was born on December 22, 1949 in Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Leaving Las Vegas (1995), L.A. Confidential (1997) and The Paper Chase (1973).

Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 22, 1949 (76)
From
Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
72 on MovieCove · 97 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 16% in 30 days

What are Graham Beckel's films like?

Across their 30 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
26%
Self
23%
Morality
23%
Survival
14%
Power
7%
Ideas
5%
Society
2%
Justice9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 29 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 5 · Dark 19

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 17 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 15 · Intense 11

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 12 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 15 · Relentless 5

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 9 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 13

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 15 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 7
Shadow
2 of 7
Trickster
1 of 7
Hero
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
26
Melancholic
17
Thrilling
5
Hopeful
6
Warm
6
Other
19

How their films linger

Thought-provoking12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Graham Beckel's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 44 of their 72 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (18).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Graham Beckel's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

97 credits, 72 with a MovieCove page.

  • Eat Your Heart Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Narrator

  • Sicario: Day of the Soldado(2018)

    as Dale Hammonds

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Just Getting Started(2017)

    as Burt

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Rules Don't Apply(2016)

    as Wilbur

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Nocturnal Animals(2016)

    as Lieutenant Graves

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Loft(2014)

    as Hiram Fry

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Miss Meadows(2014)

    as Tony Weaver / Driver of Truck

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Halt and Catch Fire(2014)

    Show 7 episodes · as Nathan Cardiff

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Escape Plan(2013)

    as Brims

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Killing Lincoln(2013)

    as Edwin Stanton

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Perception(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · as Colonel

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Longmire(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Dan

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Scandal(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Hank Tanner

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Atlas Shrugged: Part I(2011)

    as Ellis Wyatt

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Hawaii Five-0(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Roger Barton

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Peacock(2010)

    as Connor Black

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Castle(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Uncle Teddy

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Butcher's Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Warren Cahane

  • Battlestar Galactica: Razor(2007)

    as Jack Fisk

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Rat Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Joey's Boss

  • The Astronaut Farmer(2006)

    as Frank

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Heroes(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Hal Sanders

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Vegas, Baby(2006)

    as Officer Stone

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Brokeback Mountain(2005)

    as L.D. Newsome

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Criminal Minds(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Delvin Weaver

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Wanted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jimmy's Father

  • Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Ben Kagan

  • Grey's Anatomy(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Jim Johnson

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Battlestar Galactica(2004)

    Show 4 episodes · as Colonel Jack Fisk

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Helter Skelter(2004)

    as Jerry

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Century City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Ralph Shkolnik

  • NCIS(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Norman Pittorino

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Las Vegas(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Linus Phelps

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows

  • Northfork(2003)

    as Marvin

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Two Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Mr. Miller

  • Dark Blue(2002)

    as Peltz

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • CSI: Miami(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Wayne Tully

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Monk(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Capt. Bill Gibbard

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Point of Origin(2002)

    as Clarence Hyde

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Pennsylvania Miners' Story(2002)

    as Randy Fogle

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Crossing Jordan(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Juror

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Hardball(2001)

    as Duffy

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Just Ask My Children(2001)

    as Denver Dunn

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Six Feet Under(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Carl Williman

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Pearl Harbor(2001)

    as Admiral

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Captain Hendricks

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Strong Medicine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Perkins

  • The '70s (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Paul Wells

  • Jack & Jill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Jill's Lawyer

  • Blue Streak(1999)

    as Rizzo

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • No Vacancy(1999)

    as 'Do It Again' Guy

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • True Crime(1999)

    as Arnold McCardle

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • L.A. Doctors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Ron Rowlands

  • Bulworth(1998)

    as Man with Dark Glasses

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Black Dog(1998)

    as Cutler

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Lost in the Bermuda Triangle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Actor

  • Fallen(1998)

    as John Reynolds (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • L.A. Confidential(1997)

    as Dick Stensland

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Ally McBeal(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Feldman

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • The Practice(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · as Joel Helms

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Leaving Las Vegas(1995)

    as L.A. Bartender

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Ted

  • The Disappearance of Vonnie(1994)

    as Det. Ken Brodhagen

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Chicago Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Doug Majeski

  • Jane's House(1994)

    as Charlie Clark

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Murder of Innocence(1993)

    as Frank Kendall

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Partners(1993)

    as Terry Bidwell

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Cafe Americain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 18 episodes · as Steve Sullivan

  • Barbarians at the Gate(1993)

    as Don Kelly

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story(1993)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Jennifer 8(1992)

    as John Taylor

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • O Pioneers! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Oscar

  • Civil Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Thomas Lesser

  • Liebestraum(1991)

    as Sheriff Pete Ricker

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Separate but Equal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Josiah C. Tulley

  • Separate But Equal(1991)

    Show 2 episodes · as Josiah C. Tulley

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael(1990)

    as Les Bossetti

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Rising Son(1990)

    as Billy

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Family of Spies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jerry A. Whitworth

  • The Final Days(1989)

    as Ron Ziegler

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Lost Angels(1989)

    as Richard Doolan

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • True Believer(1989)

    as Sklaroff

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Amerika (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 7 episodes · as Clayton Cullen

  • L.A. Law(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Willie Kosar

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • The Execution of Raymond Graham(1985)

    as Vic Graham

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Marie(1985)

    as Charlie Benson

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Equalizer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as George Hershey

  • Moonlighting(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Maximillian Petrovsky

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Miami Vice(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as DEA Agent Kevin Cates

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • The Face of Rage(1983)

    as Rich

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Oscar

  • Seventh Avenue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 3 episodes · as Det. Clever

  • Atlantic City Jackpot(1976)

    as Roland

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Kojak(1973)

    Show 1 episode · as Lane

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • The Paper Chase(1973)

    as Franklin Ford III

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Class of '63 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Dan, the Bartender

  • Hazel's People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Eric Mills

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 96 titles from 1973 to 2020; peak year 1998.

Biggest box office

Escape Plan (2013)

$137M worldwide

Highest rated

L.A. Confidential (1997)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Escape Plan (2013)

Film career

19732020

Peak 1998 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting96 of 96: 96 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score66th

By decade

1970s6 · acting1980s12 · acting1990s30 · acting2000s32 · acting2010s15 · acting2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 10th · top billed in 0% of 29 roles
73980308

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Graham Beckel's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 48; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Approval · how many liked their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Reach · how many have seen their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Midcredits score across 72 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up26
  • 50th to 74th23
  • 25th to 49th17
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

36 of their 72 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved11
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser36
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed19

Most divisive · actor

Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)

86th percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

L.A. Confidential (1997)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 27 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Graham Beckel's work okay for kids?

Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles53–85 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity12 titles16–62 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles48–85 · median 80 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles31–82 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles37–72 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Graham Beckel work with?

People who share at least 2 of Graham Beckel's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mike Figgis shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers