Gerrit Graham (born November 27, 1949) is an American stage, television, and film actor as well as a scriptwriter and songwriter.^[1] He is best known for his appearances in multiple films byBrian De Palma as well as appearances in twoStar Trek series. He starred inUsed Cars withKurt Russell and voiced Franklin Sherman onThe Critic.

Graham attended but did not graduate fromColumbia University. At Columbia, he was the head of Columbia Players, the college theater company.^[2][3][4] His future co-worker,Brian De Palma, was also a former manager of the student group during his undergraduate years.^[5]

He has appeared in movies such asUsed Cars,TerrorVision,National Lampoon's Class Reunion,Child's Play 2 andGreetings,^[1] where he worked withBrian De Palma for the first time. He again worked with De Palma onHi, Mom andHome Movies, as well asPhantom of the Paradise, where he played flamboyant glam-rocker Beef.Sheila Benson of theLos Angeles Times remarked that Graham and Jon Lovitz were the only actors inLast Resort who were "exempt from the bad-accent stigma."^[6]

Graham was the voice ofFranklin Sherman in the animated seriesThe Critic as well as a recurring role as Dr. Norman Pankow on the sitcomParker Lewis Can't Lose.

He has appeared in two different roles on theStar Trek television series: as the alien hunter of Tosk onStar Trek: Deep Space Nine and as a member of theQ Continuum (adopting the name Quinn) in theStar Trek: Voyager episode "Death Wish". He had been short listed to play the character ofOdo, which went toRené Auberjonois.^[7]

Graham is a stage performer whose performances in the 1986 improvisational showSills & Company^[8][9] and the 1987 playBouncers byJohn Godber^[10][11] were positively reviewed by theNew York Times. Julio Martinez of Variety.com called Graham "eerily evocative" ofAllard Lowenstein inDreams Die Hard in 1995.^[12] Frank Rizzo of Variety.com wrote that Graham had "some of the best lines" in his performance as Father Charles Dunbar inThe God Committee in 2004.^[13] He also played Julian inCommunicating Doors in 1998.^[14]

Graham wrote the teleplays for the episodes "Still Life" and "Opening Day" of the 1980s version ofThe Twilight Zone.^[15] He did not write "Welcome to Winfield", the only episode in which he appeared as a member of the cast.

Graham has written songs withBob Weir ofthe Grateful Dead.^[16]

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