Graham Beckel
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Miami Vice Character
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DEA Agent Kevin Cates ("Payback")
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Born
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December 22, 1949, Old Lyme, Connecticut
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Active
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1973-present
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Spouse
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Elizabeth Briggs Bailey (1984-present)
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Graham S. Beckel, (born December 22, 1949) is an American actor who appeared in the show Miami Vice as DEA Agent Kevin Cates, who worked undercover with Jesus Morolo (played by Roberto Duran) and Mario Fuente (played by Frank Zappa) and who made off with $3 million of Fuente's money while pinning its' disappearance on Crockett in the episode "Payback".
Selected Filmography[]
Beckel was born in Old Lyme, Connecticut. He has appeared as a guest star in numerous TV and movie roles, following is a select filmography:
- Class of '63 (1973, TV debut with Ed Lauter)
- The Paper Chase (1973, film debut)
- C.H.U.D. (1984, with John Heard, Kim Griest, and J. C. Quinn)
- Another World (Soap Opera, 1984)
- All My Children (Soap Opera, 1985)
- Marie (1985, with Keith Szarabajka)
- Crime Story (TV, 1987, with Dennis Farina)
- Moonlighting (TV, 1988, with Bruce Willis)
- L. A. Law (TV, 1989, episode with Jimmy Smits)
- True Believer (1989, with John Snyder and Luis Guzman)
- Liebestraum (1991, with Zach Grenier)
- Jennifer 8 (1992, with Kevin Conway, Lenny Von Dohlen, and Perry Lang)
- Barbarians at the Gate (TV movie, 1993, with David Rasche)
- L.A. Confidential (1997, with Paul Guilfoyle & David Strathairn)
- Pearl Harbor (2001)
- Dragnet (TV, 2003, with Ed O'Neill)
- Battlestar Galactica (TV, 2005-06, with Edward James Olmos)
- CSI: Miami (TV, 2009)
- Castle (TV, 2010)
- Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011, with Jsu Garcia and Jon Polito)
- Longmire (TV, 2012, with Lou Diamond Phillips)
- Escape Plan (2013, with Vincent D'Onofrio)
- Perception (TV, 2013, with Heard)
- Aquarius (TV, 2015)
- Rules Don't Apply (2016, with Annette Bening and Oliver Platt)
- Just Getting Started (2017, with Elizabeth Ashley)
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018, most recent movie appearance, with Benecio del Toro)
- Criminal Minds (TV, 2020, most recent TV appearance)
Personal Life[]
Beckel's brother was Bob Beckel (1948-2022), a former co-host of the Fox News Channel show "The Five". Graham Beckel has been married to Elizabeth Briggs Bailey since 1984.