Gary Rand Graham was born on 7 June 1950 in Long Beach, California. Star Trek fans know and love him as Soval, the Vulcan ambassador to Earth, from the television series Star Trek Enterprise. He also guest-starred on Star Trek: Voyager (1995) as Ocampan community leader Tanis.

Gary is a hard-working, talented American actor who is probably best known for his starring role as Detective Matt Sikes in the television series Alien Nation (1989-1990), followed by the TV movies Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994), Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995), Alien Nation: Millennium (1996), Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (1996), and Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997).

He's had more than 30 TV roles, and has starred in more than 35 movies, including All the Right Moves, The Last Warrior, Robot Jox, Hollywood Knights and Hardcore.