Background
Born in Stoughton, Wisconsin, Elwood grew up in the Nakoma neighborhood of nearby Madison.
Born in Stoughton, Wisconsin, Elwood grew up in the Nakoma neighborhood of nearby Madison.
He later graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, majoring in film.
Early While in Evanston, Elwood went on to captain his high school"s football team as well as played lacrosse. He was also the color announcer for the school"s basketball games. At university he began performing with a sketch comedy theatre group called Comedy Corner and did stand-up for the first time competing in the United States College Comedy Competition that was emceed by Judd Apatow.
From there he began bicycling to Laff"s Comedy Cafe on a weekly basis to do open mics.
After university, he moved to Chicago where he worked as a waiter at Bella Bacino"s pizzeria and began taking classes at The Second City before landing regular road gigs for stand-up. After a few years on the road, Graham moved to Los Angeles when he turned 25 to pursue television and film.
Elwood hosted the Game Show Network original series Cram and the United States of America Network and syndicated game show Strip Poker. From October 2006, he appeared in a Direct Television testimonial commercial as "Graham - Customer since "01".
He co-starred with fellow comedian Doug Benson in The High Road with Doug Benson on the G4 Network and can be seen in Super High Maine with Doug Benson.
Elwood has made television appearances on The Late Late Show (Columbia Broadcasting System television series) on Columbia Broadcasting System and The Sarah Silverman Program and The Benson Interruption on Comedy Central. In 2008, he co-founded and continues to host Comedy Film Nerds with Chris Mancini, a weekly podcast. Along with his United States tours, Elwood has done 5 United Service Organizations tours to Afghanistan and Iraq to perform for the troops.
He has directed "Laffghanistan: Comedy Down Range" a documentary about his experience overseas, entertaining the troops and "Graham Elwood: Live from Afghanistan".
Elwood has created "Comics in Combat" to raise money for veterans.