Starring alongside Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz and Rory Culkin, Graham stars in the 10-parter as serial killer Jurek Walter, who is described as "diabolically cunning" and over the course of the chilling series, starts to put a small town in western Pennsylvania under attack.
But what did Jurek Walter provide in a role that the actor had perhaps never experienced before? Answering that question in an exclusive chat with Radio Times, Graham said: "Lots of different things, to be honest with you.
"First, I read the script and I just thought what a wonderful opportunity it was to play a character like this because, as you've said, I don't normally get these chances or these opportunities."
"It's Tim Van Patten as well, who I've worked with for years. I worked with Tim first on Boardwalk Empire so when he asked me to do it, I'll be honest – without reading the script, I said yeah. I wouldn't advise that! And then I read the script and I was in a million and one per cent."
Graham has gone on to enjoy a very successful year, with Adolescence – the series he starred in, but co-created and co-wrote with Jack Thorne – revelling in a lengthy awards run, with Graham himself picking up a BAFTA, Golden Globe and an Emmy for his performance alone.
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The series was also produced by his production company, Matriarch Productions, which he founded with his wife and fellow actor Hannah Walters. And it turns out that Walters actually also helped Graham prepare for his role in Nocturne.
Graham joked and said: "It was nice to sit with Hannah and watch all these serial killers. She's probably written a letter to one or two of them fellas, I reckon on a sly, if I'm honest!"
He went on: "All of those things just go into your subconscious without even noticing it. When you're building the character, you're influenced by all these different things. Be that art, paintings, literature, music, whatever. You're influenced by all of these things. So it was a wonderful thing."
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