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Stephen Graham
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- Date of Birth: 1973-08-03 (age 53)
- Nationality:
United Kingdom
Stephen Joseph Graham (born 3 August 1973) is an English actor, producer, and screenwriter. He has received nominations for seven British Academy Television Awards (winning one) and one British Academy Film Award.
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Stephen Joseph Graham (born 3 August 1973) is an English actor, producer, and screenwriter. He has received nominations for seven British Academy Television Awards (winning one) and one British Academy Film Award. He has also won three Primetime Emmy Awards, one Golden Globe Award and two Actor Awards, among other accolades.
Graham began his career in 1990, with early notable roles in Snatch (2000) and Gangs of New York (2002), before his breakthrough role as Andrew "Combo" Gascoigne in the film This Is England (2006). His film appearances include Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017), Rocketman (2019), The Irishman (2019), Boiling Point (2021) and its sequel series of the same name (2023), and Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) and its sequel Venom: The Last Dance (2024).
On television, Graham reprised his role as Combo in This Is England '86, This Is England '88, and This Is England '90. He also starred in the drama Little Boy Blue; the fifth series of Line of Duty; HBO series Boardwalk Empire; BBC drama Time; and the sixth series of Peaky Blinders. He created, co-wrote and executively produced the miniseries Adolescence (2025) on Netflix, in which he also appeared, and won all of three nominations at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards for it. He also starred in A Thousand Blows (2025), created by Steven Knight.
In 2020 Graham co-founded the production company Matriarch Productions with his wife and fellow actor, Hannah Walters. For services to drama, Graham was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours.
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- He discovered fellow Liverpudlian Jodie Comer while filming scenes for one episode of Good Cop (2012) with her. Impressed by her talent, he immediately called his agent Jane Epstein and recommended the young actress to her. This led to a boost in Comer's acting career and to a friendship between both actors. When Comer won her BAFTA award in May 2019 for "Best Leading Actress" for her performance in Killing Eve (2018), she thanked Graham for introducing her to Epstein and making her career possible.
- His paternal grandfather was Jamaican, and one of his grandmothers was Swedish. Despite his Afro-Caribbean roots, he portrayed a white nationalist in This Is England (2006).
- His solid acting work also includes three fine screen portrayals of infamous gangsters, Baby Face Nelson in Public Enemies (2009), Al Capone in Boardwalk Empire (2010) and Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano in The Irishman (2019).
- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2023 King's New Years Honours List for his services to drama. He is an actor in London, England. He dedicates the award to his mother who has passed away.
- Has worked seven times with Vicky McClure in This Is England (2006), Filth and Wisdom (2008), This Is England '86 (2010), This Is England '88 (2011), Line of Duty (2012), This Is England '90 (2015) and The Secret Agent (2016).
- Has been in five Shane Meadows productions such as This Is England (2006), This Is England '86 (2010), This Is England '88 (2011), This Is England '90 (2015) and The Virtues (2019).
- Is the father of a daughter, named Grace, and a son, named Alfie.
- "I work to live, not live to work, so my head's at home, not in some showbiz life."
- "I wouldn't rule out L.A. life, but I love England. I have a lovely house and nice garden, I walk my kids to school - family is most important to me."
- "I don't need to move to the States; I love our little village, Ibstock."
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