26 Facts About Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham was born on 3 August 1973 and is an English actor and producer.

Stephen Graham began his career in 1990, with early notable roles in Snatch and Gangs of New York, before his breakthrough role as Andrew "Combo" Gascoigne in the film This Is England.

On television Graham reprised his role as Combo in This Is England '86, This Is England '88, and This Is England '90.

Stephen Graham starred in the drama Little Boy Blue, in the fifth series of Line of Duty, in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, in the BBC drama Time, and in the sixth series of Peaky Blinders.

Stephen Graham has received nominations for seven British Academy Television Awards and one British Academy Film Award.

Stephen Graham was born in Kirkby, Lancashire, on 3 August 1973.

Stephen Graham was brought up by his mother, a social worker, and his stepfather, a mechanic who later became a paediatric nurse.

Stephen Graham maintained a good relationship with his biological father.

Stephen Graham had a Swedish grandmother and Jamaican grandfather, and has discussed his experience being a light-skinned multiracial person, as he has brothers who have much darker skin.

Stephen Graham attended Overdale Primary School in Kirkby, where he was encouraged to pursue an acting career at the age of eight by local actor Andrew Schofield, who had seen him perform as Jim Hawkins in a school production of Treasure Island.

Stephen Graham began his career in 1990, with early notable roles including Tommy in Snatch, Myron "Mike" Ranney in Band of Brothers, and Shang in Gangs of New York, before his breakout role as Andrew "Combo" Gascoigne in the film This Is England, the last of which garnered a nomination for a British Independent Film Award.

Stephen Graham reprised his role as Combo on television in This Is England '86, This Is England '88, and This Is England '90.

Stephen Graham appeared as the Scrum in the 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, a role he reprised in the 2017 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, starring alongside his wife Hannah Walters.

Stephen Graham has often portrayed characters from different parts of Britain, Ireland, and America, receiving praise for his accent work.

Stephen Graham appeared as an inmate within the open prison system in the music video for Goldie's "I Adore You" in 2017, and starred in Sam Fender's music video for "Spit of You", in which he plays Fender's father.

In 2011 Stephen Graham starred in the BBC Christmas show Lapland.

Stephen Graham appeared in "CODnapped", a promotional video for a DLC of the video game Call of Duty: Ghosts.

In 2019 Stephen Graham featured as DS John Corbett in series 5 of the BBC drama Line of Duty.

Stephen Graham was nominated for an RTS Award for his work in The Street, and for a British Independent Film Award for his work in This Is England.

Stephen Graham has received nominations for five British Academy Television Awards and two British Academy Film Awards.

Stephen Graham appeared in the British historical drama series A Thousand Blows.

Stephen Graham was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to drama, which he dedicated to his mother, who died in 2022.

Stephen Graham began dating actress and producer Hannah Walters after they met while training as actors at Rose Bruford College, and they later married.

Stephen Graham has dyslexia, revealing in 2019 that Walters reads scripts for him and helps him decide whether to accept a role.

Stephen Graham is teetotal and has struggled with depression, having once tried to hang himself in his early 20s, stating that he only survived because "the rope snapped".

Stephen Graham is a lifelong supporter of Liverpool FC and made several appearances on Sky Sports's Soccer AM.