Stephen Graham

Some Lesser Known Facts About Stephen Graham

• Stephen Graham was brought up by his mother and his stepfather, who was a mechanic and later became a children’s nurse.

  

• He had a good relationship with his biological father.

• His grandmother was from Sweden, and his grandfather was from Jamaica.

• Once, during a media conversation, Stephen Graham talked about being light-skinned in a multiracial family. He said that his brothers had much darker skin.

• When he was eight years old, actor Andrew Schofield saw him performing the character Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island at school during a stage play and encouraged him to become an actor. He once recalled the suggestion Andrew Schofield gave to his parents. He said,
  

  Drew said to my mum and dad that he thought I had some talent and that they should look at getting me to the Everyman Youth Theatre [in Liverpool] – and that’s what we did. It started from there.”

• During his school days at Ruffwood Comprehensive School, Stephen Graham joined Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre at the age of fourteen.

  

• His first paid acting job as a teenager was in the television show Children’s Ward, which was written for ITV by Paul Abbott and Kay Mellor.

• Stephen Graham later earned professional training in acting at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance in Sidcup, England.

• He met Hannah Walters, an actress and film producer during his training days at Rose Bruford College, and they later married.

  

• Stephen Graham is teetotal and has struggled with depression.

• In his early 20s, he attempted suicide but survived when the rope cracked.

• In 1990, Stephen Graham began working as an actor.

• Some of his early noted roles include Tommy in Snatch (2000), Myron ‘Mike’ Ranney in Band of Brothers (2001), and Shang in Gangs of New York (2002).

• In 2004, Stephen Graham played the guitar in the music promo of the song Beautiful Thing by Michelle Lawson.

• He came into the limelight with his breakthrough role Andrew ‘Combo’ Gascoigne in the 2006 television series This Is England. This role earned him a British Independent Film Award nomination.

  

• Stephen Graham reappeared as Andrew ‘Combo’ Gascoigne in the TV series This Is England ’86 (2010), This Is England ’88 (2011), and This Is England ’90 (2015).

• He played the role of Detective Superintendent Dave Kelly in the 2017 television series Little Boy Blue and John Corbett in the series Line of Duty in 2019.

• From 2010 to 2014, Stephen Graham portrayed Al Capone in the television series Boardwalk Empire, which aired on HBO.

• In 2011, Graham appeared in the television show Lapland, which aired on BBC Christmas. In the same year, the show was remade as Being Eileen, his role was recast with Dean Andrews.

• After that, Stephen Graham was featured in CODnapped, a promotional video for the video game Call of Duty: Ghosts.

  

• He played the role of Scrum in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides in 2011 and returned in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales in 2017. In the film, he acted alongside his wife, Hannah Walters.

  

• In February 2018, Stephen Graham began living in Ibstock, Leicestershire with his family. Earlier, he lived in Beckenham, London.

• In 2019, he played Anthony Provenzano in the film The Irishman.

• Stephen Graham has appeared in the music videos of many English songs such as When the Sun Goes Down (2006) by Arctic Monkeys, I Remember (2008) by Deadmau5 and Kaskade, Unlovable (2009) by Babybird (directed by Johnny Depp), You’re in Love with a Psycho by Kasabian (2017), and Spit of You (2021) by Sam Fender.

  

• In 2019, he played the role of DS John Corbett in the television series Line of Duty Season 5.

• In November 2019, Stephen Graham was a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.

• He has dyslexia. In 2019, he revealed that his wife, Hannah Walters, read scripts for him and helped him in selecting roles.

• In January 2020, Stephen Graham played the role of Taff Jones, a Welsh detective, in the television series White House Farm. After the release of the show, some television critics commented that his Welsh accent was not authentic.

• In 2020, he and his wife, Hannah Walters, co-founded Matriarch Productions.

• In 2021, Stephen Graham portrayed Patrick Mulligan in the film Venom: Let There Be Carnage and its sequel Venom: The Last Dance in 2024.

  

• He is known for playing different characters from different parts of Britain, Ireland, and America.

• Stephen Graham has been praised for his accent skills.

• In 2021, he appeared in the film Boiling Point with his wife, Hannah Walters. The film was directed by Philip Barantini. It made history for being the first British single-take film, set in the kitchen of a restaurant.

  

• In 2021, Stephen Graham played Eric McNally in the television series Time, which aired on BBC.

• In 2022, he appeared as Hayden Stagg in the television series Peaky Blinders.

• In 2023, Stephen Graham repeated his role as head chef Andy Jone in the television series Boiling Point, which aired on BBC One.

• For his role in the TV show Boiling Point, he was nominated for an RTS Award for The Street, a British Independent Film Award for This Is England, five British Academy Television Awards, and two British Academy Film Awards.

• Stephen Graham was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to drama. While receiving the honour, he dedicated the award to his mother, who passed away in 2022.

• He is a Liverpool FC fan and has often appeared on the comedy sports talk show Soccer AM, which aired on Sky Sports.

  

• In December 2024, Stephen Graham was investigated by The Football Association (FA) in England for verbally abusing a referee at a non-league football match in Leicestershire.

• He has been featured on the cover of many renowned magazines and tabloids.

  

• Stephen Graham likes travelling to distant places and scuba diving in his free time.

  

• Stephen Graham is an animal lover and has a pet dog. He often shares pictures of his pet on social media.

  

• He is often spotted enjoying alcoholic beverages on various occasions.

  

• Stephen Graham enjoys smoking cigarettes occasionally.