Stephen Graham Bio, Age, Height, Family, Wife, Education, Career, Net Worth

Stephen Graham Biography

Stephen Joseph Graham is an English actor best known for playing Andrew “Combo” Gascoigne in This Is England. He has reprised his role in its sequels: This Is England ’86, This Is England ’88, and This Is England ’90.

Stephen Graham Age|Birthday

Graham was born on August 3, 1973. Therefore he is 48 years old as of 2021 and celebrates his birthday on 3rd August every year.

Stephen Graham Height|Weight

Graham’s height is 5 feet 7 inches (approximately 166 centimeters). Moreover, he weighs 69 kilograms.

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Stephen Graham Family

Graham’s father was of half Jamaican and half Swedish descent. However, he was raised by his stepfather and mother. Moreover, his stepfather is a mechanic who later became a pediatric nurse and his mother a social worker. He had a good relationship with his biological father.

Stephen Graham Wife

Graham met his wife, Hannah Walter, an actress at the Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance. However, the two started dating and got married on 6 June 2008. Previously, they lived in the Beckenham area of London. Currently, they live in Ibstock, Leicestershire. In addition, they have a son and a daughter together.

Stephen Graham Education

Graham was encouraged to pursue an acting career at the age of eight by Andrew Schofield, a local actor. This was at Overdale Primary School in Kirkby where he was schooling. The actor had seen him in a school production of Treasure Island where he had performed as Jim Hawkins. Later, he continued his education at Ruffwood Comprehensive. Subsequently, at the age of 14, he was introduced to Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre. Later, he went on to train at the Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance.

Stephen Graham Career

Graham has played characters who are Welsh, Cockney, Geordie, and Scouse. Moreover, he has also played Scottish as well as an Irish gang member in 19th century New York City. The characters he has portrayed range from British, Irish, and American regions. He has also played a 1930s Chicago bank robber. Additionally, he has played the sea Texan as well as a New Jersey mobster. He is famous for This Is England, a short-fused English nationalist “Combo”. Moreover, in Yardie, he portrayed a Jamaican gangster.

Furthermore, for his work on This Is England, he was nominated for a British Independent Film Award. For his work in The Streer, he also got nominated for an RTS Award. I Remember by Deadmau5, Kaskade, Flourescent Adolescent, and When the Sun Goes Down by Arctic Monkeys are music videos he appeared. In the music video directed by Johny Depp, Unlovable by Babybird, he also appeared. Well, he also appeared in Finger on the Trigger, Gazelle’s single. In addition, Soul Vampire by Macclesfield-based neo-psychedelic band The Virginmarys, Kasabian’s You’re in Love with a Psycho, and Turn by Travis are music videos he appeared in. In the music video for Goldie’s, ‘I Adore You’ in 2017, he appeared as an inmate within the open prison system.

Moreover, in the BBC Christmas show Lapland in 2011, he was a star. However, his role was recast with Dean Andrews when the series was remade as Being Eileen. In the video game Call of Duty: Ghosts titled CODnapped, he appeared on a promotional video for a DLC.

Additionally, he was the guest star for BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs in November 2019. He appeared as Welsh detective “Taff” Jones in January 2020, in the ITV series White House Farm. However, a number of critics criticized his performance despite his ability to adopt different accents. They stated that his accent for Welsh was inauthentic.

Filmography

Film

From 1990 – 2010

1990 – Dancin’ Thru’ the Dark as Football kid
1991 – Blonde Fist as Son
1997 – Downtime as Jacko
1998 – Joint Venture as Ace
2000 – Snatch as Tommy, Blow Dry as Photographer
2001 – The Last Minute as DJ Banana
2002 – Revengers Tragedy as Officer, Gangs of New York as Shang
2003 – American Cousins as Henry, Without You as Billy
2004 – The I Inside as Travis
2005 – Pit Fighter as Harry, Goal as Des
2006 – Scummy Man as George, This Is England as Andrew “Combo” Gascoigne
2007 – The Good Night as Victor
2008 – Filth and Wisdom as Harry Beecham, Crew as Franner, Inkheart as Fulvio
2009 – The Devil’s Wedding as The Hotelier, Awaydays as Godden, The Dammed United as Billy Bremer
2009 – Doghouse as Vince, Public Enemies as Baby Face Nelson
2010 – London Boulevard as Danny, Season of the Witch as Hagamar

From 2011 – 2021

2011 – Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Scrum, Texas Killing Fields as Rhino
2011 – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as Jerry Westerby, Being Eileen as Pete Lewis
2012 – Blood as Chrissie Fairburn
2014 – Get Santa as Barber, Hyena as David Knight
2015 – A Patch of Fog as Robert Green, Orthodox as Benjamin
2017 – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Scrum, Journey’s End as Trotter
2017 – Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool as Joe Turner Jr., Funny Cow as Mike, Being Keegan as Jay
2018 – Walk like a Panther as Mark Bolton
2019 – Hellboy as Gruagach, Rocketman as Dick James, Boiling Point as Chef, Pop as Pop
2020 – Greyhound as Lieutenant Commander Charlie Cole
2021 – Vernon: Let There Be Carnage as Patrick Mulligan

Television

From 1990 -2010

1990 – Children’s Ward as Mickey Bell
1993 – Heartbeat as Barry Ward
1996 – Devil’s Food as WPKV News Director
1997 – The Lakes as Graham, Brothers, and Sisters as Andrew
1998 – Where the Heart Is as Nick Bowen, Liverpool 1 as Thewlis, The Jump as Peter McNulty
1998 – 2002 – The Bill as Jezzo/ Jason Barrett
1999 – Coronation Street as Lee Sankey
2000 – Forgive and Forget as John
2001 – Band of Brothers as Sgt. Myron “Mike” Ranney
2002 – Flesh and Blood as Eddie
2004 – Top Buzzer as Lee
2005 – Murder Investigation Team as Jason Phelps, Last Rights as Steve, Empire as Bazzer
2006 – 2007 – The Innocence Project as Andrew Lucas
2008 – The Passion as Barabbas, Occupation as Danny Ferguson, The Street as Shay Ryan
2010 – This Is England ’86 as Andrew “Combo” Gascoigne
2010 – 2014 – Boardwalk Empire as Al Capone

From 2011 – 2021

2011 – This Is England ’88 as Andrew “Combo” Gascoigne, Walk like a Panther as Mark Bolton
2012 – Accused as Tony, Parade’s End as Vincent Macmaster, Good cop as Noel Finch
2013 – Playhouse Presents as Len
2015 – This Is England ’90 as Andrew “Combo” Gascoigne
2016 – The Secret Agent as Chief Inspector Heat, The Watchman as Carl
2017 – Decline and Fall as Philbrick, Taboo as Atticus, Little Boy Blue as Detective Superintendent Dave Kelly
2018 – Action Team as Gavril
2018 – present – Save Me as Fabio “Melon” Melonzola
2019 – Line of Duty as John Corbett, The Virtues as Joseph, A Christmas Carol as Jacob Marley
2020 – White House Farm as DCI Taff Jones
2020- Present – Code 404 as DI Roy Carver
2021 – Time as Eric McNally, The North Water as Captain Brownlee, Help as Tony
TBA – Peaky Blinders

Music Videos

1999 – Turn by Travis
2006 – When the Sun Goes Down by Arctic Monkeys
2007 – Fluorescent Adolescent by Arctic Monkeys
2008 – I Remember by Deadmau5 ft. Kaskade, Soul Vampire by The Virginmarys
2010 – Unlovable by Babybird
2017 – You’re in Love with a Psycho by Kasabian, I Adore You by Goldie
2019 – Wandering Star by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
2021 – Spit Of You by Sam Fender

Stephen Graham Net Worth

As of 2021, Graham’s net worth is $5 million.