Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham
File:Grahamturgoose.jpg Stephen Graham with Thomas Turgoose (left) (at the This Is England premiere)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Hannah (2 children - Grace & Alfie)

Stephen Graham (born 3 August 1973) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Tommy in the movie Snatch. (2000), Combo in This Is England (2006) and its four-part television sequel This Is England '86, Danny Ferguson in Occupation, Billy Bremner in The Damned United and notorious bank robber Baby Face Nelson in Public Enemies (2009). He currently stars as Al Capone in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010).

Early life and career

Graham was born in Kirkby, Merseyside. He dropped his native Liverpudlian ("Scouse") accent for a London cockney accent in the Guy Ritchie film Snatch. He also adopted a Chicago accent when playing Baby Face Nelson in Public Enemies.

Following Snatch, Graham's highest-profile work in the US came in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York. He is also featured in the music video for the Arctic Monkeys' number-one hit "When the Sun Goes Down", and the short film based on the song, Scummy Man, as well as having been featured in their video for the song "Fluorescent Adolescent". His performance in the Shane Meadows film This Is England was well-reviewed. While he plays the psychopathic racist Combo in This Is England, Graham himself is part Jamaican by his paternal grandfather. He has also starred in the music video for Deadmau5 and Kaskade hit I Remember. He played Baby Face Nelson in Public Enemies, alongside Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. He donned a ginger wig to portray Billy Bremner, captain of the 1974 Leeds United football team, in the 2009 film The Damned United. He also grew a moustache to play Football Thug John Godden in Awaydays. He is slated to play a part in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as a secondary character called Scrum.

Roles

Graham is noted for the diversity of film roles which he has developed, as he has portrayed a cockney, a geordie, a scouser, a Scotsman, a Chicago mobster, and most notably, the short-fused British nationalist "Combo", in This is England.

Filmography

Film

• Dancin' Thru the Dark (1990)
• Downtime (1997)
• Snatch. (2000)
• Blow Dry (2001)
• The Last Minute (2001)
• Revengers Tragedy (2002)
• Gangs of New York (2002)
• The i Inside (2003)
• American Cousins (2003)
• Pit Fighter (2005)
• Goal! (2005)
• Scummy Man (2006)
• This Is England (2006)
• The Good Night (2007)
• Filth and Wisdom (2008)
• The Crew (2008)
• Inkheart (2008)
• Awaydays (2009)
• The Damned United (2009)
• Doghouse (2009)
• Public Enemies (2009)
• London Boulevard (2010)
• Season of the Witch (2010)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
• War Horse (2011)

Television

• Band of Brothers (2001)
• Top Buzzer (2004)
• Last Rights (2005)
• Empire (2005)
• The Innocence Project
• The Passion (2008)
• Occupation (2009)
• The Street (2009)
• Boardwalk Empire (2010)
• This Is England '86 (2010)

Other media appearances

He appeared in the music videos "I Remember" by Deadmau5 and Kaskade, "Fluorescent Adolescent" and "When The Sun Goes Down" by the Arctic Monkeys and "Unlovable" by Babybird, directed by Johnny Depp. Graham has also appeared in the music video 'Soul Vampire' by Macclesfield based neo-psychedilic band The Virginmarys.

References

He also appeared in the music video for "Turn" by Travis.

External links

• Stephen Graham at IMDb
• EyeForFilm.co.uk - Interview with Stephen Graham about This Is England