Stephen Graham

{{Short description|English actor (born 1973)}}

{{other people}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Stephen Graham

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}}

| image = Stephen Graham & Mickey DeHara (crop).png

| caption = Graham in 2013

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|8|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kirkby, Lancashire, England

| education = Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|producer}}

| yearsactive = 1990–present

| spouse = Hannah Walters

| children = 2

}}

Stephen Graham (born 3 August 1973) is an English actor and producer. He 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).

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, 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. He created, co-wrote and executive produced the miniseries Adolescence (2025) on Netflix, in which he also appeared.

Graham's 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), 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).

He has received nominations for seven British Academy Television Awards and one British Academy Film Award. He was appointed OBE in 2023.

Early life

Stephen Graham was born in Kirkby, Lancashire,{{efn|Lancashire is where Kirkby was at the time of Graham's birth. Since 1 April 1974, Kirkby has been in Merseyside.}} on 3 August 1973.{{cite web | title=Stephen Graham | website=Rotten Tomatoes | date=3 August 1973 | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/stephen_graham | access-date=13 March 2025}}{{cite web | title=Stephen Graham Films and Shows | website=Apple TV (UK)| url=https://tv.apple.com/gb/person/stephen-graham/umc.cpc.22012on2g25pcsjpg3f4dlq7w | access-date=13 March 2025}} He was brought up by his mother, a social worker, and his stepfather, a mechanic who later became a paediatric nurse. He maintained a good relationship with his biological father.{{cite web |last=Armstrong |first=Stephen |title=Stephen Graham interview: The teetotal actor on playing an alcoholic in The Virtues, his failed suicide bid, and playing a mobster in Scorsese's epic The Irishman |website=The Times and The Sunday Times |date=26 October 2019 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/stephen-graham-interview-the-teetotal-actor-on-playing-an-alcoholic-in-the-virtues-his-failed-suicide-bid-and-playing-a-mobster-in-scorseses-epic-the-irishman-5cnx89060?region=global |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309094224/https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/stephen-graham-interview-the-teetotal-actor-on-playing-an-alcoholic-in-the-virtues-his-failed-suicide-bid-and-playing-a-mobster-in-scorseses-epic-the-irishman-5cnx89060?region=global |archive-date=9 March 2025 |url-status=live |access-date=9 March 2025|quote =Graham, 46,}}{{cite web| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jul/01/stephen-graham-film-actor-hollywood| title=Gizza job, CBeebies| first=Patrick| last=Barkham| date=2009-06-30| newspaper=The Guardian| access-date=2018-04-30}} He 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.{{cite web| url=http://shadows.wall.net/features/this1.htm| title=Shane Meadows discusses his most personal film to date, which is saying something| first=Rich| last=Cline| work= Shadows on the Wall|date=2007-04-22| quote=Stephen Graham, who plays Combo, he has a mixed-race heritage. He has a Swedish grandmother, a fully Jamaican grandfather [...]| access-date=2018-04-30}}

He 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. He then continued his education at Ruffwood Comprehensive and was subsequently introduced to Liverpool's Everyman Theatre at the age of 14, later going on to train at the Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance.

Career

Graham began his career in 1990, with early notable roles including Tommy in Snatch (2000), Myron "Mike" Ranney in Band of Brothers (2001), and Shang in Gangs of New York (2002), before his breakout role as Andrew "Combo" Gascoigne in the film This Is England (2006), the last of which garnered a nomination for a British Independent Film Award. He reprised his role as Combo on television in This Is England '86 (2010), This Is England '88 (2011), and This Is England '90 (2015). He also starred as Det. Supt. Dave Kelly in the 2017 drama Little Boy Blue, John Corbett in the fifth series of Line of Duty (2019), Al Capone in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014), Eric McNally in the BBC drama Time (2021), and Hayden Stagg in the sixth series of Peaky Blinders (2022).

He 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.{{Cite web|url= https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/line-dutys-stephen-graham-stars-24257189| title=Line Of Duty's Stephen Graham stars with wife in BBC show and it's 'brilliant'|first=Richard|last=Simpson|date=5 June 2021|website= The Mirror}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/stephen-graham-wife-hannah-most-25002163|title=Stephen Graham's fairytale romance with wife Hannah|first=Sam|last=Cook|date=29 September 2023|website=Wales Online}}{{Cite web|url= https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/pirates-caribbean-star-stephen-graham-8646426|title=Pirates of the Caribbean star on how he's overcome dyslexia|first1=Mark|last1=Jefferies|first2=Nicola|last2=Methven|date=16 August 2016|website=Daily Mirror}} Other film roles include Anthony Provenzano in The Irishman (2019) and Patrick Mulligan in Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) and its sequel Venom: The Last Dance (2024).

Graham has often portrayed characters from different parts of Britain, Ireland, and America, receiving praise for his accent work.{{cite web| last= Kermode| first=Jennie | date=

23 February 2007| url= https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2007-02-23-stephen-graham-interview-about-this-is-england-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode| title= Racism and rights of passage: Actor Stephen Graham discusses his role in this year's most talked-about British film, This Is England| website=

EyeForFilm.co.uk| publisher=| accessdate= }}

He appeared in the music videos for "I Remember" by Deadmau5 and Kaskade,{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2009/05/deadmau5_kaskade_i_remember.shtml| title=Deadmau5 & Kaskade - 'I Remember'| first=Fraser| last=McAlpine| date=2009-05-10| publisher=BBC| access-date=2018-04-30}} "Fluorescent Adolescent" and "When the Sun Goes Down" by Arctic Monkeys, "Unlovable" by Babybird (directed by Johnny Depp), and Gazelle's single "Finger on the Trigger".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEWUb-Y--Vg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/kEWUb-Y--Vg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Gazelle - Finger on the Trigger|first=Gazelle|last= Banduk|date= 18 November 2018 |via= YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Graham appeared in the music video "Soul Vampire" by Macclesfield-based neo-psychedelic band the Virginmarys, the music video for "Turn" by Travis, and Kasabian's video "You're in Love with a Psycho". He appeared as an inmate within the open prison system in the music video for Goldie's "I Adore You" in 2017, and also starred in Sam Fender's music video for "Spit of You", in which he plays Fender's father.{{Cite web|url= https://www.nme.com/news/music/sam-fender-new-video-spit-of-you-single-stephen-graham-watch-3063662|title=Sam Fender shares poignant 'Spit Of You' video starring Stephen Graham|first=Tom|last=Skinner|date=6 October 2021|work=NME}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/sam-fender-bromance-stephen-graham-22897506|title=Sam Fender says 'bromance' with Stephen Graham has helped his imposter syndrome|first=Katie|last= Anderson|date=27 January 2022|website=Chronicle Live}}

In 2011 Graham starred in the BBC Christmas show Lapland. When the series was remade as Being Eileen, Graham's role was recast with Dean Andrews.{{cite web| url=https://www.tvwise.co.uk/2012/09/bbc-one-orders-follow-up-to-christmas-comedy-lapland/| title=BBC One Orders Follow Up To Christmas Comedy 'Lapland', Stephen Graham's Role Recast| first= Patrick| last=Munn|work= TVWise.co.uk| date= 2012-09-13| access-date= 2018-04-30}}{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/06/being-eileen.html| title=Being Eileen| publisher=BBC| access-date= 2018-04-30}} He also appeared in "CODnapped", a promotional video for a DLC of the video game Call of Duty: Ghosts.

In 2019 Graham featured as DS John Corbett in series 5 of the BBC drama Line of Duty.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/line-of-duty-series-5-cast-stephen-graham-balaclava-man/| title = Line of Duty series 5 casts actor Stephen Graham – but what could his role be? | website=

Radio Times| date=| publisher=| accessdate= }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/may/06/line-of-duty-stephen-graham-throat-slitting-was-superb-im-good-at-dying|title = Line of Duty's Stephen Graham: 'My throat-slitting was superb. I'm good at dying'|website = The Guardian| date = 6 May 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/stephen-graham-line-of-duty-season-5-cast-character-balaclava-man-new-series-204415| title = Who is Stephen Graham playing in Line of Duty season 5?|date = 22 April 2019 |website= inews.co.uk |publisher=| accessdate= }} In November of that year, Graham was the guest for BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bdlj |title=Stephen Graham, actor |work=BBC Online |access-date=24 August 2021}} In January 2020, he appeared in the ITV series White House Farm as Welsh detective "Taff" Jones. Despite his reputation for his ability to adopt different accents, a number of critics criticised his performance and stated that his Welsh accent was inauthentic.{{Cite web|url= https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/carolyn-hitt-welsh-tv-accent-17550613|title=We need authentic Welsh voices — not English actors mangling our accents|last=Hitt|first=Carolyn|date= 2020-01-11|website= walesonline.co.uk|access-date= 2020-01-12}}

In 2021 he starred alongside his wife Hannah Walters in the film Boiling Point, directed by his Band of Brothers co-star Philip Barantini. A one-shot film set in a restaurant kitchen, the film was expanded from a 2019 short film of the same name.{{cite news|last=Boyce|first=Laurence|date=23 August 2021|url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/karlovy-vary-2021-philip-barantini-talks-filming-boiling-point-in-one-take/5162560.article| title=Karlovy Vary 2021: Philip Barantini talks filming 'Boiling Point' in one take|work=Screen Daily|access-date=19 October 2021}}{{cite news|last=Aftab|first= Kaleem|date=31 August 2021|url= https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/409592/|title=Philip Barantini, Director of Boiling Point|work=Cineuropa|access-date=19 October 2021}} In October 2022, it was announced that Graham would reprise his role in a BBC One series airing in 2023 as a sequel to the film, also named Boiling Point.{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news/boiling-point-tv-series-starring-stephen-graham-confirmed-bbc/|title=Boiling Point TV Series Starring Stephen Graham Confirmed For BBC|website= Empire|last=Williams|first= Owen|date= 21 October 2022|access-date=22 October 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/boiling-point-bbc-review/ | title= Boiling Point review: Stephen Graham takes a backseat in this stellar slice of TV }}

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. He has received nominations for five British Academy Television Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. He was made an OBE in 2023.

In 2025 he created, co-wrote and executive produced the miniseries Adolescence on Netflix, in which he also appeared. The series was widely praised by critics.{{cite news |last=Youngs |first=Ian |title=Adolescence: Netflix drama hailed as 'flawless' TV |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwydwzv4qpgo |work=BBC News |access-date=18 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250317225157/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwydwzv4qpgo |archive-date=17 March 2025 |date=17 March 2025 |url-status=live}} Graham also appeared in the British historical drama series A Thousand Blows.{{cite web |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/a-thousand-blows-sugar-goodson-true-story |title=The true story of A Thousand Blows' boxing behemoth Sugar Goodson |work=GQ |last=Faith-Kelley |first=Killian |date=21 February 2025 |access-date=10 April 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/feb/21/a-thousand-blows-review-the-irresistible-new-boxing-drama-from-the-peaky-blinders-creator|title=A Thousand Blows review – the irresistible new boxing drama from the Peaky Blinders creator|first=Lucy|last=Mangan|work=The Guardian |date=21 February 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigissue.com/culture/tv/a-thousand-blows-steven-knight-stephen-graham-interview/|title=Stephen Graham and Steven Knight on class, boxing and new drama A Thousand Blows|first=Adrian|last=Lobb|date=21 February 2025}}

=Production company=

In 2020, he co-founded the production company Matriarch Productions with his wife, Hannah Walters.{{cite web | title=Home | website= matriarch-productions.co.uk | publisher= Matriarch Productions | url=https://www.matriarch-productions.co.uk/ | access-date=14 March 2025}}

Recognition

Graham was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to drama, which he dedicated to his mother, who died in 2022.{{London Gazette|issue=63918|supp=y|page=N13|date=31 December 2022}}{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-64129372|title=New Year Honours 2023: Actor Stephen Graham appointed OBE|website=BBC|last=Kataria|first=Sonia|date=30 December 2022|access-date=31 December 2022}}{{cite web| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/stephen-graham-obe-instagram-new-year-honours-merseyside-b2254028.html|title=Stephen Graham says he shares OBE with 'incredible' late mother|website=Independent|last=McLaughlin|first=Caroline|date=31 December 2022|access-date=31 December 2022}}

Personal life

Graham began dating actress and producer Hannah Walters after they met while training as actors at Rose Bruford College, and they later married. {{as of |February 2018}} they live in Ibstock, Leicestershire, having previously lived in the Beckenham area of London. They have a son and a daughter together.{{cite web | title=Meet Stephen Graham, the Hollywood star who lives in a Leicestershire village | url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/who-is-stephen-graham-actor-152239 | first1=Lee | last1=Marlow | first2=Daniel | last2=Smith | date=2018-02-20 | newspaper=Leicester Mercury | access-date=2018-04-30}}

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

He is a lifelong supporter of Liverpool FC and made several appearances on Sky Sports's Soccer AM.{{cite news |last1= Fendley |first1=John|last2=Chamberlain|first2=Helen |date=2015 |title=Soccer AM - Stephen Graham |url=https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/tv-shows/soccer-am/10104248/soccer-am-stephen-graham |work=Sky Sports |access-date=9 November 2020}} In December 2024, he faced an FA investigation after verbally abusing a referee at a non-league football match in Leicestershire.{{cite web | title=Stephen Graham 'faces FA investigation' for branding referee 'a f**king Teletubby' in vicious rant at non-league game | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/stephen-graham-football-ref-rant-investigation-b1200950.html | first1=Lisa | last1=McLoughlin | date=2024-12-19 | newspaper=Evening Standard | access-date=2025-01-08}}

Filmography

class="wikitable"

|+Key

| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}}

|Denotes works that have not yet been released

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable"| Notes

1990

| Dancin' Thru the Dark

| Football Kid

|

1991

| Blonde Fist

| Son

|

1997

| Downtime

| Jacko

|

1998

| Joint Venture

|

2000

| Snatch

| Tommy

|

rowspan="2" | 2001

| Blow Dry

| Photographer

|

The Last Minute

| DJ Banana

|

rowspan="2" | 2002

| Revengers Tragedy

| Officer

|

Gangs of New York

| Shang

|

rowspan="2" | 2003

| American Cousins

| Henry

|

Without You

| Billy

| Short film

2004

| The I Inside

| Travis

|

rowspan="2" | 2005

| Pit Fighter

| Harry

|

Goal!

| Des

|

rowspan="2" | 2006

| Scummy Man

| George

| Short film

This Is England

| Andrew "Combo" Gascoigne

|

2007

| The Good Night

| Victor

|

rowspan="3" | 2008

| Filth and Wisdom

| Harry Beecham

|

The Crew

| Franner

|

Inkheart

| Fulvio

|

rowspan="5" | 2009

| The Devil's Wedding

| The Hotelier

| Short film

Awaydays

| Godden

|

The Damned United

| Billy Bremner

|

Doghouse

| Vince

|

Public Enemies

| Baby Face Nelson

|

2010

| London Boulevard

| Danny

|

rowspan="5" | 2011

| Season of the Witch

| Hagamar

|

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

| Scrum

|

Texas Killing Fields

| Rhino

|

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

| Jerry Westerby

|

Being Eileen

| Pete Lewis

|

rowspan="2" | 2012

| Best Laid Plans

| Danny

|

Blood

| Chrissie Fairburn

|

rowspan="2" | 2014

| Get Santa

| Barber

|

Hyena

| David Knight

|

rowspan="2" | 2015

| A Patch of Fog

| Robert Green

|

Orthodox

| Benjamin

| Also executive producer

rowspan="6" | 2017

| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

| Scrum

|

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

| Joe Turner Jr.

|

Journey's End

| Trotter

|

Funny Cow

| Mike

|

Being Keegan

| Jay

| Short film

The Man with the Iron Heart

| Heinrich Himmler

|

rowspan="2" | 2018

| Yardie

| Rico

|

Walk like a Panther

| Mark Bolton

|

rowspan="5" | 2019

| Hellboy

| Gruagach

| Voice

Rocketman

| Dick James

|

The Irishman

| Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano

|

Boiling Point

| Chef

| Short film

Pop

| Pop

|

2020

| Greyhound

| Lieutenant Commander Charlie Cole

|

rowspan="2" | 2021

| Venom: Let There Be Carnage

| Patrick Mulligan

|

Boiling Point

| Andy Jones

|

2022

| Matilda the Musical

| Mr. Wormwood

|

rowspan="5"|2024

| Young Woman and the Sea

| Bill Burgess

|

Buffalo Kids

| Uncle Niall

| Voice; English dub

Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness

| Léopold Zborowski

|

Venom: The Last Dance

| Patrick Mulligan

|

Blitz

| Albert

|

2025

| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| Deliver Me from Nowhere {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}}

| Douglas Springsteen

| rowspan="3"|Post-production

rowspan="2"|{{TableTBA}}

| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| The Immortal Man {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}}

| Hayden Stagg

style="background:#FFFFCC;"| Good Boy {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}}

| Chris

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable"|Notes

1990

| Children's Ward

| Mickey Bell

| 2 episodes

1993

| Heartbeat

| Barry Ward

| Episode: "Riders of the Storm"

1996

| Devil's Food

| WPKV News Director

| Television film

1997

| The Lakes

| Graham

| Episode #1.1

rowspan="4" | 1998

| Brothers and Sisters

| Andrew

|

Where the Heart Is

| Nick Bowen

| Episode: "Darkness Follows"

Liverpool 1

| Thewlis

| rowspan="2" | 2 episodes

The Jump

| Peter McNulty

1998–2002

| The Bill

| Jezzo / Jason Barrett

| 3 episodes

1999

| Coronation Street

| Lee Sankey

| 5 episodes

2000

| Forgive and Forget

| John

| Television film

2001

| Band of Brothers

| Sgt. Myron "Mike" Ranney

| 2 episodes

2002

| Flesh and Blood

| Eddie

| Television film

2004

| Top Buzzer

| Lee

| 10 episodes

rowspan="3" | 2005

| Murder Investigation Team

| Jason Phelps

| Episode #2.3

Last Rights

| Steve

| rowspan="2" | Miniseries

Empire

| Bazzer

2006–2007

| The Innocence Project

| Andrew Lucas

| 6 episodes

rowspan="3" | 2008

| The Passion

| Barabbas

| rowspan="2" | 3 episodes

Occupation

| Danny Ferguson

The Street

| Shay Ryan

| 2 episodes

2010

| This Is England '86

| Andrew "Combo" Gascoigne

| 2 episodes

2010–2014

| Boardwalk Empire

| Al Capone

| 36 episodes

rowspan="2" | 2011

| This Is England '88

| Andrew "Combo" Gascoigne

| 2 episodes

Walk like a Panther

| Mark Bolton

| Episode #1.1

rowspan="3" | 2012

| Accused

| Tony

| Episode: "Tracie's Story"

Parade's End

| Vincent Macmaster

| 5 episodes

Good Cop

| Noel Finch

| 1 episode

2013

| Playhouse Presents

| Len

| Episode: "The Call Out"

2015

| This Is England '90

| Andrew "Combo" Gascoigne

| rowspan="2"|3 episodes

rowspan="2" | 2016

| The Secret Agent

| Chief Inspector Heat

The Watchman

| Carl

| Television film

rowspan="3" | 2017

| Decline and Fall

| Philbrick

| 3 episodes

Taboo

| Atticus

| 8 episodes

Little Boy Blue

| Detective Superintendent Dave Kelly

| 4 episodes

2018

| Action Team

| Gavril

| Episode: "Mind Games"

2018–2020

| Save Me

| Fabio "Melon" Melonzola

| Main role

rowspan="3" | 2019

| Line of Duty

| John Corbett

| Series 5; main role

The Virtues

| Joseph

| 4 episodes

A Christmas Carol

| Jacob Marley

| Miniseries

2020

| White House Farm

| DCI Taff Jones

| 6 episodes

2020–2022

| Code 404

| DI Roy Carver

| Main role

rowspan="3" | 2021

| Time

| Eric McNally

| Series 1; main role{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-12-09/sean-bean-stephen-graham-time-siobhan-finneran/p|title=First look at Sean Bean and Stephen Graham in Time as Siobhan Finneran joins cast|website=radiotimes.com|access-date=26 December 2020}}

The North Water

| Captain Brownlee

| Miniseries

Help

| Tony

| Television film{{cite web|url=https://rts.org.uk/article/stephen-graham-and-jodie-comer-star-new-channel-4-drama-help|title=Stephen Graham and Jodie Comer to star in new Channel 4 drama Help|website=rts.org.uk|date=26 November 2020|access-date=26 December 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/aug/22/jodie-comer-and-stephen-graham-on-friendship-football-and-their-new-care-home-drama-help |title=Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham on friendship, football and their new care home drama |website=TheGuardian.com |date=22 August 2021 |access-date=14 September 2021}}

rowspan="2" | 2022

| Peaky Blinders

| Hayden Stagg

| Series 6; 2 episodes

The Walk-In

| Matthew Collins

| Main role{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-commissions-true-story-walk-starring-stephen-graham|title=TV commissions true story, The Walk-In, starring Stephen Graham|website=itv.com/presscentre|accessdate=21 September 2022}}

rowspan="2" | 2023

| Boiling Point

| Andy Jones

| rowspan="2"|Miniseries

Bodies

| Elias Mannix

rowspan="2" | 2025

| A Thousand Blows

| Sugar Goodson

| Also executive producer

Adolescence

| Eddie Miller

| Also co-creator, co-writer, and executive producer

=Music videos=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Artist

1999

| "Turn"

| Travis

2006

| "When the Sun Goes Down"

| rowspan="2" | Arctic Monkeys

2007

| "Fluorescent Adolescent"

rowspan="2" | 2008

| "I Remember"

| Deadmau5 ft. Kaskade

"Soul Vampire"

| The Virginmarys

2010

| "Unloveable"

| Babybird

rowspan="2" | 2017

| "You're in Love with a Psycho"

| Kasabian

"I Adore You"

| Goldie

2019

| "Wandering Star"

| Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

2021

| "Spit of You"

| Sam Fender

Awards and nominations

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|+

!Year

!Award

!Category

!Work

!Result

!Ref.

2006

|British Independent Film Award

|Best Supporting Actor

|This Is England

|{{nom}}

|

rowspan=2|2010

|RTS Awards

|Best Actor

|The Street

|{{nom}}

|

rowspan=2|Screen Actors Guild Award

|rowspan=2|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

|rowspan=2|Boardwalk Empire

|{{won}}

|

2011

|{{won}}

|

rowspan="2" |2013

|British Academy Television Awards

|Best Supporting Actor

|Accused (Tracie's Story)

|{{nom}}

|{{cite web | url=http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=STEPHEN+GRAHAM | title=BAFTA Awards Search | BAFTA Awards }}

rowspan="2" |Screen Actors Guild Award

| rowspan="2" |Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

| rowspan="2" |Boardwalk Empire

|{{nom}}

|

2014

|{{nom}}

|

2016

|British Academy Television Awards

|Best Actor

|This Is England '90

|{{nom}}

|

rowspan="2" |2018

|RTS Awards

|Best Actor

|Little Boy Blue

|{{won}}

|

International Film Festival of Wales

|Best Actor

|Being Keegan

|{{won}}

|{{Cite web |title=International Film Festival of Wales {{!}} 2018 |url=https://www.filmfestivalguild.com/iffw2018 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=Film Festival Guild |language=en}}

rowspan="2"|2019

|British Academy Television Awards

|Best Supporting Actor

|Save Me

|{{nom}}

|

Screen Actors Guild Award

|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

|The Irishman

|{{nom}}

|

2018

|RTS Awards

|Best Actor

|rowspan=2|The Virtues

|{{won}}

|

2020

|British Academy Television Awards

|Best Actor

|{{nom}}

|rowspan=2|

rowspan="7"|2022

|British Academy Film Awards

| Best Actor in a Leading Role

|rowspan=2|Boiling Point

|{{nom}}

British Independent Film Award

|Best Actor

|{{nom}}

|

rowspan="3"|British Academy Television Awards

|Best Single Drama (as producer)

|rowspan="2"|Help

|{{nom}}

|rowspan=3|{{Cite web |last=Hooton |first=Kayleigh |date=2022-05-08 |title=BAFTA TV Awards 2022 winners in full |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a39936701/bafta-tv-awards-2022-winners/ |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}

Best Actor

|{{nom}}

Best Supporting Actor

|Time

|{{nom}}

Broadcasting Press Guild Awards

|Best Actor

|Help / Time

|{{won}}

|{{Cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Connie |last2=Ashe |first2=Isaac |date=25 March 2022 |title=Best actor award for Stephen Graham after TWO nominations |url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/best-actor-award-stephen-graham-6860428 |access-date=26 March 2022 |website=LeicestershireLive |language=en}}

Seoul International Drama Awards

|Best Actor

|Help

|{{won}}

|{{cite Instagram|postid=Ci1Fd3zpZl3|user=seouldramaawards|title=SDA 2022 winners|date=23 September 2022|access-date=19 October 2022|link=no}}

References

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Notes

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