Stuart Graham (actor)

Born in Belfast and educated at the University of Ulster, where he took a degree in media studies, Graham trained for an acting career at a drama school in London. In 1990 he played a minor part in a revival of Berenice at the Cottesloe Theatre, Lambeth, and in 1991 appeared at the Dublin Theatre Festival in a production of Michael Collins Big Fella! by the Praxis Theatre Laboratory of Greenwich, playing the part of Eoin O'Duffy.

Most of Graham's stage work has been in Dublin and Belfast, while in film and television he has worked in both Irish and British productions, specialising in playing Irishmen. However, his leading roles have included the part of the Englishman Howard Carter in Egypt (2005).[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/17/egypt_cast.shtml Egypt Press Pack] at bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/, accessed 14 November 2013

In 2000, Graham directed the premiere of Gary Mitchell's play, Marching On, at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast.Margaret Llewellyn-Jones, Contemporary Irish Drama & Cultural Identity (2002), [https://books.google.com/books?id=Yf7i2hwak14C&pg=PT212 p. 212]

In an interview in 2011, Graham commented {{blockquote|...if you are simply a jobbing actor, in order to have any sort of longevity in the industry, you have to hand over control of your life.Carol Murphy, [http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/4426/actor-stuart-graham-talks-spies-and-assassins Actor Stuart Graham Talks Spies and Assassins] dated 29/09/2011 at culturenorthernireland.org, accessed 14 November 2013}}

In April 2017, he appeared in The Ferryman at the Royal Court Theatre, ahead of a transfer to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End.{{cite web |title=Cast and West End transfer confirmed for Sam Mendes' The Ferryman |website=WhatsOnStage.com |date=8 February 2017 |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/casting-ferryman-paddy-considine-sam-mendes-royal-court_42833.html |access-date=5 April 2017}}

• Berenice (1990) at the Cottesloe Theatre, Lambeth (a Royal National Theatre production)'Stuart Graham' in [http://www.ulsteractors.com/g/ Ulster Actors: G] at ulsteractors.com, accessed 14 November 2013
• Michael Collins Big Fella! (1991) at the St George's Theatre, Dublin (Praxis Theatre Laboratory of Greenwich, at Dublin Theatre Festival, 1991)Sam Dowling, Michael Collins Big Fella! (2008, {{ISBN|978-1-4092-2726-7}}) [https://books.google.com/books?id=UCtwFM_k9nAC&pg=PP6 p. 6]
• The Silver Tassie (1994) at the Almeida Theatre, London
• Alternative Future (1994) at the Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast
• In a Little World of Our Own (1997) at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin
• As the Beast Sleeps (1997) at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin
• Carthaginians (1999) at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast
• Force of Change (2000) at the Royal Court Theatre, Kensington
• A Number (2007) at the Peacock Theatre, Dublin
• Pump Girl (2008) at the Queen's Drama Studio, Belfast
• The Painkiller (2011) at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast
• The Ferryman (2017) at the Royal Court Theatre and Gielgud Theatre, London

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