Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham is an actor and film producer.

His work for television includes: This is England ’88/88/90; Accused; Boardwalk Empire; Little Boy Blue; White House Farm; Line of Duty; >Save Me; The Virtues; The North Water; Time (also as executive producer); Help; Peaky Blinders; A Thousand Blows (also as executive producer) and Adolescence (also as co-creator, co-writer and executive producer).

His work for film includes: This is England; Public Enemies; Pirates of the Caribbean; Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy; Modigliani: Three Days on the Wing of Madness; Yardie; Journey’s End; Rocketman; The Irishman (nominated for ten Academy Awards); Greyhound; two Venom films (Let There Be Carnage and The Last Dance); Matilda the Musical; Young Woman and the Sea; Blitz; Deliver Me from Nowhere; Peaky Blinders; Bunker and Ibelin.

He set up Matriarch Productions alongside his wife, Hannah Walters, in 2019, and they released their first project, the film Boiling Point, in 2021. Following the success of the film, Stephen starred in and Matriarch produced its sequel, a five-part drama for the BBC.

Awards include Emmys for Best Supporting Actor, Best Writing in a Limited Series and Best Limited Series for Adolescence; the BIFA Richard Harris Award for outstanding services to drama, and an OBE for his services to drama. He has been nominated for seven BAFTA acting awards.