Stephen Graham
Biography
Stephen Graham is an English actor, producer and screenwriter who began his career in 1990. Early roles came in Snatch (2000) and Gangs of New York (2002), and his breakthrough was as Combo Gascoigne in This Is England (2006), a part he reprised in the television sequels This Is England '86, '88 and '90. He has often played characters from Britain, Ireland and America, earning praise for his accents. His films include Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017), The Irishman (2019), Boiling Point (2021), Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) and Venom: The Last Dance (2024). On television he starred in Boardwalk Empire, Line of Duty and Peaky Blinders, and for Netflix he devised and co-wrote the 2025 miniseries Adolescence, also executive producing; it won him Primetime Emmy Awards for lead acting, writing and producing. He was appointed an OBE in 2023.
53years old
Turns 54 on August 3in 293 days
- Born Kirkby
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Stephen Graham Kelly (birth name)Also credited as Stephen Joseph Graham
Movie Career
- Films
- 39
- Career span
- 29 years1997 to 2026
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First role
At eight, Graham was urged toward acting by Andrew Schofield, a local actor living across the road, who watched him play Jim Hawkins in a school Treasure Island production.
Big break
Stephen Graham's breakout role was Andrew "Combo" Gascoigne in Shane Meadow's 2006 film This Is England, which earned him a British Independent Film Award nomination. He played Combo again on television in This Is England '86, '88 and '90.
A role that slipped away
Graham appeared in the BBC Christmas show Lapland in 2011. When the show was remade as Being Eileen, his part went to Dean Andrews.
Stephen Graham movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Martin Scorsese directed two of these films, Joachim Rønning two and Nick Murphy two. Jim Broadbent appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Jim Broadbent's page
Jason Flemyng's page
Andy Serkis's page
Paul Bettany's page
Tom Hardy's page
Matt King's page
All films by Martin Scorsese
Joachim RønningDirector, 2 films, 2017 to 2024
All films by Joachim Rønning
All films by Nick Murphy
Also three films together1 more actor
- Hannah WaltersBoiling Point (2021), Funny Cow (2018) and This Is England (2006)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Stephen Graham's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$3.5 billion
23 of the 39 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 39 films: 23 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 2 streaming, short cinema run; 8 figure not found.
- 23Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 2Streaming, short cinema run
- 8Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 94% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.0B29.9% of the total
- 2$796M22.7% of the total
- 3$507M14.5% of the total
- 4$479M13.7% of the total
- 5$194M5.5% of the total
- 6$92M2.6% of the total
- 7$84M2.4% of the total
- 8$82M2.3% of the total
$226 millionfrom the other 15 films with a worldwide figure, 6% of the total
Awards
Three awards and honors from 2025 to 2026, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | |||
| 2026 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Adolescence | Won |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2025 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Adolescence | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2026 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series | Adolescence | Won |
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Official profiles and reference pages.