Steve Oram
Biography
Steve Oram is an English actor and comedian who also writes and directs. Born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, he studied English and film at the University of East Anglia. He started in character comedy on the circuit, playing Edinburgh Fringe shows with Tom Meeten in the early 2000s, and met Alice Lowe at the Ealing Live comedy night. He and Meeten have a long-running comedy show in London. He appeared in It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004), Tittybangbang and Suburban Shootout, and his short film Connections screened at Cannes in 2008. He starred in Ben Wheatley's Sightseers (2012), which he co-wrote with Lowe, and later appeared in The World's End (2013), A Dark Song (2016), The Canal (2014) and Paddington (2014). Television work includes Glue (2014), The Living and the Dead (2016) and Ghosts (2019). Aaaaaaaah!, his directorial debut, came out in 2015, and he has made many short films as Steve Aura.
53years old
Turns 54 on August 25in 316 days
- Born Melton Mowbray
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 19 years2004 to 2023
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Behind the camera
Steve Oram wrote and directed his first feature, Aaaaaaaah!, in 2015, a film whose characters communicate entirely in ape-like grunts and in which he also starred.
First role
Oram started out on the comedy circuit as a character comedian. In the early 2000s he and his comedy partner Tom Meeten put on several shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Big break
Oram also performed at Ealing Live, a comedy night held at Ealing Studios, and it was there that he met Alice Lowe and started working with her.
About the name
Under the pseudonym "Steve Aura", Oram wrote and directed many short films, which came out under the banner of Lincoln Studios.
Behind the camera
In 2002, Oram and Meeten wrote and starred in Channel 4's Matthew & Tone: Tales of Friendship and Innocence, and they also composed its music. Dominic Brigstocke directed it.
Beyond film
Oram was a support act with Alice Lowe on Steve Coogan's 2008-09 stand up tour, titled "Steve Coogan is.....Alan Partridge and other less successful characters".
Steve Oram movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Ben Wheatley directed two of these films. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Neil Maskell's page
Alice Lowe's page
Paul Kaye's page
Alexandra Roach's page
All films by Ben Wheatley
Also two films together5 more actors
- Tim PlesterCuban Fury (2014) and It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
- Rupert EvansTank 432 (2015) and The Canal (2014)
- April PearsonThe Kindred (2021) and Tank 432 (2015)
- Tom MeetenTank 432 (2015) and Sightseers (2012)
- Gemma Lise ThorntonSightseers (2012) and Kill List (2011)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Steve Oram's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$14.5 million
5 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 5 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$10M68.8% of the total
- 2$3.9M26.8% of the total
- 3$450K3.1% of the total
- 4$121K0.8% of the total
- 5$62K0.4% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2012 | Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award | Sightseers | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.