Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham (born 3 August 1973) is an English actor and film producer. He began his career in 1990, with notable early roles in Snatch (2000) and Gangs of New York (2002), before his breakthrough as Andrew “Combo” Gascoigne in  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, the fifth series of Line of Duty, the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, the BBC drama Time, and the sixth series of Peaky Blinders. He created, co-wrote, and executive-produced the miniseries Adolescence (2025) on Netflix, in which he also appeared, and won all three nominations at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards for it.

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.

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Known For

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Not in library

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

2011

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Not in library

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

2017

Venom: Let There Be Carnage Not in library

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

2021

Peaky Blinders Not in library

Peaky Blinders

2013

Snatch Not in library

Snatch

2000

The Irishman Not in library

The Irishman

2019

Gangs of New York Not in library

Gangs of New York

2002

Rocketman Not in library

Rocketman

2019

Public Enemies Not in library

Public Enemies

2009

Venom: The Last Dance Not in library

Venom: The Last Dance

2024

Acting

2026 Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man as Hayden Stagg In Library
2026 Good Boy as Chris
2026 Animol as Claypole
2025 Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere as Douglas Springsteen
2025 Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough as Narrator
2025 A Thousand Blows as Henry 'Sugar' Goodson (12 episodes)
2025 Adolescence as Eddie Miller (3 episodes)
2024 Young Woman and the Sea as Bill Burgess
2024 Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness as Leopold Zborowski
2024 Blitz as Albert
2024 Venom: The Last Dance as Detective Mulligan
2024 Buffalo Kids as Uncle Niall (Voice)
2023 Bodies as Mannix (8 episodes)
2023 Boiling Point as Andy Jones (4 episodes)
2022 Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical as Mr. Wormwood
2022 The Walk-In as Matthew Collins (5 episodes)
2021 The Making of Boiling Point as Self
2021 Venom: Let There Be Carnage as Detective Mulligan
2021 Boiling Point as Andy Jones
2021 Help as Tony
2021 Phallacy as Travis
2021 Time as Eric McNally (3 episodes)
2021 The North Water as Captain Brownlee (3 episodes)
2020 Pop as Pop
2020 Greyhound as Charlie Cole
2020 Making 'The Irishman' as Self
2020 White House Farm as DCI Thomas 'Taff' Jones (6 episodes)
2020 Code 404 as DI Roy Carver (18 episodes)
2019 The Irishman as Anthony 'Tony Pro' Provenzano
2019 Hellboy as Gruagach (voice)
2019 Rocketman as Dick James
2019 Boiling Point as Chef
2019 FX's A Christmas Carol as Jacob Marley
2019 The Virtues as Joseph (4 episodes)
2018 Funny Cow as Mike/Funny Calf's Dad
2018 Walk Like a Panther as Mark Bolton
2018 Yardie as Rico
2018 Take Rabbit as Cabbage
2018 Save Me as Fabio "Melon" Melonzola (6 episodes)
2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Scrum
2017 Journey's End as Trotter
2017 Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool as Joe Turner, Jr
2017 The Man with the Iron Heart as Heinrich Himmler
2017 Being Keegan as Jay
2017 Little Boy Blue as SIO David Kelly (4 episodes)
2017 Decline and Fall as Philbrick (3 episodes)
2017 Taboo as Atticus (8 episodes)
2016 The Watchman as Carl
2016 The Secret Agent as Heat (3 episodes)
2015 Orthodox as Benjamin Levy
2015 Hyena as David Knight
2015 A Patch of Fog as Robert Green
2015 The Driver as Eddie Killen
2015 This Is England '90 as Combo (4 episodes)
2014 The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire as Self
2014 Get Santa as Barber
2014 Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2013 Gogglebox as Self (1 episode)
2013 Peaky Blinders as Hayden Stagg (2 episodes)
2012 Best Laid Plans as Danny
2012 Orthodox as Benjamin
2012 Blood as Chrissie Fairburn
2012 Good Cop as Noel Finch (4 episodes)
2012 Parade's End as Vincent MacMaster (5 episodes)
2012 Line of Duty as John Corbett (6 episodes)
2012 Playhouse Presents as Len (1 episode)
2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Scrum
2011 Season of the Witch as Hagamar
2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as Jerry Westerby
2011 Texas Killing Fields as Rhino
2011 Lapland as Pete Lewis
2011 This Is England '88 as Combo (3 episodes)
2010 London Boulevard as Danny
2010 The Devil's Wedding as The Hotelier
2010 Boardwalk Empire as Al Capone (56 episodes)
2010 Accused as Tony Baines (1 episode)
2010 This Is England '86 as Combo (4 episodes)
2009 Doghouse as Vince
2009 Awaydays as John Godden
2009 The Damned United as Billy Bremner
2009 Public Enemies as Baby Face Nelson
2009 Occupation as Danny Ferguson
2009 Michael Mann: Making 'Public Enemies' as Self
2009 Occupation as Danny Ferguson (3 episodes)
2008 Inkheart as Fulvio
2008 The Crew as Franner
2008 Filth and Wisdom as Harry Beechman
2008 The Passion as Barabbas (6 episodes)
2007 This Is England as Combo
2007 The Good Night as Victor
2007 The Graham Norton Show as Self (4 episodes)
2006 Scummy Man as George
2006 Manilla Envelopes as Detective Staunton
2006 The Innocence Project as Andrew Lucas (8 episodes)
2006 The Street as Shay Ryan (6 episodes)
2006 The One Show as Self (1 episode)
2005 Goal! as Des
2005 Pit Fighter as Harry
2005 Empire as Bazzer (6 episodes)
2005 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self (1 episode)
2005 Last Rights as Steve (3 episodes)
2004 The I Inside as Travis
2004 Top Buzzer
2003 American Cousins as Henry
2003 Murder Investigation Team
2003 Murder Investigation Team as Jason Phelps (1 episode)
2002 Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Tommy (Snatch) (archive footage)
2002 Flesh and Blood as Eddie
2002 Gangs of New York as Shang
2002 Revengers Tragedy as 2nd Officer
2002 What's Your Problem?
2001 Making 'Snatch' as Self
2001 Blow Dry as Press Photographer
2001 Band of Brothers as Myron Mike Ranney (2 episodes)
2000 Snatch as Tommy
2000 Forgive and Forget as John
1998 The Jump as Peter McNulty (4 episodes)
1998 Liverpool 1 as Thewlis (2 episodes)
1997 UFC 13: The Ultimate Force as Self
1997 Downtime as Jacko
1997 The Lakes as Graham (1 episode)
1995 The Hard Case
1995 Soccer AM as Self (1 episode)
1992 Heartbeat as Barry Ward (1 episode)
1991 Blonde Fist as Young Boy
1990 Dancin' Thru the Dark as Football kid
1989 Children's Ward as Mickey Bell (2 episodes)
1984 The Bill
1944 Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner (1 episode)
Ibelin
Bunker
Greyhound 2 as Charlie Cole
Parallax as Jurek Walter (2 episodes)

Writing

2025 Adolescence Writer

Production

2025 A Thousand Blows Executive Producer
2025 Adolescence Executive Producer
2023 Boiling Point Executive Producer
2022 The Walk-In Executive Producer
2021 Boiling Point Executive Producer
2021 Help Executive Producer
2021 Time Executive Producer
2015 Orthodox Executive Producer

Creator

2025 Adolescence Creator
2023 Boiling Point Creator