Stephen Graham (actor)

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Stephen Graham (born 3 August 1973 in Kirkby, Liverpool) is an English actor.

Graham dropped his native Liverpudlian ("Scouse") accent for a London cockney accent in the Guy Ritchie film "Snatch", but reused it for MTV show Top Buzzer.Following "Snatch", Graham's highest profile work in the US came in the HBO mini series "Band of Brothers" and in Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York".Graham is also featured in the music video for the Arctic Monkeys' number-one hit "When the Sun Goes Down", and the short film based on the song, "Scummy Man", as well as having been featured in their latest video, for the song "Fluorescent Adolescent". [cite web
url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2007/04/23/stephen_graham_this_is_england_2007_interview.shtml
title= Stephen Graham, This Is England
accessdate=
accessdaymonth= 13 January
accessyear= 2008
author= David Jones
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publisher= BBC Movies] He has recently garnered rave reviews for his performance in the Shane Meadows' film "This Is England". While he plays the psychopathic racist Combo in "This Is England", Graham is in fact part Jamaican by a grandparent. [cite web
url= http://www.timeout.com/film/news/1850/
title= 'This is England' - Stephen Graham Q&A
accessdaymonth= 13 January
accessyear= 2008
author= Chris Tilly
date= 26 April 2007
publisher= Time Out]

Partial filmography

*"Snatch" (2000)
*"Band of Brothers" (2001)
*"Gangs of New York" (2002)
*"Satan's Little Helper" (2004)
*"Goal!" (2005) (cameo)
*"The Innocence Project" (2006)
*"Scummy Man" (2006)
*"This Is England" (2007)
*"Awaydays" (2008)
*"Outlaws" (2008)
*"Filth and Wisdom" (2008)
*"Public Enemies" (2009)
*"The Damned United" (2009) as Billy Bremner [cite news|first= Gordon|last= Smart|title= Top boy Stevie gets Billy gig|url= http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1202559.ece|work= The Sun|date= 2008-05-24|accessdate= 2008-05-24]

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0334318|name=Stephen Graham
* [http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature.php?id=336 EyeForFilm.co.uk] - Interview with Stephen Graham about This Is England