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Stephen Graham

Actor, also producer and writer · Born August 3, 1973 (53) · Kirkby, Lancashire, England, UK

3 Primetime Emmys · Golden Globe winner · 2 BAFTA Awards · 4 other major award bodies

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Graham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
August 3, 1973 (53)
From
Kirkby, Lancashire, England, UK
Works as
Actor, also producer and writer
Titles
74 on MovieCove · 122 credits in all

What are Stephen Graham's films like?

Across their 58 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 46 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 11 · Serious 9 · Dark 26

A split, not a type: Grounded 23 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 11

A split, not a type: Gentle 6 · Charged 13 · Intense 27

Steady 11 · Shifting 24 · Whiplash 11

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 26 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 7

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 25 · Relentless 9

Casual 9 · Engaged 27 · Full focus 10

A split, not a type: Easy watch 10 · Affecting 16 · Heavy 20

Resolved 27 · Open-ended 14 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

37 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 9 of 37 analyzed roles.

Shadow
9 of 37
Mentor
6 of 37
Hero
6 of 37
Threshold guardian
5 of 37
Ally
5 of 37
Trickster
3 of 37
Shapeshifter
3 of 37
Show the 37 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
45
Melancholic
29
Dread
19
Contemplative
10
Absurd
9
Other
48

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet30
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous14

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Stephen Graham's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 54 of their 74 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Stephen Graham's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

122 credits, 74 with a MovieCove page; 14 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Bunker(2026)

    as Toby

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Animol(2026)

    as Claypole

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Nocturne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 10 episodes · as Jurek Walter

  • Heel(2025)

    as Chris

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere(2025)

    as Douglas Springsteen

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Reality Is Not Enough(2025)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Adolescence(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer · as Eddie Miller

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
  • A Thousand Blows(2024)

    Show 12 episodes · Executive Producer · as Henry 'Sugar' Goodson

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
  • Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness(2024)

    as Léopold Zborowski

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Blitz(2024)

    as Albert

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Venom: The Last Dance(2024)

    as Detective Mulligan

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Young Woman and the Sea(2024)

    as Bill Burgess

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Bodies(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · as Mannix

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
  • Boiling Point(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer · as Andy Jones

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
  • Matilda: The Musical(2022)

    as Mr. Wormwood

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
  • The Walk-In (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer · as Matthew Collins

  • Phallacy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Travis

  • Venom: Let There Be Carnage(2021)

    as Detective Mulligan

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • Help(2021)

    Executive Producer · as Tony

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • The North Water(2021)

    Show 3 episodes · as Captain Brownlee

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
  • Boiling Point(2021)

    Executive Producer · as Andy Jones

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Time(2021)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer · as Eric McNally

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
  • Pop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Pop

  • Greyhound(2020)

    as Charlie Cole

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Code 404 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 18 episodes · as DI Roy Carver

  • White House Farm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as DCI Thomas 'Taff' Jones

  • A Christmas Carol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 3 episodes · as Jacob Marley

  • FX's A Christmas Carol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Jacob Marley

  • The Irishman(2019)

    as Anthony 'Tony Pro' Provenzano

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Rocketman(2019)

    as Dick James

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • The Virtues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 4 episodes · as Joseph

  • Hellboy(2019)

    as Gruagach (voice)

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • Boiling Point(2019)

    as Chef

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Yardie(2018)

    as Rico

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Funny Cow(2017)

    as Mike/Funny Calf's Dad

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Take Rabbit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Cabbage

  • Walk Like a Panther(2018)

    as Mark Bolton

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Save Me(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · as Fabio "Melon" Melonzola

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
  • Journey's End(2017)

    as Trotter

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool(2017)

    as Joe Turner, Jr

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Being Keegan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Jay

  • The Man with the Iron Heart(2017)

    as Heinrich Himmler

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Little Boy Blue(2017)

    Show 4 episodes · as SIO David Kelly

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
  • Decline and Fall(2017)

    Show 3 episodes · as Philbrick

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
  • Taboo(2017)

    Show 8 episodes · as Atticus

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
  • The Watchman(2016)

    as Carl

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • The Secret Agent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 3 episodes · as Heat

  • Orthodox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Executive Producer · as Benjamin Levy

  • This Is England '90 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 4 episodes · as Combo

  • A Patch of Fog(2015)

    as Robert Green

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
  • The Driver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Eddie Killen

  • Hyena(2014)

    as David Knight

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Get Santa(2014)

    as Barber

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
  • Duck Quacks Don't Echo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Peaky Blinders(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Hayden Stagg

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
  • Blood(2012)

    as Chrissie Fairburn

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • Good Cop(2012)

    Show 4 episodes · as Noel Finch

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
  • Parade's End(2012)

    Show 5 episodes · as Vincent MacMaster

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
  • Line of Duty(2012)

    Show 6 episodes · as John Corbett

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
  • Playhouse Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Len

  • Best Laid Plans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Danny

  • Orthodox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Benjamin

  • Lapland(2011)

    as Pete Lewis

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • This Is England '88 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · as Combo

  • Texas Killing Fields(2011)

    as Rhino

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy(2011)

    as Jerry Westerby

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
  • Season of the Witch(2011)

    as Hagamar

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
  • Accused (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Tony Baines

  • London Boulevard(2010)

    as Danny

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Boardwalk Empire(2010)

    Show 56 episodes · as Al Capone

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • This Is England '86(2010)

    Show 4 episodes · as Combo

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
  • Public Enemies(2009)

    as Baby Face Nelson

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Occupation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 3 episodes · as Danny Ferguson

  • Occupation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Danny Ferguson

  • Doghouse(2009)

    as Vince

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Awaydays (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as John Godden

  • The Damned United(2009)

    as Billy Bremner

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • The Devil's Wedding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as The Hotelier

  • Inkheart(2008)

    as Fulvio

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • The Crew(2008)

    as Franner

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
  • Filth and Wisdom(2008)

    as Harry Beechman

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • The Passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 6 episodes · as Barabbas

  • This Is England (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Combo

  • The Good Night(2007)

    as Victor

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • The Innocence Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 8 episodes · as Andrew Lucas

  • The Street(2006)

    Show 6 episodes · as Shay Ryan

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
  • Scummy Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as George

  • Manilla Envelopes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Detective Staunton

  • Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Pit Fighter(2005)

    as Harry

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
  • Empire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 6 episodes · as Bazzer

  • Last Rights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 3 episodes · as Steve

  • Top Buzzer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 10 episodes · Actor

  • The I Inside(2004)

    as Travis

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • American Cousins(2003)

    as Henry

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Murder Investigation Team (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Jason Phelps

  • Gangs of New York(2002)

    as Shang

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • Flesh and Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Eddie

  • What's Your Problem? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Revengers Tragedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as 2nd Officer

  • Ultimate Fights from the Movies(2002)

    as Tommy (Snatch) (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Band of Brothers(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Myron Mike Ranney

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
  • Blow Dry(2001)

    as Press Photographer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Snatch(2000)

    as Tommy

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Forgive and Forget(2000)

    as John

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Liverpool 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 2 episodes · as Thewlis

  • The Jump (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 4 episodes · as Peter McNulty

  • Downtime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Jacko

  • The Lakes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Graham

  • The Hard Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • Heartbeat(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Barry Ward

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
  • Blonde Fist(1991)

    as Young Boy

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
  • Dancin' Thru the Dark(1990)

    as Football kid

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Children's Ward (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mickey Bell

  • The Bill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Greyhound 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Charlie Cole

  • Heat 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Neil McCauley

  • Ibelin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Robert Steen

  • The Unheard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 122 titles, 115 of them dated from 1984 to 2026; peak year 2020.

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19842026

Peak 2020 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 24 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 2 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting121 of 122: 113 only acting, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rdWriting1 of 122: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing9 of 122: 1 only producing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score93rdOther crew2 of 122: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

122 titles, 8 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 8 of them.

By decade

1980s2 · acting1990s8 · acting2000s34 · acting2010s47 · 47 acting · 1 crew2020s24 · 24 acting · 7 crew

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 10% of 48 roles
0005101520

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

3 Primetime Emmys, a Golden Globe, 2 BAFTA Awards, 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards and 4 other major awards from 25 major nominations, 2011–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • BAFTA Award, won · Leading Actor
    • BAFTA Award, won · Limited Drama
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Writer, Drama
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
    • +3 other major bodies · 4 wins
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
      • Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series
      • Independent Spirit Award, won · Best New Scripted Series
  2. 2025
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
  3. 2022
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actor
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Leading Actor
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Single Drama
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Supporting Actor
  4. 2020
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Leading Actor
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  5. 2019
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
  6. 2016
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actor
  7. 2015
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  8. 2014
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Show 3 earlier years
  1. 2013
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
  2. 2012
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  3. 2011
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Stephen Graham's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 55; across their 46 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Midcredits score across 74 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up28
  • 50th to 74th20
  • 25th to 49th22
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

29 of their 74 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved16
  • Cult Classic5
  • Crowd Pleaser29
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed17

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 44 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Stephen Graham's work okay for kids?

Across up to 37 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore29 titles19–89 · median 70 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity37 titles9–60 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity31 titles29–91 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs30 titles20–76 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense28 titles44–79 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Stephen Graham work with?

People who share at least 2 of Stephen Graham's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hannah Walters shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles