Stephen Graham (actor)

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Stephen Graham (2012)

Stephen Graham (born August 3, 1973 in Kirkby , Merseyside , England ) is a British actor .

Life

Early in his film career, Graham played minor roles in various television films and English television series, including the soap opera Coronation Street produced by the BBC . As a stage actor, he was in the theaters Bush, the Everyman Liverpool and Bristol Old Vic on stage.

His breakthrough came in 2000 as Tommy, an amateur boxing promoter alongside Jason Statham in Guy Ritchie's Snatch . Graham got this role by chance, because he had only come to the casting as the accompaniment of an acquaintance. For the role in Snatch , Graham dropped his Liverpool accent ( Scouse ) and played the role in London Cockney dialect. In 2001 he played Sgt. Myron Ranney in the ten-part miniseries Band of Brothers , after which he starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York . His role as the skinhead combo in Shane Meadows ' This Is England earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 2006 British Independent Film Awards .

In the same year Graham got a role in the BBC series The Innocence Project, which was discontinued after only eight episodes due to poor ratings. He can also be seen in Madonna's directorial debut Filth and Wisdom , which premiered at the 2008 Berlinale . In 2009 he played alongside Johnny Depp and Oscar winners Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard in Michael Mann's Public Enemies the role of the American gangster and bank robber Babyface Nelson .

Stephen Graham also played Billy Bremner , former soccer player and coach of Leeds United in the 2009 film The Damned United . For this role, he wore a red-haired wig. Graham played the role of Al Capone on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire from 2010 to 2014 . In 2011 he played alongside Johnny Depp in the fourth part of the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Other film and television roles followed. His work includes around 100 productions.

Graham also appeared in several music videos for the band Arctic Monkeys - including the video for When the Sun Goes Down and the associated short film Scummy Man, most recently in Fluorescent Adolescent.

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personal data
SURNAME Graham, Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd August 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirkby , Merseyside , England , UK