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Stephen Graham

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Biography

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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Snatch

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Irishman

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Venom: The Last Dance

As Detective Mulligan

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Damned United

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

As Scrum

Good Boy

As Chris

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

As Detective Mulligan

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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Ghosts in the Machine

From a stuntman's final role to a star's digital encore, these eight films trace cinema's long affair with performing from beyond the grave.

8 films

The Beautiful Game on Screen

From the favelas of Rio to the pitches of Glasgow, a journey through football's cinematic universe, where the sport becomes a mirror for society, identity, and...

8 films

Criminal Alliances

A chain tracing the anti-hero ensemble film from its war-movie origins through heist, western, and genre mutations to the modern comic-book iteration, examining...

8 films

Love in the Time of Espionage

From Berlin to Buenos Aires, a journey through films where romance and espionage entwine, revealing the human cost of secrets.

7 films

The Long Goodbye: Twilight of Heroes and Outlaws

There is a moment in Richard Lester's Robin and Marian (1976) that cuts deeper than any broadsword. Sean Connery, sporting grey in his beard and exhaustion in h...

8 films

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