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Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham

9 films · 574 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20022024

Born 3 August 1973 · Kirkby, England, UK

Stephen Graham 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.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 9 films · 574 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20022024

  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film2026
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie2025
  • Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series2026

How their films are shot

Measured across 574 frames from the 9 films we hold. This is the look of the work Stephen takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 9 films we hold, 50% of their frames are night, 49% low key — the look of the work Stephen takes.

Time of day

Night50%
Day43%
Interior4%

Lighting

Low key49%
Natural42%
High key6%

Shot size

Medium38%
Wide29%
Closeup21%
Establishing6%

Camera angle

Eye level81%
High angle8%
Low angle8%

Mood

Neutral49%
Tense23%
Lonely11%
Ominous10%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 574 frames from Stephen Graham's 9 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.