Stuart Graham (actor)
| Stuart Graham | |
|---|---|
| Born |
31 August 1967 (age 47) Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British citizen |
| Alma mater | University of Ulster |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1990 – present |
Stuart Graham (born 31 August 1967) is a British film, television, and stage actor, born and brought up in Northern Ireland.
Life
Born in Belfast[1] and educated at the University of Ulster, where he took a degree in media studies, Graham trained for an acting career at a drama school in London.[2] In 1990 he played a minor part in a revival of Berenice at the Cottesloe Theatre, Lambeth,[1] and in 1991 appeared at the Dublin Theatre Festival in a production of Michael Collins Big Fella! by the Praxis Theatre Laboratory of Greenwich, playing the part of Eoin O'Duffy.[3]
Most of Graham's stage work has been in Dublin and Belfast, while in film and television he has worked in both Irish and British productions, specializing in playing Irishmen. However, his leading roles have included the part of the Englishman Howard Carter in Egypt (2005).[2]
In 2000, Graham directed the premiere of Gary Mitchell's new play, Marching On, at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast.[4]
In an interview in 2011, Graham commented
...if you are simply a jobbing actor, in order to have any sort of longevity in the industry, you have to hand over control of your life.[5]
Filmography
- Michael Collins (1996) – Seamus Cullen
- One Man's Hero (1999) - Corporal Kenneally
- Misery Harbour (1999) - John Wakefield
- Song for a Raggy Boy (2003) – Brother Whelan
- Omagh (2004) – Victor Barker
- Hunger (2008) – Raymond Lohan
- The Whistleblower (2010) – McVeigh
- Parked (2010) – George O'Regan
- Christopher and His Kind (2011) – Passport officer
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) – Minister
- Grabbers (2012) – Skipper
- Shadow Dancer (2012) – Ian Gilmore
Television work
- This section is incomplete
- Egypt (BBC television series, 2005) – Howard Carter[2]
- Waterloo Road (BBC television series, 2007) - Russell Millen
- Single-Handed (RTÉ Television series, 2007) – Johnny Mallon
- The Fall (BBC television series, 2013) – DCI Matt Eastwood
- Our World War (BBC television series, 2014)
On stage
- Berenice (1990) at the Cottesloe Theatre, Lambeth (a Royal National Theatre production)[1]
- Michael Collins Big Fella! (1991) at the St George's Theatre, Dublin (Praxis Theatre Laboratory of Greenwich, at Dublin Theatre Festival, 1991)[3]
- The Silver Tassie (1994) at the Almeida Theatre, London[1]
- Alternative Future (1994) at the Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast[1]
- In a Little World of Our Own (1997) at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin[1]
- As the Beast Sleeps (1997) at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin[1]
- Carthaginians (1999) at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast[1]
- Force of Change (2000) at the Royal Court Theatre, Kensington[1]
- A Number (2007) at the Peacock Theatre, Dublin[1]
- Pump Girl (2008) at the Queen's Drama Studio, Belfast[1]
- The Painkiller (2011) at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 'Stuart Graham' in Ulster Actors: G at ulsteractors.com, accessed 14 November 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Egypt Press Pack at bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/, accessed 14 November 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sam Dowling, Michael Collins BIG FELLA! (2008, ISBN 978-1-4092-2726-7) p. 6
- ↑ Margaret Llewellyn-Jones, Contemporary Irish Drama & Cultural Identity (2002), p. 212
- ↑ Carol Murphy, Actor Stuart Graham Talks Spies and Assassins dated 29/09/2011 at culturenorthernireland.org, accessed 14 November 2013