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Stephen Joseph Graham OBE (born 3 August 1973) is a British actor. He is best known for playing Andrew "Combo" Gascoigne in the film This Is England (2006) and its television sequels This Is England '86 (2010), This Is England '88 (2011), and This Is England '90 (2015). His other film roles include Tommy in Snatch (2000), Shang in Gangs of New York (2002), Baby Face Nelson in Public Enemies (2009), Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano in The Irishman (2019), Scrum in the Pirates of the Caribbean films On Stranger Tides (2011), Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017), and Andy Jones in Boiling Point (2021).

On television, Graham has starred as DS John Corbett in the fifth series of the BBC One series Line of Duty (2019), Al Capone in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014), Jacob Marley in the BBC/FX miniseries A Christmas Carol (2019), DCI Taff Jones in the ITV miniseries White House Farm (2020), Eric McNally in the BBC drama Time (2021), Tony in Help (2021), and Hayden Stagg in the sixth series of Peaky Blinders (2022).

He is the recipient of number of accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for five British Academy Television Awards and two British Academy Film Awards.

Early life
Graham was born on 3 August 1973 in Kirkby, Lancashire. His father was of half Jamaican and half Swedish descent. He was brought up by his mother, a social worker, and his stepfather, a mechanic who later became a paediatric nurse. He maintained a good relationship with his biological father. He attended Overdale Primary School in Kirkby, where he was encouraged to pursue an acting career at the age of eight by local actor Andrew Schofield, who had seen him perform as Jim Hawkins in a school production of Treasure Island. He then continued his education at Ruffwood Comprehensive and was subsequently introduced to Liverpool's Everyman Theatre at the age of 14, later going on to train at the Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance.