Stuart Graham (actor)

Stuart Graham (born 31 August 1967) is an Irish 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]

In April 2017, he will appear in The Ferryman at the Royal Court Theatre, ahead of a transfer to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End.^[6] Owns a classic Type 3 Volkswagen

Filmography

• Michael Collins (1996) – Thomas Cullen
• The Informant (1997) – Det. Astley
• 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
• A Patch of Fog (2015) - Tom Breslin

Selected 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–present) – DCI Matt Eastwood
• Our World War (BBC television series, 2014) – Father Brookes
• Thirteen (BBC television series, 2016) – Angus Moxam
• The Secret (ITV television series, 2016) – Dave Stewart
• Vera (ITV television series, 2017) - Alan Marston

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]
• The Ferryman (2017) at the Royal Court Theatre and Gielgud Theatre, London

References

External links

• Stuart Graham on IMDb