Adolescence
Adolescence is a British psychological crime drama television series created by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, and directed by Philip Barantini.
Stephen Graham
Stephen Graham OBE (born 3 August 1973) is an English actor, producer, and screenwriter. He has received nominations for seven British Academy Television Awards and one British Academy Film Award; has won three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award among other accolades.
Graham began his career in 1990, with early notable roles in Snatch (2000) and Gangs of New York (2002), before his breakthrough role as Andrew “Combo” Gascoigne in the film This Is England (2006). His 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), Rocketman (2019), 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).
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; HBO series Boardwalk Empire; 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 of three nominations at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards for it. He also starred in A Thousand Blows, (2025) created by Peaky Blinders Steven Knight.
For services to drama, Graham was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours.