Graham has played notable roles across both film and television. Graham has often portrayed characters from different parts of Britain, Ireland, and America, receiving praise for his accent work. In November 2019, Graham was the guest for
BBC Radio 4's
Desert Island Discs. He said he loves improvisation. Graham is currently represented by Jan Epstein at Independent Talent Group (UK); ICM Partners and Link Enterainment (US).
Beginnings (1990–2006) Graham began his career in 1990, with early notable roles including Tommy in
Snatch (2000), Myron "Mike" Ranney in
Band of Brothers (2001), and Shang in
Gangs of New York (2002). In 2019, Graham featured as DS John Corbett in series 5 of the BBC drama
Line of Duty. In January 2020, he appeared in the ITV series
White House Farm as Welsh detective "Taff" Jones. Despite his reputation for his ability to adopt different accents, a number of critics criticised his performance and stated that his Welsh accent was inauthentic.
Film Graham appeared as the Scrum in the 2011 film
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, a role he reprised in the 2017 film
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, starring alongside his wife
Hannah Walters. Other film roles include
Anthony Provenzano, alongside
Al Pacino and
Robert De Niro, in
The Irishman (2019) • "
Fluorescent Adolescent" and "
When the Sun Goes Down" by
Arctic Monkeys • "Unlovable" by
Babybird (directed by
Johnny Depp) • Gazelle's single "Finger on the Trigger" • "Soul Vampire" by
Macclesfield-based neo-psychedelic band the Virginmarys • "
Turn" by
Travis •
Kasabian's video "
You're in Love with a Psycho" •
Goldie's "I Adore You" (2017), as an inmate within the open prison system •
Sam Fender's "
Spit of You", in which he plays Fender's father. This was also produced by his production company Matriarch Productions. He also appeared in "CODnapped", a promotional video for a
DLC of the video game
Call of Duty: Ghosts.
Matriarch Productions In 2020 he co-founded the production company Matriarch Productions with his wife, Hannah Walters. In 2026,
Disney+ signed a
first-look deal with the company.
Boiling Point (2019–2023) In 2021, he played Andy Jones, a troubled chef, alongside his wife Hannah Walters in the film
Boiling Point, directed by his
Band of Brothers co-star
Philip Barantini. A
one-shot film set in a restaurant kitchen, the film was expanded from a 2019
short film of the same name. The film depicts a stressful night in a restaurant, where Graham's character covertly drinks and takes drugs until he collapses at the end of the film, in what appears to be a heart attack. Graham was nominated for a
BAFTA for the feature film. The series picks up six months after the film, where Andy's sous chef Carly is now head chef of her own restaurant, with many of Andy's original team.
Adolescence (2025) In 2025, he created, co-wrote and executive produced the miniseries
Adolescence on Netflix, in which he also appeared. Graham plays Eddie Miller, father of 13-year-old Jamie (
Owen Cooper) who is accused of murdering a young girl. The series was widely praised by critics and he won all of three nominations at the
77th Primetime Emmy Awards for it. The series also started national conversations around violence,
incel culture and online safety. Co-writer of the show, Jack Thorne, attended
Downing Street to talk with
prime minister Keir Starmer and
culture secretary Lisa Nandy. Graham and Thorne also accepted an invite to a parliamentary meeting on the subject of online safety by Labour MP
Josh MacAlister. == Recognition ==