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Sadness behind Stephen Graham’s success – dad leaving, ‘bullied’ for being mixed race, heartbreaking death of his mum

Stephen Graham is the man of the moment thanks to his role in Netflix’s Adolescence - but who is his dad? And why was he bullied?

The actor’s parents split when he was young (Credit: ITV) Stephen was born on 3 August 1973 in Kirby, Lancashire. The Adolescence star has a close relationship with former head paediatric nurse Mike – who is also mixed race, although his heritage is African. What’s more, the actor previously recalled when he was left “crying his eyes” out after reading the script for Shane Meadow’s 2006 film This is England.

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