Stephen Lord Actors Workshop Bio
Bio
Stephen is best known for his roles in ‘Shameless’ ‘, Eastenders,’ Default,’ ‘Heartbeat’ and ‘Casualty’, His breakout roles were in the Cannes winner ‘Raining Stones, a Ken Loach film and ‘Jonno Fox’ in the award winning ‘Common As Muck’ for the BBC which led him to BAFTA recognition. His solid performances as Darwin in two series of Carla Lane’s comedy for the BBC ‘ Luv’, ‘Into the Fire’ by award winning writer Tony Marchant led to 2 series of ‘City Central’ for the BBC playing rookie cop PC Steve Jackson.
Stephen has gone on to film Jackboots on Whitehall (2010), starring alongside Ewan McGregor, Timothy Spall and Richard E. Grant. He also took a trip back to his roots, by working with the much-loved director, Ken Loach, in his latest film, Route Irish (2010), and worked with the 3-times Oscar DOP whose films include ‘The Killing Fields’ (2000).
A familiar face on the small screen, Stephen lit up the big screen with his performances in ‘The Bullion Boys’ which picked up the Emmy award directed by Christopher Morahan. ‘Judge Dredd’, ‘Giving Tongue’ and ‘Prince of Denmark Hill’ followed. With a filmography that many actors dream of Stephen also played a mad anarchist Fazer in ‘SW9’ for Fruit Salad Films and ‘Al’s Lads’ opposite Ricky Tomlinson and Richard Roundtree which was directed by ‘Cracker’s’ original director Richard Standeven.
As well as’Octane’ with Madeline Stow for Random Harvest and Four Horseman Films and the leading role of Spook a psychotic marine in Random Harvest and Four Horseman’s ‘LD50’. Stephen also enjoyed filming ‘Reverb’ a psychological thriller with Leo Gregory and Eve Bertwistle and he played opposite the much loved Stephen Rea and Jean Claude Van Damme in the new Action film ‘Till Death’. One of his many amazing short films was an adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s ‘Tell Tale Heart’ working with Oscar winner Jack Cardiff. He also worked on the small micro budget film ‘The Truth’ with Elaine Cassidy and Elizabeth McGovern and again with Jean Claude Van Damme playing an American bad guy Benjamin Myers in the $12 m action film ‘The Shepherd’.
