About Stephen Lord
Stephen trained at Salford College of Music and Drama and graduated with the highest Grade A Distinction.Stephen's love affair for film and TV soon began with his debut role in Cannes winner, Raining Stones (1993), a Ken Loach film and then the lead as "Jonno Fox" in the award-winning "Common As Muck" (1994), for the BBC, which led him to BAFTA recognition.His solid performances as "Darwin Craven" in two series of Carla Lane's comedy for the BBC Luv (1993), Into the Fire (1996) by award-winning writer, Tony Marchant, led to 2 series of City Central (1998), for the BBC, playing rookie cop, "PC Steve Jackson."Stephen's next job was the hard-hitting drama, Real Men (2003), by Frank Deasy, playing the sexually abused and abuser, "Alex Collins", directed by Sallie Aprahamian for David Snodin, at the BBC, which created much controversy, whilst receiving great reviews. His talent also led him to play the guest lead in the popular TV series, Sea of Souls (2004), for the BBC.A familiar face on the small screen, Stephen lit up the big screen with his performances in Screen One: The Bullion Boys (1993), which picked up the Emmy award, directed by Christopher Morahan. Judge Dredd (1995), Giving Tongue (1996) and "Prince of Denmark Hill" (1999) followed. With a filmography that many actors dream of, Stephen also played a mad anarchist, "Fazer," in South West 9 (2001), for Fruit Salad Films and Capone's Boys (2002), opposite Ricky Tomlinson and Richard Roundtree, which was directed by "Cracker" (1993)'s original director, Richard Standeven. As well as Octane (2003), with Madeleine Stowe, for Random Harvest and Four Horseman Films and the leading role of "Spook", a psychotic marine in Random Harvest and Four Horseman's LD 50 Lethal Dose (2003) opposite Tom Hardy. Stephen also enjoyed filming Reverb (2008), a psychological thriller with Leo Gregory and Eva Birthistle, and he played opposite the much-loved Stephen Rea and Jean-Claude Van Damme in the new action film, Until Death (2007). One of his many amazing short films was an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart (2004), working with Oscar-winner Jack Cardiff. He also worked on the small micro-budget film, The Truth (2006), with Elaine Cassidy and Elizabeth McGovern, and again with Jean-Claude Van Damme, playing an American bad guy, "Benjamin Myers", in the $12 million action film, The Shepherd (2008).As well as an amazing acting career, Stephen has been writing and producing inspired by his working class roots in Salford, Greater Manchester and his time travelling back and forth to Ireland. Stephen has written and directed 2 short films, Untitled (2000) and In Loving Memory (2000).Stephen produced an animated pilot "Gettin On" with the award-winning Slinky Pictures. Stephen wrote, directed and produced his 1st doc feature film, It's Not the End of the World (2000), which played at various film festivals. He also created, wrote, directed and produced a pilot webisode/mobisode, "Dr Hoo," starring Ian Hart and Elaine Cassidy, which was the first ever original drama on Virgin1 (now known as Channel One). His production company, Lord Entertainment Group, is based in London.Stephen continues to choose amazing projects, having played the explosive role of football hooligan and devoted father, "Jase Dyer," in EastEnders (1985), for 1 year before making one of the most dramatic exits on British TV, which caused a huge reaction in the National Press as his character was stabbed to death in front...