When he was 10 years old, actor Stephen Graham fell off a six-story parking garage. It’s a moment in his life that proved pivotal, he says. “We were playing catch and I fell off the top and ended up in the hospital. I broke both legs and my clavicle and was in traction for three months.”
A lively 10-year-old constrained in traction can prove a real challenge. And challenges have been the anthem of Graham’s life.
The actor, who speaks with a thick Liverpudlian accent, has managed to portray everything from an American GI to Germany’s Heinrich Himmler. But his latest role, as an early-onset dementia patient, may be the most unusual.
