Stephen John Oram (born 1973) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and filmmaker. He is known for his role in the 2012 film Sightseers, which he also co-wrote. His other credits include People Like Us (2001), It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004), Tittybangbang (2006–2007), Suburban Shootout (2006), The Mighty Boosh (2007), Connections (2008), The World's End (2013), Wipers Times (2013), The Secrets (2014), The Canal (2014), Altar (2014), Paddington (2014), Glue (2014), Aaaaaaaah! (2015), The Living and the Dead (2016), A Dark Song (2016), The End of the F***ing World (2017–2019), Ghosts (2019), Doctor Who (2021), Killing Eve (2022), and D.I Ray (2022–2023).

Life and career Oram was born in 1973, in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. He studied at the University of East Anglia, taking degrees in both English and film.

Career He started as a character comedian on the comedy circuit and performed several comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe with comedy partner Tom Meeten during the early 2000s. He also appeared at Ealing Live, a comedy night at Ealing Studios, where he met and started working with Alice Lowe.

In 2002, Oram and Meeten wrote, composed the music and starred in Channel 4's Matthew & Tone: Tales of Friendship and Innocence. It was directed by Dominic Brigstocke and screened in season 5 of the Comedy Lab series.

Oram appeared in various TV & film roles throughout the 2000s including the second series of People Like Us (2001), the feature film It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004) starring Paul Kaye, Tittybangbang (2006–07) and Suburban Shootout (2006). He also played Donnie the tramp in the series written by and starring Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding, series 3 of The Mighty Boosh (2007).

In 2008, his short film Connections screened at Cannes Film Festival as part of the official Straight 8 selection.

He also appeared alongside Alice Lowe as a support act in Steve Coogan's 2008–09 stand up tour "Steve Coogan is.....Alan Partridge and other less successful characters".

Oram has written and directed numerous short films under the pseudonym "Steve Aura" and released under the banner of Lincoln Studios.

With Meeten, he performs a long-running comedy show in London called Oram & Meeten's Club Fantastico.

In 2012, Oram and Lowe starred in Ben Wheatley's dark comedy Sightseers. The film was written by Oram and Lowe with additional material by Amy Jump.Sightseers at Rotten Tomatoes

Since then, Oram has taken on roles in films including Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's The World's End (2013), The Canal (2014), Altar (2014) and Paddington (2014).

On television, he has appeared in Wipers Times (2013) written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman, an episode of The Secrets (2014) alongside Alison Steadman and Olivia Colman,Ellen E. Jones an episode of Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy (2014), the Jack Thorne series Glue (2014) and The Living and the Dead (2016).

Oram released his directorial debut Aaaaaaaah! in 2015, a film in which the characters communicate entirely in ape-like grunts. It starred Oram himself alongside Julian Barratt, Toyah Willcox, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Noel Fielding and Holli Dempsey. The film's soundtrack features a number of tracks from the King Crimson ProjeKcts albums.Aaaaaaaah! film review, Variety

In 2016, he starred as Joseph Solomon in A Dark Song.

In 2019, he appeared as Terry in the BBC series Ghosts.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2002 Ant Muzak Marco Short film 2004 It's All Gone Pete Tong Blinky 2005 The Wingnut Tapes Dad Short film. Co-writer 2008 Connections Man Short film; Writer/director 2011 Kill List Radio Reporter 2012 Sightseers Chris Also co-writer 2013 Welcome to the Punch Journalist The World's End Motorcycle Policeman 2014 The Last Summer On Earth Ginger Goofball Short film. Co-writer Cuban Fury Security guard Kevin The Canal McNamara Altar Nigel Lean Paddington Paddington Station Security Guard 2015 Captain Webb Professor Fred Beckwith The Bad Education Movie Officer Rowe Aaaaaaaah! Smith Writer / Director Sarah Chong Is Going To Kill Herself The Bosses Short film 2016 A Dark Song Joseph Solomon 2018 In Fabric Clive 2022 This is Christmas Conductor Mind-set Paul 2023 Love Again Richard Hughes Sky Peals Jeff

Television Year Title Role Notes 2001 People Like Us Policeman/Sound Engineer 2002 Live Floor Show Mr Richards Hardware Builder Green Wing Security Guard Comedy Lab: Matthew & Tone: Tales of Friendship and Innocence Tone 2005 Twisted Tales Detective Sergeant Jack Tanner Episode: "Death Metal Chronicles" Comedy Lab: Skin Deep Carl 2006 Suburban Shootout Plumber 2006–2007 Tittybangbang Various characters 2007 Where Are the Joneses? Carston Whelk The Mighty Boosh Donni The Strange Tale of the Crack Fox 2008 LifeSpam: My Child is French Various characters 2011 Dick and Dom's Funny Business Teacher The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret Officer Petty Hurt 2012 Miranda Policeman 2013 Life's Too Short Paul Jacobs Heading Out Daniel The Wipers Times Sergeant Harris NTSF:SD:SUV:: Mr Smyth 2014 The Job Lot Keith Taylor The Secrets Shaun The Dilemma Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy Terry Series 2 Episode 2 Fantasy Block Glue George 2016 Midsomer Murders Nathan Tonev The Living and the Dead John Roebuck 2017 The Moorside DC Alex Grummit 2017–2019 The End of the F***ing World Phil 2018 Death in Paradise Dean Shanks S7:E3 "Written in Murder" Hang Ups Neil Quinn Sally4Ever Mick 2019 Ghosts Terry Not Going Out Dave the builder Series 10 (Episode 7) 2021 Line of Duty Medical counsellor Series 6 (Episode 7) Doctor Who Joseph Williamson Series 13 2022 Killing Eve Phil 2022–present D.I Ray DS Clive Bottomley

Awards and recognition

References

External links Lincoln Studios website