Steve Oram

Stephen John Oram is an English actor, comedian, writer, and filmmaker. He is known for his role in the 2012 film Sightseers, which he also co-wrote.

Steve Oram
Steve Oram at Mar del Plata Film Festival 2013
Born
Stephen John Oram

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
OccupationActor, comedian, writer, filmmaker
Years active2001–present

Life and career

Oram was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England.[1]

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.[2] He also appeared at Ealing Live, a comedy night at Ealing Studios, where he met and started working with Alice Lowe.[3]

In 2002, Oram and Meeten wrote 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 also composed much of the music used in the show.

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 series 3 of The Mighty Boosh (2007), written by and starring Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding.

In 2008 his short film Connections screened at Cannes Film Festival as part of the official Straight 8 selection.[4]

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.[5]

With Meeten he performs a long-running comedy show in London called Oram & Meeten's Club Fantastico.[6]

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.[7][8]

Since then Oram has found 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,[9] 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,[10] a film in which the characters communicate entirely in ape-like grunts.[11][12] 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.[13]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2002Ant MuzakMarcoShort film
2004It's All Gone Pete TongBlinky
2005The Wingnut TapesDadShort film. Co-writer
2008ConnectionsManWriter/director
2011Kill ListRadio Reporter
2012SightseersChrisAlso co-writer
2013Welcome to the PunchJournalist
2013The World's EndMotorcycle Policeman
2014The Last Summer On EarthGinger GoofballShort film. Co-writer
2014Cuban FurySecurity guard Kevin
2014The CanalMcNamara
2014AltarNigel Lean
2014PaddingtonPaddington Station Security Guard
2015Captain WebbProfessor Fred Beckwith
2015The Bad Education MovieOfficer Rowe
2015Aaaaaaaah!SmithWriter / Director
2016A Dark SongJoseph Solomon[14]
TBAText for YouFilming

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001People Like UsPoliceman/Sound Engineer
2002Live Floor ShowMr Richards
2002HardwareBuilder
2002Green WingSecurity Guard
2002Comedy Lab: Matthew & Tone: Tales of Friendship and InnocenceTone
2005Twisted Tales – Death Metal ChroniclesDetective Sergeant Jack Tanner
2005Comedy Lab: Skin DeepCarl
2006Suburban ShootoutPlumber
2006–07TittybangbangVarious characters
2007Where Are the Joneses?Carston Whelk
2007The Mighty BooshDonniThe Strange Tale of the Crack Fox
2008LifeSpam: My Child is FrenchVarious characters
2011Dick and Dom's Funny BusinessTeacher
2011The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd MargaretOfficer Petty Hurt
2012MirandaPoliceman
2013Life's Too ShortPaul Jacobs
2013Heading OutDaniel
2013The Wipers TimesSergeant Harris
2013NTSF:SD:SUV::Mr Smyth
2014The Job LotKeith Taylor
2014The SecretsShaunThe Dilemma
2014Noel Fielding's Luxury ComedyTerrySeries 2 Episode 2 Fantasy Block
2014GlueGeorge
2016Midsomer MurdersNathan Tonev
2016The Living and the DeadJohn Roebuck
2017The MoorsideDC Alex Grummit
2017–2019The End of the F***ing WorldPhil
2018Death in ParadiseDean ShanksS7:E3 “Written in Murder”
2018Hang UpsNeil Quinn
2018Sally4EverMick
2019Not Going OutDave the builderSeries 10 Episode 7 "Builder"

Awards and recognition

References
  1. "Steve Oram in director Q&A". Phoenix Square. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  2. "Oram & Meeten Ding Dong review Chortle Edinburgh 2002".
  3. Gibson, Anthony (27 March 2013). "Steve Oram, star of Sightseers: Why I dressed up as a serial killer to go on holiday". Metro. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. https://vimeo.com/3160440
  5. Dawtrey, Adam (7 January 2013). "A case study of Internet's impact on filmmakers". Variety. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  6. http://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/oram-meetens-club-fantastico-2
  7. Peter Bradshaw
  8. Sightseers at Rotten Tomatoes
  9. Ellen E. Jones
  10. Aaaaaaaah! at Rotten Tomatoes
  11. Aaaaaaaah! review by David Jenkins in Little White Lies
  12. Why every man should watch Aaaaaaaah! – Tom Fordy Daily Telegraph
  13. Aaaaaaaah! film review, Variety
  14. Brady, Tara (5 April 2017). "A Dark Song review: a nifty, novel Irish horror". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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