Stephen Graham has said his “life is complete” after a surreal interaction with Snoop Dogg at the Golden Globes.
The Liverpudlian star was named Best Actor in a Limited Series for his phenomenal performance as father Eddie Miller in Netflix’s agenda-setting one-shot drama Adolescence.
Speaking backstage after his win at Sunday (11 January) night’s ceremony, the 52-year-old said: “This one I’ve got to tell the kids and if you don’t mind I’d like to tell you all what happened.”
“I met Snoop Dogg,” he continued, “and he shook my hand and looked me right in the eyes – I couldn’t see his eyes because he had his glasses on – and he just said, ‘you mother****in’ gangsta.’ My life is complete, thank you.”
Graham and his Adolescence co-stars had plenty to celebrate at the Los Angeles event as the Netflix four-parter also won Best Television Limited Series, while Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty took home Best Supporting Male Actor and Best Supporting Female Actor, respectively.
The series starred Cooper, now 16, as a schoolboy accused of murdering a fellow female student. Doherty played the child psychologist assigned to his case. It was a huge hit for Netflix when it aired in March last year, prompting discussions in parliament about how to prevent young boys being dragged into a world of hatred and misogyny online.
In his winner’s speech, Graham thanked his wife, fellow actor Hannah Walters, who served as an executive producer on Adolescence and made a brief appearance playing a teacher.
Describing Walters as “one of the most best producers ever and a woman I’m very, very lucky to be married to”, Graham said: “I’ve said it before, but you saved my life. You saved my life.”
“And to my two beautiful children, Grace and Alfie, I love you to the moon and back forever,” he continued. “My dad, my pops, my hero, and I would just like to dedicate this particular award to my mom and all my friends and family, you all know exactly who you are. Without you, none of this is possible.“
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Graham and Walters met when they were both training to be actors in the Nineties and the This Is England star has previously credited his wife with helping him after a mental health struggle, which saw him try to take his own life in his early twenties.
Other winners at the Golden Globes included Chloé Zhao’s weepie Hamnet and Paul Thomas Anderson’s caper One Battle After Another.
Meanwhile, Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley, Marty Supreme actor Timothée Chalamet, Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another) and Sentimental Value actor Stellan Skarsgård established themselves as firm Oscar contenders following their triumphs in the film acting categories. See the full list of winners here.
