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.

Life and career

Oram was born in

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, Leicestershire, England. He started as a character comedian on the comedy circuit and performed several comedy shows at the

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with comedy partner

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during the early 2000s. He also appeared at Ealing Live, a comedy night at

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, where he met and started working with Alice Lowe. In 2002, Oram and Meeten wrote and starred in

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's ''Matthew & Tone: Tales of Friendship and Innocence''. It was directed by Dominic Brigstocke and screened in season 5 of the ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' (2004) starring

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, ''

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'' (2006–07) and '' Suburban Shootout'' (2006). He also played Donnie the tramp in series 3 of ''

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'' (2007), written by and starring

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and

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. 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.....

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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

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's dark comedy '' Sightseers''. The film was written by Oram and Lowe with additional material by Amy Jump. Since then Oram has found roles in films including

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and

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's '' The World's End'' (2013), '' The Canal'' (2014), ''

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'' (2014), and ''

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'' (2014) On television he has appeared in ''

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'' (2013) written by

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and

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, an episode of '' The Secrets'' (2014) alongside

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and Olivia Colman, an episode of ''

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'' (2014), the

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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

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and

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. The film's soundtrack features a number of tracks from the

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Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and recognition

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References

External links

Lincoln Studios website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oram, Steve English male comedians English male television actors People from Melton Mowbray Alumni of the University of East Anglia Living people English male film actors Male actors from Leicestershire Year of birth missing (living people)