Actor
Hepburn Graham
Born June 30, 1959 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK7 films
Hepburn Harrison-Graham worked as a professional actor from 1979 to 1991, appearing in a variety of films and TV programmes, including Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Cry Freedom, The Firm and EastEnders. His stage work included a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1992 Hepburn began working for BBC radio sport as a junior broadcaster and progressed into becoming an assistant producer. During the formative years of BBC Radio 5 live Hepburn produced a wide range of sports shows including Hoops, an original programme about English basketball. Sports America, an insight into American sport, and Sunday Sport.
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During this period he also devised and produced a number of documentaries, most notably Across the White Line a four part series that charted the history of black footballers in England.
In 1996 he worked as a producer at the Olympic Games in Atlanta where, among other duties, he produced a critically acclaimed documentary on Martin Luther King. Later that year he became boxing producer, working on many world title fights including Lennox Lewis v Mike Tyson.
Hepburn eventually became a programme editor, before being made editor in chief of BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra. He now works as a freelance tutor in sports media, hoping to inspire the next generation of journalists with the art of radio production.
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First watchDirty Rotten Scoundrels19887.1as English Sailor #2Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson, shows…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
7 films as actor- 1991Escape From KampalaChief SRB Man
- 1989The Rachel PapersAndy
- 1989CrusoeLucky
- 1989The FirmJT
- 1988Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsEnglish Sailor #2
- 1987Cry FreedomSoga
- 1983MeantimeBoyfriend