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CodeDS/UK/4963
NameOram; Steve (1973-); English actor, comedian, writer, musician, film maker
Dates1973-
GenderMale
BiographySteve 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 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. Steve also composed much of the music used in the show.

Steve's acting work includes the 2nd series of "People Like Us" (2001) on BBC Two, the feature film "It's All Gone Pete Tong" (2004) which also starred Paul Kaye, "Tittybangbang" series 2 (2006) and 3 (2007) on BBC Three, "Suburban Shootout" (2006) on Five. He also played Donnie the tramp in series 3 of "The Mighty Boosh" (2007) on BBC Three which was written by and starred Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding. He played Officer Petty Hurt in The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret (2011).

In 2008 his short film Connections screened in Cannes.

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

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

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".

Steve can next be seen in Sightseers, the third film from award-winning director Ben Wheatley. Sightseers is written by its stars, Alice Lowe and Steve Oram with additional material by Amy Jump.

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