Stevie Raine

Stevie Raine grew up in Bishop Auckland, that gritty little mining town up in County Durham where everyone’s got stories thicker than the fog. Not exactly the place most people imagine spitting out actors, but that’s where Stevie called home. He’s proper British, through and through, but not in a stiff, posh way—more like the kind who’ll swap a story with you down the pub and probably make you laugh till you spill your pint. If you caught The Long Shadow (2023), you’ve seen him do his thing—real, raw, none of that overblown drama. He’s also popped up in Casualty (2022), giving those hospital scenes a bit of actual grit, and I Hate Suzie (2020), where he managed to slip into that mess of a world without missing a beat. Honestly, the guy’s got range. Not just another pretty face trying to play tough—there’s something about the way he holds himself on screen. Maybe it’s the Bishop Auckland in him, or maybe it’s just years of graft. Before all that, though, he put in the hours down in Cardiff at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Not exactly a walk in the park, that place. That’s where he learned to really nail a scene, to pull you in whether he’s screaming, crying, or just standing there looking like he’s got a secret. You watch him work, you get the sense he’s lived a life or two—probably has, if you ask around his hometown. All in, he’s the kind of actor you actually believe, and let’s be honest, that’s getting rare these days.