Stephen Lord

Stephen Lord (born 1 October 1971) is an English actor, known for playing Jase Dyer in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2007 to 2008, and Dominic Meak in the Channel 4 comedy drama series, Shameless, between 2012 and 2013. In 2021, he was cast in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.

Career The BBC defended the use of violent scenes in an edition of EastEnders. In the episode, Lord's character Jase Dyer was seen losing his life following a confrontation with a group of gangsters who stabbed him after brutally beating him up. Later, the character's dead body was seen by viewers in hospital scenes which featured Jase's son Jay Brown, played by Jamie Borthwick. Lord appeared in the BBC drama series Casualty in 2010–11 playing the abusive husband of nurse Kirsty Clements (played by Lucy Gaskell) in an ongoing storyline dealing with domestic violence. In 2021, Lord was cast in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as Tez Wyatt.

Lord portrayed Danny Nolan in the film Strangeways Here We Come. He is married to the actress Elaine Cassidy and the couple have two children.

Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes 1993 Raining Stones (unknown) 1995 Judge Dredd Zed Squatter #1 1998 Fast Food Flea 2001 South West 9 Fazer 2002 Al's Lads Eddy 2003 Octane Carjacker LD 50 Lethal Dose Spook 2004 The Tell-Tale Heart Ed Poe Short film 2005 Frozen Diver Kenny 2006 The Truth Felix 2007 Until Death Jimmy Medina It's Not the End of the World – Director 2008 The Shepherd: Border Patrol Benjamin Meyers Direct-to-DVD in U.S. Kill Kill Faster Faster Jarvis Reverb Wurzel 2010 Route Irish Steve Jackboots on Whitehall Yorkshire Farmer (voice) aka: Nazi Invasion: Team Europe 2011 Desperate Measures Ross Hadley Pickle Jim Short film 2014 Default Kane 2015 The Violators Mikey Legend Fuller 2018 Strangeways Here We Come Danny Nolan 2019 Mrs Lowry & Son Mr. Stanhope 2025 Our Tallulah Dad Short film. Also producer & director Butterfly Stroke Lori's Dad Post-production

Television YearTitleRoleNotes 1992 Wilderness Edge Luke Episodes 1–6 The Bill Robert Parsons Series 8; episode 73: "Radio Waves" 1993 Heartbeat Paul Manston Series 2; episode 4: "Bitter Harvest" Screen One Alf Series 5; episode 8: "The Bullion Boys" 1993–1994 Luv Darwin Craven Series 1 & 2; 18 episodes 1994–1997 Common As Muck Jonno Fox Series 1 & 2; 12 episodes 1996 Into the Fire Danny Mini-series; episodes 1–3 Testament: The Bible in Animation Son (voice) Episode 8: "Daniel" Giving Tongue Lionel Giddings Television film 1998–1999 City Central PC Steve Jackson Series 1 & 2; 20 episodes 1998 The Hello Girls Mike Simmons (unknown episodes) 2003 Real Men Alex Collins 2-part crime drama 2006 Sea of Souls Angus Jenson Series 3; episode 1: "Insiders" 2007–2008 EastEnders Jase Dyer 95 episodes 2009 Dr. Hoo Agent Smart Television pilot. Also producer & director 2010–2011 Casualty Warren Clements Series 25; 11 episodes 2011 PhoneShop Ray Series 2; episode 3: "Sleepyman" 2012 Comedy Showcase Peasey Series 3; episode 6: "The Function Room" 2012–2013 Shameless Dominic Meak Series 9–11; 18 episodes 2013–2017 Once Upon a Time Malcolm 3 episodes "Think Lovely Thoughts", "Going Home" & "The Black Fairy" 2014–2015 Penny Dreadful Warren Roper Seasons 1 & 2; 6 episodes 2016 Marcella Stuart Callaghan Series 1; episodes 4–7 New Blood Raymond Keane Episodes 4 & 5: "Case 2: Parts 1 & 2" Frontier Cedric Brown Season 1; episodes 1 & 2: "A Kingdom Unto Itself" & "Little Brother War" 2017 Safe House Luke Griffin Series 2; episodes 1–4 2020 The South Westerlies Teddy Episodes 1–6 2021 Coronation Street Tez Wyatt 6 episodes 2023 Domina Slaver Series 2; episode 1: "Conspiracy" 2024 Vera Tony Meddon Series 13; episode 1: "Fast Love" Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale Ted Bolt Season 1; episodes 1–7 2025 Cooper and Fry Dominic Kirkham Episode 2

Video games YearTitleRoleNotes 2022 Grid Legends James Randall