Steve Wall

Steve Wall is a musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He is a founder member of the multi-platinum selling Irish band The Stunning and also The Walls.

As an actor, Wall is known for his roles in Moone Boy (2012–2015), Vikings (2014–2016), Rebellion (2016), Raised by Wolves (2020), The Witcher (2020), and The English (2022). He played the jazz musician Chet Baker in My Foolish Heart (2018), a Dutch feature film about the trumpeter's last days in Amsterdam.

Early life and education Steve Wall was born in Kingsbury Hospital, Honeypot Lane, the first of five children of Patricia (née Keogh) of the Liberties, Dublin, and Vincent Wall of Ennistymon, County Clare. Four of the children were born in London and while still young, the family moved back to Ireland, living first with the Keogh family in Harolds Cross. He has two brothers, Joseph and Vincent (born in County Clare), and two sisters, Anna and Helen. His mother's family home was full of records and sing-songs were regular, with uncles and aunts singing everything from Cole Porter to The Beatles and Ella Fitzgerald. This is where Wall says he discovered his love of music. Following that he went to the Galway Regional Technical College, When college band New Testament went their separate ways in 1984, Wall approached the Druid Theatre Company, Galway for work. He had a small walk-on part in the 1984 production of Tom Murphy's On the Outside directed by Paul Brennan. He spent two years at Druid working as a trainee actor, stage assistant and sound operator, working on shows Conversations on a Homecoming and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. He then moved to Dublin to pursue an acting career but after an unsuccessful year of finding work he decided to turn back to music and formed The Stunning in 1987. He featured in the 2022 western miniseries The English (BBC/Amazon) featuring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer, in which he plays the cowboy Thin Kelly.

Denis Villeneuve cast him as Bashar, a Colonel-General of the Sardaukar in Dune: Part Two which premiered on 1 March 2024.

Wall was offered the role of Pats Bocock in the Gaiety Theatre's production of the John B. Keane play Sive. It was his first stage performance. It opened on 27 January 2024 and ran until 16 March 2024.

In 2024, he was cast as Lord Leo "Longthorn" Tyrell in the Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

He has also done voiceover work.

Music Wall formed The Stunning in Galway in 1987. The band was hugely successful in Ireland with number one albums and top ten singles. Frustrated at not getting their music released internationally despite success at home, the band broke up in 1994. spending two years there before moving to Dublin in 1998 and starting their own label Earshot Records, later changing it to Dirtbird Records. They released three albums on their own label - Hi-Lo (2000), The band toured extensively and opened for acts such as U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bob Dylan, and Crowded House. This was followed by the album Twice Around the World, which peaked at number ten in the Irish mainstream album charts The Stunning continue to play live today, while Wall and Joe sometimes perform as a two-piece as The Walls. King John's Castle, Limerick;

Television

Stage Sive by John B.Keane. Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. 27 January – 16 March 2024

Narration The Irish Mob (2000) TV miniseries Recruits (2015) TV mini series about the gruelling process to join the Irish army. Making it Down Under (2016) TV show about Irish people working in Australia. Raised by the Village (three seasons 2019-2025 ) TV show about troubled teens.