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Steve Wall

December 15, 2023

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.

Steve Wall in County Clare, Ireland, April 2021 while recording the 'Rise with the Sun' single with composer and video artist Simon O'Reilly.[1][2][3]

Stephen Wall
Born
Stephen Patrick Wall
Occupations
  • Actor
  • musician
Years active1984–present
Children1

As an actor Steve is known for roles in the western mini TV series The English (2022); Ridley Scott's Raised by Wolves (2020); The Witcher (2020); Vikings; Moone Boy; The South Westerlies (2020); and also Rebellion (2016). 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 edit

Stephen Patrick Wall was born in Kingsbury Hospital, Honeypot Lane,[4] the first of five children of Patricia (née Keogh) of the Liberties, Dublin and Vincent Wall of Ennistymon, County Clare.[5] 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.[6][7] 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.[7][8]

Education edit

Wall attended several schools in Dublin - St. Louis Junior School, Rathmines, St. Joseph's National School Terenure and Templeogue College Secondary School, where he left after the first year as the family moved to Ennistymon, County Clare when he was thirteen.[7][8] He spent his teenage years in Ennistymon and attended the Christian Brothers school there.[9] Following that he went to the Galway Regional Technical College,[7] where he joined a new wave band called New Testament as guitarist.[7]

Career edit

 
Steve Wall as Chet Baker on the set of 'My Foolish Heart'.

Acting edit

While still at school in the west of Ireland Wall developed an interest in acting and cinema in particular and applied unsuccessfully to the main London drama schools.[10][11] When college band New Testament went their separate ways in 1984[12] Wall approached the Druid Theatre Company, Galway for work.[13] He had a small walk-on part in the 1984 production of Tom Murphy’s On the Outside directed by Paul Brennan.[14] 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[15][16][17] 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.[13][17][11] He still performs today with The Stunning and The Walls.[10][16]

He returned to acting in 2010 by attending acting workshops in The Factory, Dublin, now known as Bow Street Acting Academy.[13] He scored his first role as Uncle Danny in the series Moone Boy for Sky TV and then went on to land parts in other TV series such as Vikings, Warrior, The Witcher, Raised by Wolves, Tin Star, The South Westerlies.[7][13] He landed the role of Chet Baker in the Dutch arthouse feature film My Foolish Heart about the jazz legends final days in Amsterdam where he died in 1988.[18][19] Wall's most recent credit is the 2022 western mini-series The English featuring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer, in which he plays the cowboy Thin Kelly.[20]

He has also done voiceover work.[21]

Music edit

Wall formed The Stunning in Galway in 1987.[22] The band was hugely successful in Ireland with number one albums and top ten singles.[22][23][24] Frustrated at not getting their music released internationally despite success at home, the band broke up in 1994.[7][24][23] The following year, Wall and his brother Joe formed The Walls. They signed to Columbia Records in 1996 and relocated to London,[25] spending two years there before moving to Dublin in 1998 and starting their own label Earshot Records later changing it to Dirtbird Records.[26][27] They released three critically acclaimed albums on their own label -  Hi-Lo (2000),[27] New Dawn Breaking (2005), Stop the Lights (2012) as well as EP's and singles including the top ten hit To the Bright and Shining Sun and Drowning Pool [28][23] which featured in the movie Begin Again.[29] The band toured extensively and opened for acts such as U2, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Bob Dylan, Crowded House.[26][23]

In 2003 The Stunning reformed in order to promote the re-issue of the bands debut album Paradise in the Picturehouse on their own Dirtbird Records label. The resulting tour was a huge success, sending the album to the top of the charts again almost ten years later.[22][23] In 2017 they released Brighten up my Life, their first new single in 24 years.[25][30] This was followed by the album ‘Twice Around the World’ which peaked at number ten in the Irish mainstream album charts [31][25] and number one in the independent charts on 23 March 2018.[32] The Stunning continue to play live today, while Steve and Joe sometimes perform as a two-piece as The Walls.[23]

In April 2021 Wall collaborated with Clare-based musician Simon O’Reilly on a song called Rise with the Sun. During the pandemic, the two collaborated on the song by sharing files online, with O'Reilly recording the music and mixing the song in his studio near Lahinch, County Clare and Steve recording vocals and some extra instrumentation in Dublin.[33][2]

Filmography edit

Narration edit

  • The Irish Mob (TV mini series) 2000

References edit

  1. ^ "Steve Wall and Simon O'Reilly Release Brand New Single". The Journal of Music. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Buddie, Indie (7 May 2021). "Steve Wall and Simon O'Reilly 'Rise with the Sun'". Indie Buddie. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ^ "JOE's Song Of The Day #896 – Steve Wall & Simon O'Reilly 'Rise With The Sun'". JOE.ie. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. ^ "The National Archives | Search the archives | Hospital Records| Details".
  5. ^ "Steve Wall: 'When I was 15, I placed my guitar amp in the bedroom window, turned the volume up full, and banged out Led Zeppelin'". Independent.ie. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  6. ^ Wall, Steve (23 March 2018). "Steve Wall: Episode 236" (podcast). An Irishman Abroad (Interview). No. 236. Interviewed by Jarlath Regan – via Podbeam.com.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "Steve Wall on his family's tragedy: 'It was a year from hell'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Life lessons with Steve Wall: 'Moving to the west of Ireland completely changed me as a person'". Independent.ie. 24 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Steve Wall Promotes CBS Ennistymon Open Night". 5 November 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Steve Wall: Episode 236". anirishmanabroad.podbean.com. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Talking music and acting with Steve Wall of The Stunning". Listen Notes. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Irish Rock Discography: New Testament". www.irishrock.org. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  13. ^ a b c d "Steve Wall on 30 years of 'Paradise in the Picturehouse'". GoldenPlec. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  14. ^ "On the Outside by Tom Murphy with Noel O'Donoghue – An Educational Resource for Secondary School Students and Teachers" (PDF). Druid.ie. 2020.
  15. ^ McBride, Charlie (4 July 2019). "'The acting muscle is very different to being onstage with a band'". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  16. ^ a b "Steve Wall on his family's tragedy: 'It was a year from hell'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Life lessons with Steve Wall: 'Moving to the west of Ireland completely changed me as a person'". independent. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  18. ^ Hutton, Brian. "Steve Wall's blowing his own trumpet". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Steve Wall". IMDb. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  20. ^ Newsdesk, The Hot Press. "Ciarán Hinds, Stephen Rea, Steve Wall to join Emily Blunt for BBC western series The English". Hotpress. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  21. ^ Barry, Aoife (19 November 2017). "The truth about being a musician: 'They see you on the Late Late and think you're making a fortune'". TheJournal.ie.
  22. ^ a b c "Live Report: The Stunning, A Galway Shindig at Leisureland, Galway". Hot Press Magazine.
  23. ^ a b c d e f "The Walls". independent. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  24. ^ a b "Irish Rock Discography: The Stunning". www.irishrock.org. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  25. ^ a b c "The craic was '90". TheIrishWorld.com. 19 October 2021.
  26. ^ a b "The Walls". irishrockers.com. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  27. ^ a b Cummins, Steve (22 September 2020). "The Walls - taking the Hi with the Lo". Steve Cummins. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  28. ^ "The Walls". Discogs. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  29. ^ "Soundtrack: Begin Again - listen to all 29 songs with scene description". Soundtrackradar.com. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  30. ^ "JOE's New Song of the Day #417: The Stunning – 'Brighten Up My Life'". JOE.ie. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  31. ^ "The biggest singles and albums of 2018 by Irish acts". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  32. ^ "IRMA – Irish Recorded Music Association". www.irma.ie. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  33. ^ Newsdesk, The Hot Press. "LISTEN: Composer/musician duo Steve Wall and Simon O'Reilly share '70s-tinged track 'Rise with the Sun'". Hotpress. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  34. ^ D'Arcy, Ray (15 February 2019). "My Foolish Heart" (radio). The Ray D'Arcy Show.
  35. ^ Fitzpatrick, Richard. "An Klondike is a golden opportunity for Irish actors". IrishExaminer.com.
  36. ^ Murphy, Eoin (23 April 2019). "Vikings actor Steve Wall's new Netflix series stars Hollywood royalty". Extra.ie.
  37. ^ "Watch Rebellion | Netflix Official Site". Netflix.
  38. ^ "The Stunning in session, new material, early days & a tribute to Bowie!". TodayFM.com. 13 January 2016.

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This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments a violation of Wikipedia s terms of use It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view September 2022 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 Steve Wall in County Clare Ireland April 2021 while recording the Rise with the Sun single with composer and video artist Simon O Reilly 1 2 3 Stephen WallBornStephen Patrick WallOccupationsActormusicianYears active1984 presentChildren1As an actor Steve is known for roles in the western mini TV series The English 2022 Ridley Scott s Raised by Wolves 2020 The Witcher 2020 Vikings Moone Boy The South Westerlies 2020 and also Rebellion 2016 He played the jazz musician Chet Baker in My Foolish Heart 2018 a Dutch feature film about the trumpeter s last days in Amsterdam Contents 1 Early life 2 Education 3 Career 3 1 Acting 3 2 Music 4 Filmography 5 Narration 6 References 7 External linksEarly life editStephen Patrick Wall was born in Kingsbury Hospital Honeypot Lane 4 the first of five children of Patricia nee Keogh of the Liberties Dublin and Vincent Wall of Ennistymon County Clare 5 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 6 7 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 7 8 Education editWall attended several schools in Dublin St Louis Junior School Rathmines St Joseph s National School Terenure and Templeogue College Secondary School where he left after the first year as the family moved to Ennistymon County Clare when he was thirteen 7 8 He spent his teenage years in Ennistymon and attended the Christian Brothers school there 9 Following that he went to the Galway Regional Technical College 7 where he joined a new wave band called New Testament as guitarist 7 Career edit nbsp Steve Wall as Chet Baker on the set of My Foolish Heart Acting edit While still at school in the west of Ireland Wall developed an interest in acting and cinema in particular and applied unsuccessfully to the main London drama schools 10 11 When college band New Testament went their separate ways in 1984 12 Wall approached the Druid Theatre Company Galway for work 13 He had a small walk on part in the 1984 production of Tom Murphy s On the Outside directed by Paul Brennan 14 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 15 16 17 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 13 17 11 He still performs today with The Stunning and The Walls 10 16 He returned to acting in 2010 by attending acting workshops in The Factory Dublin now known as Bow Street Acting Academy 13 He scored his first role as Uncle Danny in the series Moone Boy for Sky TV and then went on to land parts in other TV series such as Vikings Warrior The Witcher Raised by Wolves Tin Star The South Westerlies 7 13 He landed the role of Chet Baker in the Dutch arthouse feature film My Foolish Heart about the jazz legends final days in Amsterdam where he died in 1988 18 19 Wall s most recent credit is the 2022 western mini series The English featuring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer in which he plays the cowboy Thin Kelly 20 He has also done voiceover work 21 Music edit Wall formed The Stunning in Galway in 1987 22 The band was hugely successful in Ireland with number one albums and top ten singles 22 23 24 Frustrated at not getting their music released internationally despite success at home the band broke up in 1994 7 24 23 The following year Wall and his brother Joe formed The Walls They signed to Columbia Records in 1996 and relocated to London 25 spending two years there before moving to Dublin in 1998 and starting their own label Earshot Records later changing it to Dirtbird Records 26 27 They released three critically acclaimed albums on their own label Hi Lo 2000 27 New Dawn Breaking 2005 Stop the Lights 2012 as well as EP s and singles including the top ten hit To the Bright and Shining Sun and Drowning Pool 28 23 which featured in the movie Begin Again 29 The band toured extensively and opened for acts such as U2 Red Hot Chilli Peppers Bob Dylan Crowded House 26 23 In 2003 The Stunning reformed in order to promote the re issue of the bands debut album Paradise in the Picturehouse on their own Dirtbird Records label The resulting tour was a huge success sending the album to the top of the charts again almost ten years later 22 23 In 2017 they released Brighten up my Life their first new single in 24 years 25 30 This was followed by the album Twice Around the World which peaked at number ten in the Irish mainstream album charts 31 25 and number one in the independent charts on 23 March 2018 32 The Stunning continue to play live today while Steve and Joe sometimes perform as a two piece as The Walls 23 In April 2021 Wall collaborated with Clare based musician Simon O Reilly on a song called Rise with the Sun During the pandemic the two collaborated on the song by sharing files online with O Reilly recording the music and mixing the song in his studio near Lahinch County Clare and Steve recording vocals and some extra instrumentation in Dublin 33 2 Filmography editTwo for the Road short film 2023 Dead Shot feature film 2023 Barber 2023 The English 2022 Tin Star 2020 The South Westerlies 2020 Raised by Wolves 2020 Here Are the Young Men feature film 2020 Rig 45 2020 The Witcher 2019 Warrior 2019 The Hole in the Ground feature film 2019 My Foolish Heart 34 feature film 2018 An Klondike Dominion Creek 35 2015 2017 Vikings 36 2014 2016 Rebellion 37 2016 Crossing Lines 2015 Moone Boy 2012 2015 Silent Witness 38 2015 Anywhere But Here short film 2014 Ghost Train short film 2013 Dark Touch feature film 2013 Gaybo s Grumpy Men 2005 self Country feature film 2000 Detour short film 1994Narration editThe Irish Mob TV mini series 2000References edit Steve Wall and Simon O Reilly Release Brand New Single The Journal of Music Retrieved 27 November 2022 a b Buddie Indie 7 May 2021 Steve Wall and Simon O Reilly Rise with the Sun Indie Buddie Retrieved 27 November 2022 JOE s Song Of The Day 896 Steve Wall amp Simon O Reilly Rise With The Sun JOE ie Retrieved 27 November 2022 The National Archives Search the archives Hospital Records Details Steve Wall When I was 15 I placed my guitar amp in the bedroom window turned the volume up full and banged out Led Zeppelin Independent ie Retrieved 26 November 2022 Wall Steve 23 March 2018 Steve Wall Episode 236 podcast An Irishman Abroad Interview No 236 Interviewed by Jarlath Regan via Podbeam com a b c d e f g Steve Wall on his family s tragedy It was a year from hell The Irish Times Retrieved 28 November 2022 a b Life lessons with Steve Wall Moving to the west of Ireland completely changed me as a person Independent ie 24 April 2016 Steve Wall Promotes CBS Ennistymon Open Night 5 November 2020 a b Steve Wall Episode 236 anirishmanabroad podbean com Retrieved 26 November 2022 a b Talking music and acting with Steve Wall of The Stunning Listen Notes Retrieved 26 November 2022 Irish Rock Discography New Testament www irishrock org Retrieved 26 November 2022 a b c d Steve Wall on 30 years of Paradise in the Picturehouse GoldenPlec Retrieved 26 November 2022 On the Outside by Tom Murphy with Noel O Donoghue An Educational Resource for Secondary School Students and Teachers PDF Druid ie 2020 McBride Charlie 4 July 2019 The acting muscle is very different to being onstage with a band Galway Advertiser Retrieved 26 November 2022 a b Steve Wall on his family s tragedy It was a year from hell The Irish Times Retrieved 26 November 2022 a b Life lessons with Steve Wall Moving to the west of Ireland completely changed me as a person independent Retrieved 26 November 2022 Hutton Brian Steve Wall s blowing his own trumpet The Times ISSN 0140 0460 Retrieved 26 November 2022 Steve Wall IMDb Retrieved 26 November 2022 Newsdesk The Hot Press Ciaran Hinds Stephen Rea Steve Wall to join Emily Blunt for BBC western series The English Hotpress Retrieved 26 November 2022 Barry Aoife 19 November 2017 The truth about being a musician They see you on the Late Late and think you re making a fortune TheJournal ie a b c Live Report The Stunning A Galway Shindig at Leisureland Galway Hot Press Magazine a b c d e f The Walls independent Retrieved 26 November 2022 a b Irish Rock Discography The Stunning www irishrock org Retrieved 26 November 2022 a b c The craic was 90 TheIrishWorld com 19 October 2021 a b The Walls irishrockers com Retrieved 26 November 2022 a b Cummins Steve 22 September 2020 The Walls taking the Hi with the Lo Steve Cummins Retrieved 26 November 2022 The Walls Discogs Retrieved 26 November 2022 Soundtrack Begin Again listen to all 29 songs with scene description Soundtrackradar com 28 September 2019 Retrieved 26 November 2022 JOE s New Song of the Day 417 The Stunning Brighten Up My Life JOE ie Retrieved 26 November 2022 The biggest singles and albums of 2018 by Irish acts www officialcharts com Retrieved 26 November 2022 IRMA Irish Recorded Music Association www irma ie Retrieved 26 November 2022 Newsdesk The Hot Press LISTEN Composer musician duo Steve Wall and Simon O Reilly share 70s tinged track Rise with the Sun Hotpress Retrieved 27 November 2022 D Arcy Ray 15 February 2019 My Foolish Heart radio The Ray D Arcy Show Fitzpatrick Richard An Klondike is a golden opportunity for Irish actors IrishExaminer com Murphy Eoin 23 April 2019 Vikings actor Steve Wall s new Netflix series stars Hollywood royalty Extra ie Watch Rebellion Netflix Official Site Netflix The Stunning in session new material early days amp a tribute to Bowie TodayFM com 13 January 2016 External links editSteve Wall at IMDb nbsp The Stunning discography at Discogs The Walls discography at Discogs Steve Wall discography at Discogs nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Steve Wall amp oldid 1188213650, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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