Adolescence star Stephen Graham conquered the Golden Globes – then lost his award

Stephen Graham has revealed that hours after being crowned best actor at this year’s Golden Globe, he lost his award.

The critically acclaimed actor was presented with the accolade for his performance in Netflix’s sensational drama Adolescence.

It was one of four awards that the series took home on the night – but disaster struck when Stephen’s trophy went missing.

During an appearance on Capital Breakfast radio, the actor explained that he’d been in a huge rush to catch a flight when his suitcase – which had the Golden Globe inside – didn’t make it onto the plane.

‘I had to go straight from LA the day after to Madrid as I had to be on set the next day. I had 35 minutes to catch the plane,’ he shared.

‘As I came off the plane, a woman took me down the stairs, threw me in a car, and drove me across the runway. But all I’m thinking is, “My case isn’t going to make it.”‘

Which awards did Adolescence win at the 2026 Golden Globes?

The awards Adolescence took home at the Golden Globes this year are:

• Best limited series, anthology series, or motion picture made for television – Adolescence.

• Best actor in a limited series, anthology series, or motion picture made for television – Stephen Graham.
• Best supporting actor on television – Owen Cooper. Ashley Walters was also nominated.
• Best supporting actresson television – Erin Doherty.

Stephen, 52, explained that as he stepped off a plane midway through his journey, he pointed out to the woman who had put him in the car that there was ‘no way’ his suitcase was going to make the next portion of his trip.

‘I said, “Excuse me, there’s no way you’re getting my suitcase on this plane if I’m in a car now,” and she was like, “Oh no, don’t worry, we’ll take care of it,”‘ he recalled.

Alas, Stephen was right, and the case didn’t make it onto the flight he was on.

Can you imagine a hefty Golden Globe award, which apparently weighs approximately 3.5kg, making its way to an airport’s lost and found?

Thankfully for the A Thousand Blows star, that didn’t happen, and he was eventually reunited with the award two days later.

Last year, when Adolescence was released on Netflix, Metro spoke to Stephen about where the inspiration for the series came from, given he co-wrote it with writer Jack Thorne.

He explained that after he heard about ‘another incident of a young boy stabbing a young girl’, the tragedy ‘hurt his heart’.

‘I just wondered, what kind of a society and what kind of a world are we living in where this kind of thing has happened, not once, not twice, three, four, five times? It just really made me curious,’ he said at the time.

Adolescence is available to stream on Netflix.

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