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Stephen Tompkinson

Acting Born Oct 15, 1965 Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England 24 credits

Biography

Stephen Phillip Tompkinson is an English actor, known for his television roles as Marcus in Chancer (1990), Damien Day in Drop the Dead Donkey (1990–1998), Father Peter Clifford in Ballykissangel (1996–98), Trevor Purvis in Grafters (1998–1999), Danny Trevanion in Wild at Heart (2006–2013) and Alan Banks in DCI Banks (2010–2016). He won the 1994 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor. He also starred in the films Brassed Off (1996) and Hotel Splendide (2000).

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Known for

Casualty

as PC Tony Mitton

This Is Not a Murder Mystery

as DCI John Thistletwaite

New Tricks

2004

Full filmography

  • Casualty (1986) as PC Tony Mitton
  • This Is Not a Murder Mystery (2025) as DCI John Thistletwaite
  • New Tricks (2004)
  • Minder (1979) as DC Park
  • Prime Suspect (1991) as Sean Philips
  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011) as Self - Participant
  • The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007) as Self
  • An Audience with... (1978) as Self
  • The Paul O'Grady Show (2004)
  • Parkinson (1998) as Self
  • Performance (1991) as Philip Welch
  • Shooting Stars (1993) as Self
  • DCI Banks (2011) as Inspector Alan Banks
  • DCI Banks (2011) as Alan Banks
  • The Bay (2019) as Stephen Marshbrook
  • Trollied (2011)
  • Ballykissangel (1996) as Fr. Peter Clifford
  • Sherwood (2022) as Warnock
  • Drop the Dead Donkey (1990) as Damien Day
  • The Fortune (2026) as Boots Mackintosh
  • (All Quiet on the) Preston Front (1994) as Spock
  • The Long Shadow (2023) as David Gee
  • Wild at Heart (2006) as Danny Trevanion
  • The Split (2018) as Davey