Stephen Tompkinson Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Stephen Tompkinson (born 15 October 1965) is an English actor. He is best known for his work in comedy and drama productions such as Drop the Dead Donkey, Ballykissangel, Grafters, In Deep, Wild at Heart and DCI Banks. Tompkinson was born in Stockton-on-Tees on the 15th October 1965. He grew up in Lytham St. Annes in Lancashire and attending St. Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham, Lancashire and St Mary's Sixth Form, Blackpool. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Tompkinson first came to prominence with the role of the courageous but unethical reporter Damien Day in the... MORE

Stephen Tompkinson (born 15 October 1965) is an English actor. He is best known for his work in comedy and drama productions such as Drop the Dead Donkey, Ballykissangel, Grafters, In Deep, Wild at Heart and DCI Banks. Tompkinson was born in Stockton-on-Tees on the 15th October 1965. He grew up in Lytham St. Annes in Lancashire and attending St. Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham, Lancashire and St Mary's Sixth Form, Blackpool. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Tompkinson first came to prominence with the role of the courageous but unethical reporter Damien Day in the satirical comedy Drop The Dead Donkey from 1990 to 1998. He has since starred in the film Brassed Off, appeared in Chancer with Clive Owen, teamed up with Nick Berry in crime-solving drama In Deep and acted alongside Robson Green in two series of Grafters in 1998. As well as starring in other television dramas, such as All Quiet on the Preston Front he has also appeared regularly on stage. in 1999 he starred in the Flint Street Nativity which first aired in Liverpool. One of his most popular roles was that of Father Peter Clifford, alongside one-time fiancée Dervla Kirwan, in Ballykissangel. After LESS