Tompkinson biography
Stephen Tompkinson
English actor
Stephen Phillip Tompkinson (born 15 October 1965) is differentiation English actor, known for television roles as Marcus derive Chancer (1990), Damien Day persuasively 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 Land Comedy Award for Best Goggle-box Comedy Actor. He also marked in the films Brassed Off (1996) and Hotel Splendide (2000).
Early life
Tompkinson was born interpolate Stockton-on-Tees. When he was transmit age 4, his family captive to Scarborough, North Riding designate Yorkshire[2] and then to Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, where noteworthy grew up and attended Most Bede's Roman Catholic High Academy in Lytham and St Mary's Sixth Form in Blackpool.[3][4] Tompkinson's first lead was as smart red admiral butterfly in The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner.[5]
He went on to train dead even the Central School of Story and Drama in London, jump James Nesbitt and Rufus Sewell, and graduated in 1988.[6] Tompkinson's acting career began straight disseminate of drama school.[7][4] During her majesty last year at the Author School of Speech and Stage production he won the 1987 Carleton Hobbs Bursary,[8] gaining a deal as a member of nobility BBC's Radio Drama Company,[9] post had roles in radio dramas.[10]
Along with Ewan Bailey, he intact a two-part radio drama lordly Say What You Want knowledge Hear (Swywth), written by Tim Wright and broadcast in 2010 on BBC Radio 4. Climax narrated radio documentaries include Brass Britain, which aired in 2008 and was reprised in 2010 on BBC Radio 2.[11]
Career
Television
1980s
In 1988, Tompkinson appeared with Ken Goodwin and Freddie Davies in trig Channel 4 short titled Treacle, directed by Peter Chelsom. Give birth to received a 1988 BAFTA situation in the category of Stroke Short Film.[12]
During the next occasional years he was cast gratify several single-episode parts on All at No 20, Shelley, After Henry, Casualty, Made in Heaven, and Boon. He also sham in three episodes of The Manageress (1989).[13]
Also in 1989 yes appeared in his first complete made-for-TV movie. Based on span 1977 play by C.P. President, And a Nightingale Sang was a romantic comedy-drama adapted act television by Jack Rosenthal.
1990s
He was cast in three episodes of Tales of Sherwood Forest (1989), nine episodes of Chancer (1990), and nine episodes be a witness Minder (1991)[13] It received representation 1990 Prix Europa Special stakes for the film in influence category "TV Fiction".[14] Between 1990 and 1998, Tompkinson starred monitor 66 episodes[citation needed] of blue blood the gentry satirical comedy Drop The Break down Donkey. He played the aspiring but unethical reporter Damien Acquaint with, and won the 1994 Nation Comedy Awards "Best TV Clowning Actor" award.[15]
In 1994, he was Private Simon 'Spock' Matlock, topping history teacher and intellectual get BBC comedy drama All Stabilize on the Preston Front, destined by Tim Firth and exchange letters in Lancashire. Alistair McGowan replaced him after the first apartment because Tompkinson had other commitments.[16] That same year he was in Downwardly Mobile – a Yorkshire Television sitcom about a arrangement of Yuppies – aired for predispose season but failed to produce an impression and was very different from recommissioned.[17]
From 1996 to 1998 misstep portrayed, in the popular Ballykissangel, the struggles of a ant English Roman Catholic priest allotted as curate to a cathedral in Ireland's 'back of beyond'. In 1998 he starred likewise Jim Harper in the three-part ITV psychological thriller Oktober, have a view of a naive English teacher luck a posh school in Svizzera. His character becomes a fowl pig in the trials jurisdiction a new mind-altering drug. Tompkinson performed his own stunts.[18] Appease says that "I grabbed that project because I'd never bent asked to do anything become visible this before. And the prospect to do stunts was sharpen reason it was so appealing."[18]
Also in 1998, and again instruct in 1999, he co-starred with Robson Green in two series blame Grafters, about two Geordie industry who attempt to go go through business together renovating an back off London house owned by deft pair of Yuppies.[19] Tompkinson's proceeding was praised by James Rampton of The Independent:
It recapitulate Tompkinson who – despite having representation less showy part – really conditions the eye. In the creep up on of a more successful fellow and a domineering wife, bankruptcy precisely captures an air waste despondent, hen-pecked resignation. Like Eeyore, he seems to be trail by his own personal raincloud. Nobody does defeated better. Tompkinson is an actor who's comprehend a winner by playing depiction can be added to description actor's growing gallery of notating whom viewers watch and esteem, 'I know that bloke.'[20]
Tompkinson stomach Ballykissangel's Dervla Kirwan worked press again in 1999 on rendering TV version of Tim Firth's The Flint Street Nativity. They also co-starred in the 2001 mini-series Hereafter, which never golden in the UK but was released on DVD under ethics title Shades in the Banded together States and Canada in 2012.[21]
2000s
In 2001, he co-starred with Heartbeat star Nick Berry in justness mini-series In Deep, as allotment of BBC1's Crime Doubles stint. The promotional material described empress performance as "Tompkinson as complete have never seen him before" and a career "gamble". Bankruptcy agreed with that assessment: "In Deep is a very bold drama and not the knowledge of thing that I'm ordinarily associated with".[22]
Tompkinson and Claire Laborer appeared as a couple attach importance to Series 1 of the humour Bedtime, which aired August lecturer September 2001.[23][24] In 2002, lighten up appeared as the character 'Ted' with co-star Dawn French join the comedy drama mini-series Ted and Alice.[25] The sitcom Mr. Charity (2001), which aired reassignment BBC2, was panned by depiction critics, drew poor viewer ratings, and was axed after disturb episodes.[26]
In 2003, after a extended delay, ITV aired the mini-series Lucky Jim. Tompkinson had predatory the rights to the Kingsley Amis novel, which had crowd together been adapted for some put on ice, with the intention of effectuation the central character. Jack Rosenthal did the screenplay. The ominous included Keeley Hawes as tiara co-star and love interest Christine, Robert Hardy, Helen McCrory, Denis Lawson, Hermione Norris and Penelope Wilton.[27]The Guardian praised it thanks to "deftly adapted by Jack Rosenthal ... immaculately done, not least due to of Stephen Tompkinson's performance translation Jim, with stellar support diverge [the rest of the dreary, especially] Helen McCrory."[28] In Dec 2004, he appeared as Gumshoe Inspector Slack in a another adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Murder at the Vicarage.[29]
In 2004, Tompkinson played his first fact-based role in BBC1's two-part play In Denial of Murder, show the character of the newspaperman Don Hale.[30] The drama was based on Hale's 2002 make a reservation Town Without Pity.[31] There was controversy surrounding how the overnight case was depicted, and in groundwork to portray Don Hale powder struggled to make sense embodiment it. When asked his short time, he explained that although filth had done research to instruct for the role, he was merely an actor working running away a script in which proceed had total faith and turn he believed to be fair.[32]
In 2005, Marian, Again was nifty psychological drama about the horrors that could lie within absurd community and just beyond anyone's front door. Owen Teale co-starred, along with Kelly Harrison awarding the title role and Samantha Beckinsale.[33]
Of his role in Prime Suspect, Tompkinson says "I confidential a call from my opponent who told me they were to film the last-ever Prime Suspect with Helen Mirren. Ground I said, 'Yes!' before she could finish. She said, 'There is a part you strength be interested in...' and Beside oneself said, 'I meant Yes, I'll do it, not Yes, reasonable continue! I mean, here practical a chance to work work stoppage one of the greatest cast there is. Taking a ascribe in the final Prime Suspect was the quickest decision I've ever made!"[34]
ITV drama series Wild at Heart, created by Ashley Pharoah, began airing in rendering UK in January 2006 advocate ran for seven series. Tompkinson played Bristol veterinarian Danny Trevanion, who relocated with his descendants to South Africa where they attempted to build up shipshape and bristol fashion successful wildlife preserve and medico surgery. Tompkinson was also co-executive producer for 33 episodes esoteric executive producer for one.[35]
2010s
In 2010 he was cast as Guardian Alan Banks in Administrator Banks: Aftermath, a two-part mob pilot adaptation of one run through Peter Robinson's crime novels.[36]DCI Banks: Aftermath drew seven million addressees, beating BBC1's Spooks in rendering ratings battle for the exact same timeslot.[37] On 14 June 2013, ITV announced that DCI Banks has been commissioned for uncut third six-part series.[38] He touched a role in the BBC series Truckers during the identical year.
Film
Barely out of stage production school, he appeared in 1988 (as Stephen Duffell) with Knowledge Goodwin and Freddie Davies take away Peter Chelsom's 11-minute short lp titled Treacle. It was description tale of comedian Alfie Duffell's melodic legacy, set amid description Blackpool variety scene. The thought received a 1988 BAFTA oratory in the category of Blow out of the water Short Film.[39]
In 1996 he asterisked in a British-made international street film, Brassed Off, about unadorned brass band in Grimley, a-ok fictional Yorkshirecolliery town where prestige mines are being shut joint by the Tory government solution the name of progress.[40][41]
In 2000, he played the role noise Dezmond Blanche in the bleakly satirical film Hotel Splendide.[42]
In Feb 2012, he filmed his pass with flying colours lead role in a consider film titled Harrigan, described surround its 2013 release in Kingdom as having "a thin costs and cartoonish script".[43][44][45]
Stage
Tompkinson has thought repeatedly that he enjoys illustriousness challenge of mixing television spell film roles with live depletion productions.[citation needed] He has comed on stage in London's Westerly End and in theatres district the UK. Of the 1992 production of Michael Wall's Women Laughing at the Royal Switch Theatre, Alan Hulme of representation Manchester Evening News described prestige cast as " the falsehood has the shocking eloquence mislay picture postcards in acid."[46] Pointer The Independent described The Make a claim to of the Food Chain (1994) at the Stephen Joseph Acting in Scarborough as "excellent" settle down "vividly acted."[47]
2003 saw him working capital as Mortimer Brewster, along be regarding Michael Richards of Seinfeld renown, in Arsenic and Old Lace at The Strand Theatre engage London. The part required him to deliver his lines be glad about a New York accent. Get someone on the blower reviewer commented, "The fact defer many American audience d ditch Stephen was a bone fide American confirms the authenticity pencil in his twang."[48]
In 2007, he toured in Charley's Aunt, playing goodness role of Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez. In a review in description British Theatre Guide Sheila Connor said:
This is Stephen Tompkinson as you have never quaint him before – hilarious even a while ago he dons the frock. Climax manner, voice, expression and concerns are y uproariously is predicament Babb's entrance that the exert really takes off, Tompkinson indicatory himself to be an of genius comic genius to add be in opposition to his multitude of diverse credits....A truly entertainingly hilarious performance, give orders to it is to be hoped that Tompkinson will treat do to more of the same.[49]
In 2008, he played the from the bottom of one` sinister and complex lead sense of Vindice in the Englishman bloodbath The Revenger's Tragedy timepiece the Royal Exchange Theatre disintegration Manchester. He felt sympathy imply the character and explained reason the play appealed to him:
He's not a villain, he's an anti-hero, really. You stool see he has been wound. The audience get to produce voyeurs and enjoy watching him get his retribution. It's distinction black-and-white morality of the chuck, its bloodthirsty nature, that appealed to me. The way turn this way things are dealt with, in the matter of was no red tape: advance was out with the envenomed or the sword if ready to react were wronged.[50]
In 2009, he toured in Sign of the Times, playing the character of Open Tollit, who has spent blue blood the gentry past 25 years putting gather round letters on buildings but dreams of becoming a novelist. King colleague Alan (Tom Shaw), 30 years his junior, wants prompt be a rock star. Tompkinson said, "The play is grand comedy but much more. Innards is about having dreams squeeze ambition; it's about happiness obtain failure. Frank's good at her majesty job; he does enjoy launch, but he has bigger dreams. I think everyone will reasonably able to relate to it."[51]
When Shaun Prendergast, who is neat as a pin friend, wrote Faith and Frosty Reading he created the high point of a villain called Freddie the Suit for Tompkinson. Interpretation staging of that play bully the Live Theatre in Metropolis in February–March 2011 is culminate most recent stage run.[7]
Tompkinson undemanding his musical theatre debut hem in London's West End in blue blood the gentry lead role of King Character in Monty Python's Spamalot scoff at the Playhouse Theatre 20 Nov 2012.[52][53]
In 2018, he played Yvan in the UK tour epitome Art, having previously played illustriousness role at the Wyndham's Coliseum in London's West End crate 2000.
During the Christmas 2018 season he played Ebenezer Sklint in Jack Thorne's new account of A Christmas Carol close by The Old Vic, London.
In 2019 he is touring span production of Willy Russell's Educating Rita, co-starring with Jessica President. This has been very on top form received by both critics submit audiences.
Presenter
Tompkinson has hosted put away narrated a number of overpower UK television programs, including neat as a pin FIFA100 Years of Football infotainment. In 1999, he presented rank BBC2 documentary Great Railway Journeys: Singapore to Bangkok, part dominate Series 4 of the approved Great Railway Journeys travel documentaries that aired over many period in the UK and energy PBS in the U.S.[54]
In 2009, he took part in decency documentary, Stephen Tompkinson's Great Human Balloon Adventure, a three-part periodical inspired by Jules Verne's leading novel Five Weeks in a-one Balloon. It followed Tompkinson tell his guide, hot air ballooning expert Robin Batchelor, as they travelled 6,108 miles in sestet weeks from coast to sea-coast, above and on the clay in Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. The series now on ITV in the UK in June 2009 and was later distributed by American Begin Television in the U.S.[55] Honourableness African balloon series was toss received, and ITV commissioned dexterous three-part follow-up series that a minute ago on ITV1 in 2010, aristocratic Stephen Tompkinson's Australian Balloon Adventure.
Narrator/voice-over
He has done a classify of voice-over work, including adverts,[56] audio books, and narration. Crown many adverts include[citation needed] Probe Childline, British Midland, Motorola, Alton Towers, Comet, Eurostar, Laphroaig Barley-bree, Mercury & Kwiksave, Bulmers Intoxicant, Tetley Tea and the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals.[57][58]
His narrated TV programmes and shows involve Little Red Tractor,[4]Trail of Guilt: Harold Shipman: Addicted to Murder (2000), When Snooker Ruled righteousness World (2002), A Band reconcile Britain (2010)[59] and Choccywoccydoodah (2014).[60] In addition, he has narrated numerous audiobooks.
Director
In 2006, Tompkinson made his directing debut rephrase the Midlands, at the wheel of the BBC1 afternoon stage production The Lightning Kid. He was shadowed by a film troupe making the documentary Director's Debut: Stephen Tompkinson's Story that airy immediately prior to the pageant, with the intent of indicatory the challenges faced by uncluttered new director.[61]
Other involvements
Tompkinson has corroborated various causes by providing promotional videos or voiceovers. These cover a fundraising effort toward investigating to find a cure chaste Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)[62] duct a financial appeal by City Zoo[63] He has also wiry causes such as the Council Carers Time Bank[64] and, in good health 2008, he became an Delegate for Project African Wilderness (PAW), a not-for-profit organisation that seeks to protect and restore integrity Mwabvi Wildlife Reserve in Malawi.[65]
In February 2012, Tompkinson supported high-mindedness launch of a foundation mighty by Robbie Elliot, the onetime Newcastle United footballer who locked away helped Tompkinson improve his avail for filming Harrigan. Elliott was proposing to complete a munificence bicycle ride to raise resources for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation and Breakthrough Breast Cancer.[66] Stories captured along the ride – from Lisbon to Newcastle – choice be made into a film narrated by Tompkinson and premiered in London in late 2012.[67]
In late 2011, he recorded more than ever advert for Text Santa, boss charity initiative set up jam ITV to support nine UK charities at Christmas. Stars shop other ITV shows made literal adverts. In January 2012, show somebody the door was announced that £4,120,000 was raised for the various charities.[68]
Over the years he has participated in Comic Relief's Red Detect Day. In 2001, he was one of the team revelation the work the charity does in Britain, helping victims type early Alzheimer's or teenagers who are HIV positive.[69] In 1997, Tompkinson and Kirwan did out Comic Relief sketch titled Ballykissdibley – with Dawn French and grandeur cast of The Vicar reproach Dibley – in which they la-de-da their Ballykissangel characters, Fr. Putz Clifford and Assumpta Fitzgerald.[70]
Personal life
He was married to Celia Anastasia and subsequent to the couple's divorce he became engaged highlight Ballykissangel co-star Dervla Kirwan. Soil then married Nicci Taylor, fulfil whom he has a colleen, Daisy Ellen.[71] It was declared in December 2006 that they had separated and would divorce.[72]
He is an avid cricket cull. He once said that pretend he wasn't an actor operate "wouldn't mind travelling the fake as a cricket commentator, enjoying endless summers."[73] In 2008 proscribed wrote an article for The Wisden Cricketer about Darren Gough.[74]
Legal issues
On 10 August 2022, Tompkinson pleaded not guilty to applying grievous bodily harm for professedly punching a drunken man instigating trouble outside his home involve Whitley Bay in the badly timed hours of the morning challenging causing him to fall keep from suffer a fractured skull. Weightiness the subsequent trial, Tompkinson was found not guilty and capture on 11 May 2023.[75]
Filmography
Television
Film
(chronologically descending)
Title | Character | Type | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Hotel Splendide | Dezmond Blanche | Feature Film | 2000 |
Brassed Off | Phil | Feature Film | 1996 |
Treacle | Stephen Duffell | Short Film | 1988 |
Stage
(chronologically descending)
(see above for additional detail)
Title | Role | Author | Theatre | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Art | Yvan | Yasmina Reza | On Tour | 2019 |
A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge | Jack Thorne | The Old Vic, London | 2018-2019 |
White Rabbit, Red Rabbit | Nassim Soleimanpour | Live Theatre, Newcastle | 2013 | |
Spamalot | King Arthur | Eric Stagnate (Book & Lyrics) | Playhouse Theatre, London | 2012–2013 |
Faith and Cold Reading | Freddie greatness Suit | Shaun Prendergast | Live Theatre, Newcastle | 2011 |
Sign of the Times | Frank Tollit | Tim Firth | On Tour | 2009 |
The Revenger's Tragedy | Vindice | Cyril Tourneur (Attributed) | Royal Exchange, Manchester | 2008 |
Charley's Aunt | Donna Lucia D’Alvadorez | Brandon Thomas | On Tour | 2007 |
Rattle of a Simple Man | Percy | Charles Dyer | Malvern/Comedy Theatre, London | 2004 |
Cloaca | Pieter | Maria Goos | Old Vic, London | 2004 |
Arsenic and Old Lace | Mortimer Brewster | Joseph Kesselring | Strand Theatre, London | 2003 |
Art | Yvan | Yasmina Reza | Wyndham's Theatre, Scarborough | 2000 |
Tartuffe | Tartuffe | Molière | On Tour | 1998 |
The End of the Gallop Chain | Bruce | Tim Firth | Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough | 1993 |
Women Laughing | Tony | Michael Wall | Royal Exchange, Manchester | 1992 |
Love's Labour's Lost | Navarre | Shakespeare | Royal Exchange, Manchester | 1992 |
Across the Ferry | Alec | Ted Moore | Bush Playhouse, London | 1991 |
Absent Friends | Colin | Alan Ayckbourn | ||
No One Sees the Video | Paul | Martin Crimp | Royal Court Theatre, London | 1990 |
The Boys from Syracuse | Richard Rodgers (Music) topmost Lorenz Hart (Lyrics) | London School curiosity Speech and Drama | 1987 |
Radio
(chronologically descending)
*90-minute radio play presented on leadership centenary of Agatha Christie's birth
Awards
Year | Result | Award | Category | For |
---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Won | Royal Television Society (RTS) Yorkshire, UK | Best Drama[77] | DCI Banks |
2012 | Nominated | The Specsavers Crime Amour Awards 2012, UK | Detective Duo hook the Year[78] | DCI Banks |
2012 | Nominated | National Television Bays, UK | Drama Performance: Male[79] | Wild at Heart and DCI Banks |
2011 | Nominated | National Television Acclaim, UK | Best Drama Performance[80] | Wild at Heart |
2011 | Nominated | TV Times Awards 2011, UK | Favourite Actor[81] | Wild at Heart and DCI Banks |
2010 | Won | TV Times Awards 2010, UK | Favourite Drama | Wild at Heart |
2010 | Nominated | Monte-Carlo TV Festival Joyous Nymph Awards | Outstanding Actor – Drama Series | Wild at Heart |
2008 | Nominated | TV Quick Awards, UK | Best Actor | Wild at Heart |
2006 | Nominated | Monte-Carlo TV Anniversary Golden Nymph Awards | Outstanding Actor – Scene Series | Wild at Heart |
1998 | Nominated | National Television Fame, UK | Most Popular Actor | Ballykissangel |
1996 | Nominated | National Television Bays, UK | Most Popular Actor | Ballykissangel |
1994 | Won | British Comedy Commendation, UK | Best TV Comedy Actor | Drop excellence Dead Donkey |
1987 | Won | BBC Carleton Hobbs Award | Bursary Award[8] | Student Competition |
(Source: Internet Coat Database (IMDB), unless otherwise cited)
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