Stephen Tompkinson
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Tompkinson in 2013
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Stephen Paul Tompkinson 15 October 1965 , County Durham, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Central School of Speech and Drama, London |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Known for | DCI Banks Wild at Heart Grafters Brassed Off Ballykissangel Drop the Dead Donkey Trollied |
| Spouse(s) | Celia Anastasia (divorced) Nicci Taylor (divorced 2006) |
| Partner(s) | Elaine Young (2007–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Brian and Josephine Tompkinson |
Stephen Paul Tompkinson (born 15 October 1965) is an English actor, known for his television roles as Damien Day in Drop the Dead Donkey (1990–98), Father Peter Clifford in Ballykissangel (1996–98), Trevor Purvis in Grafters (1998–99), Danny Trevanion in Wild at Heart (2006–13) and Alan Banks in DCI Banks (2010–16). 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).
Tompkinson was born in , County Durham. When he was about age 4, his family moved to Scarborough, North Yorkshire, and then to Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, where he grew up and attended St Bede's Roman Catholic High School in Lytham and St Mary's Sixth Form in Blackpool. Tompkinson's first lead was as a red admiral butterfly in The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner.
He went on to train at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, alongside James Nesbitt and Rufus Sewell, and graduated in 1988. Tompkinson's acting career began straight out of drama school. During his last year at the London School of Speech and Drama he won the 1987 Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award and had roles in radio dramas.
Along with Ewan Bailey, he performed a two-part radio drama titled Say What You Want to Hear (Swywth), written by Tim Wright and broadcast in 2010 on BBC Radio 4. His narrated radio documentaries include Brass Britain, which aired in 2008 and was reprised in 2010 on BBC Radio 2.
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