What’s Stephen Tompkinson doing now?

Stephen Phillip Tompkinson is an English actor best known for his television roles as;

1. Marcus in Chancer (1990),
2. Damien Day in Drop the Dead Donkey (1990–1998),
3. Father Peter Clifford in Ballykissangel (1996–98),
4. Trevor Purvis in Grafters (1998–1999),
5. Danny Trevanion in Wild at Heart (2006–2013) and
6. Alan Banks in DCI Banks (2010–2016).

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, gaining a contract as a member of the BBC’s Radio Drama Company, and had roles in radio dramas.

Tompkinson has also hosted or narrated a number of other UK television programs, including a FIFA 100 Years of Football documentary.

Tompkinson presented the BBC2 documentary Great Railway Journeys: Singapore to Bangkok, part of Series 4 of the popular Great Railway Journeys travel documentaries that aired over many years in the UK and on PBS in the U.S.

Tompkinson won the 1994 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor and also starred in the films Brassed Off (1996) and Hotel Splendide (2000).

What’s Stephen Tompkinson doing now? Tompkinson joined the cast of ITV1’s The Bay, which kicked off its second series on January 20, 2021.