Actor
Stephen Tompkinson
October 15, 1965 · Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England
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).
Notable work
Often works with
Philip Jackson
2 titles together
Brassed Off, Sherwood
Lill Roughley
2 titles together
Brassed Off, Minder
Chanel Cresswell
2 titles together
The Bay, Trollied
David Morrissey
2 titles together
Sherwood, The Long Shadow
Christine Bottomley
2 titles together
Sherwood, DCI Banks
Monica Dolan
2 titles together
Sherwood, DCI Banks
Full filmography · 59
The Fortune
as Boots Mackintosh
2026
This Is Not a Murder Mystery
as DCI John Thistletwaite
2025
The Long Shadow
as David Gee
20237.5
Sherwood
as Warnock
20226.9
The Other One
as Mr. Shippen
20206.3
The Bay
as Stephen Marshbrook
20196.5
Britain's Parking Hell
as Narrator
2018
The Split
as Davey
20187.2
Coast and Country Auctions
as Narrator
2018
Truckers
as Malachi Davies
2013
DCI Banks
as Inspector Alan Banks and as Alan Banks
20117.1
Trollied
cast
20116.5