Stephen Tompkinson Movies and Career Information

Stephen Tompkinson is an English actor, born 15 October 1965 in Stockton-on-Tees but grew up in Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, attending St. Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham Lancashire and St Mary's Sixth Form, Blackpool. He is best known for his roles in Wild at Heart and Ballykissangel. 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 leaving that show at the end of its third season, the two co-starred in the series Shades (2001). In 2002, Stephen Tompkinson appeared as an