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Stephen Tompkinson (born 15 October 1965) is an English actor, best known for his work in television drama and comedy productions. Tompkinson has played Alan Banks in the ITV crime drama ''DCI Banks'' since 2010. He is also known for his role as Danny Trevanion in ''Wild at Heart'', which ran on ITV between 2006 and 2012. Before these roles, Stephen made appearances in ''Ballykissangel'' as Father Peter Clifford; in ''Grafters'', playing Trevor Purvis; and in ''Drop the Dead Donkey'' as Damien Day between 1990 and 1998. He also appeared in the movie ''Brassed Off'' in 1996. ==Early life== Tompkinson was born in Stockton-on-Tees on 15 October 1965. 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.〔(Actor Stephen Tompkinson has Fylde at Heart, ''Lancashire Life'', undated )〕〔(A donkey, a tractor & the Boro, ''Evening Gazette'', 2 February 2004 )〕 Tompkinson's first lead was as a red admiral butterfly in ''The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner''.〔(Class Act — The Teacher Who Inspired Stephen Tompkinson, ''The Telegraph'', 5 April 2003 )〕 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.〔(In the Frame: Stephen Tompkinson, ''Daily Post'', Liverpool, 17 November 2001 )〕 Tompkinson's acting career began straight out of drama school.〔(Keeping the faith: Alison Cowie speaks to actor Stephen Tompkinson, ''NorthEast Times,'' undated )〕〔 During his last year at the London School of Speech and Drama he won the 1987 Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award〔(BBC Soundstart: tuning in to new talent — Who's won Radio Drama's acting prizes since 1953? )〕 and had roles in radio dramas.〔(''Pravda'', BBC Radio 3 Broadcast Listing )〕 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.〔(''Brass Britain, BBC Radio 2'', 3 May 2008 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephen Tompkinson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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