DCI Banks - Undertow - Part Two - 11:00 pm Tuesday, May 12 on ITV3

Stephen Tompkinson (Actor) .. DCI Banks

Born: October 15, 1965 in Stockton-On-Tees, Cleveland

Best Known For: Roles in a number of hit shows.

Early-life: Born in Stockton-On-Tees, Cleveland, on October 15, 1965. He was raised a Catholic and considered becoming a priest. He later moved to St Anne's-on-Sea in Lancashire when his bank clerk father was promoted to manager. His mother was a primary school teacher. His grandfather encouraged him to become an actor and, after making his first stage appearance in The Crucible while in the sixth-form, he attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

Career: Tompkinson has rarely been out of work since thanks to radio, stage, TV and film roles. Early parts came in The Manageress, Casualty and Treacle, before he got his first big role playing ruthless reporter Damien Day in acclaimed sitcom Drop The Dead Donkey in 1990. All Quiet on the Preston Front, Chancer and Minder followed, before Brassed Off and Ballykissangel made him a star in 1996. Hollywood agents came knocking, but Tompkinson preferred to stay in the UK to star in Grafters, Mr Charity, Ted and Alice, In Deep, Staying Up and Lucky Jim. He's also had roles in New Tricks, Marian, Again, Prime Suspect: The Final Act, Wild at Heart and Truckers. The drama DCI Banks has become a regular fixture in the schedules.

Quote: 'I keep getting these posh people to play when really I'm a nice northern bloke adored by my Grandma.'

Trivia: A huge cricket fan, he has stated that if he weren't an actor, he'd be a commentator.

Caroline Catz (Actor) .. DI Helen Morton

Jack Deam (Actor) .. DC Ken Blackstone

Samuel Anderson (Actor) .. DC Vince Grady

Best Known For: Playing Danny Pink in Doctor Who.

Early-life: Born in 1982 in Handsworth, Birmingham. Samuel decided early on in life that he wanted to be an actor. He attended the Catholic secondary school Stuart Bathurst. Samuel stopped studying A levels after a year and went to Birmingham Theatre School before going on to attend the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London. Samuel originated the role of Crowther in the National Theatre's 2004 production of Alan Bennett's The History Boys. He went on to perform the role in the Broadway, Hong Kong, Sydney and Wellington productions, as well as radio and film versions.

Career: Anderson appeared in Sky One's Hex in 2004 and Channel 4's Totally Frank in 2006 and 2007. He played Fingers in the comedy series Gavin & Stacey. From 2007 until 2009, Anderson played Ross Kirk in Emmerdale. He appeared in the TV comedy film Stuck (2007) and had a number of guest appearances in such shows as Doctors, Casualty, Bedlam, Midsomer Murders and Death in Paradise. Anderson played Danny Pink in 11 episodes of Doctor Who in 2014. Since then, he has played DC Vince Grady in DCI Banks, Daniel in Trollied, Patrick in Witless and Leon in Loaded.

Quote: 'When I'm having a bad time and can't get any work, I say to my friend, ‘This is not my life! I'm not supposed to be at this bar, I'm supposed to be acting. Quantum Leap me back into my life, Sam!''

Trivia: He was voted best male guest star by readers of Doctor Who magazine.

Shaun Dingwall (Actor) .. Chief Supt Colin Anderson

Keith Barron (Actor) .. Arthur Banks

Born: August 08, 1936 in Mexborough, South Yorkshire

Best Known For: Sitcom Duty Free.

Early-life: Born in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, on August 8, 1936, he was the son of a wholesale provisions merchant who wanted his son to follow in his footsteps. Barron said a sadistic teacher fear forced him to leave school, pushing him into acting. After National Service in the RAF, he joined an amateur dramatics group also attended by Brian Blessed. That led to training at Sheffield Playhouse and his first job with a repertory company in the city, earning £1 a week.

Career: Barron later moved to London, where he performed in several Dennis Potter plays in the West End. His TV debut came in a 1961 episode of The Avengers. It was the small screen plays Stand Up Nigel Barton, and Vote, Vote, Vote For Nigel Barton, both by Potter, that brought him to people's attention in the mid-1960s. His best-known work is on TV, but he has starred in films including The Land That Time Forgot, At The Earth's Core, Nothing But the Night and Voyage Of The Damned. His biggest success came playing philandering husband David in 1980s sitcom Duty Free. He went on to appear in Close Relations, Take Me Home, Where the Heart Is, NCS Manhunt, Brief Encounters and Being Eileen. He died on November 15, 2017 at the age of 83.

Quote: On being an actor: 'You take nothing for granted. The best thing about it is being offered another job. It keeps the whole thing alive.'

Trivia: In 2014, Barron toured with fellow original cast members Gwen Taylor and Neil Stacey in a stage version of Duty Free.

Edward MacLiam (Actor) .. David Hornby

Shaun Dooley (Actor) .. Steve Richards

Best Known For: A string of roles.

Early-life: Shaun was born in Barnsley in 1974 to Ann and Denis and went on to study at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester. He made his acting debut in the 1997 short film Groove on a Stanley Knife. In the same year, he had a recurring role on Coronation Street and guest appearances followed in Casualty, Dalziel and Pascoe, Peak Practice and the TV movies Warriors and Shackleton.

Career: Between 2001 and 2004, Dooley played the Rev Tom Stuart in EastEnders. Heavily in demand since then, he has made guest appearances in a number of TV shows, including Foyle's War, Holby City, New Tricks, Murphy's Law, Rosemary & Thyme, The Bill, Midsomer Murders, Red Riding, Hustle, Great Expectations, and South Riding. He has had recurring roles in Five Days, Married Single Other, Exile, Sugartown, Misfits, The Game, and Broadchurch. More recently, he has appeared in Ordinary Lies, This is England '90, and Cuffs. His film credits include Eden Lake (2008), The Awakening (2011) and The Woman in Black (2012).

Quote: 'I don't believe anybody is inherently evil or anything like that. I think we're all made up of our circumstances and the paths that we've taken.'

Trivia: Dooley attends all of Barnsley FC's home games.

Maimie McCoy (Actor) .. Tamsin Richards

Best Known For: The Musketeers.

Early-life: Born Mary McCoy in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, in 1980 to Eugene and Barbara, Maimie studied performing arts at London Metropolitan University.

Career: McCoy has guest starred in Doctors, Waking the Dead, Taggart, The Bill and Endeavour. Her first leading role was in the 2009 BBC Three comedy drama Personal Affairs. She also starred in Victoria Wood's one-off drama Loving Miss Hatto. Her big break came in 2014 when she began portraying Milady de Winter in BBC drama The Musketeers.

Quote: 'Milady is bold and brazen and that is not me. But that's the fun bit - becoming someone else.'

Trivia: In the mid-1990s, her father became a minor celebrity as a guest judge on MasterChef.

Ace Bhatti (Actor) .. Malik Nadir

Best Known For: Playing Yusef Khan in EastEnders.

Early-life: Ahsen Rafiq Bhatti was born on September 13, 1969 in Nottingham. He started his acting career at age 14, appearing in the children's series Dramarama. Ace trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Career: In the 1990s, Bhatti's career started to take off. He got roles in such TV series as Family Pride, Band of Gold, Cardiac Arrest and Holding On. In 2002, he made an appearance in the film Bend It Like Beckham. The next year, he had the lead part in the TV dark comedy Grease Monkeys. He went on to appear in New Street Law, Secret Diary of a Call Girl and The Sarah Jane Adventures before landing the role of Yusef Khan in EastEnders in 2010. Bhatti departed from the soap opera in 2011 and, since then, he has made appearances in a number of TV series, including Black Work, Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, DCI Banks and Three Girls.

Quote: 'In my career, I've played quite a few dysfunctional people! But what I've learned is that you also have to find empathy in any character and there's reasons why people are a certain way.'

Trivia: He used to be part of a lifeboat crew.

Patrick O'Kane (Actor) .. Stuart Colvin

Andy Gathergood (Actor) .. Jack Telford

Franc Ashman (Actor) .. Liz Telford

Adelle Leonce (Actor) .. Lawson

David Maybrick (Actor) .. Cal Hutton

Andy Harries (Executive producer)

Radford Neville (Executive producer)

Anne-Louise Russell (Producer)

Paul Logue (Writer)

Mark Brozel (Director)

DCI Banks: Undertow - Part Two

11:00 pm - 11:50 pm, Tuesday, May 12 on ITV3 (10)

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Undertow - Part Two
Season 5, Episode 6

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