Jason Tompkins is a British actor from

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. He is best known for his role as Robert Greenspan, one of the main characters in the

dark comedy Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally ...

series ''

Psychoville ''Psychoville'' is a British psychological horror- thriller black comedy mystery television series created and written by and starring ''The League of Gentlemen'' members Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton for the BBC. It debuted on BBC Two ...

''. Tompkins played a significant role as Jimmy Freebie, the head of the gangster mob family the 'Freebies' in "Phoo Action" (source needed). He also portrayed Joseph Chellyabinski in an episode of ''

Jonathan Creek ''Jonathan Creek'' is a long-running British mystery fiction, mystery crime drama series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. It stars Alan Davies as the title character, who works as a creative consultant to a stage magician whi ...

'', titled "The SEER of Sands". In addition, Tompkins had a notable role as Eugene Prudent, a Union leader in the TV series ''

The 10th Kingdom ''The 10th Kingdom'' is an American fairytale fantasy miniseries written by Simon Moore and produced by Britain's Carnival Films, Germany's Babelsberg Film und Fernsehen, and the American's Hallmark Entertainment. It depicts the adventures of a ...

'', and various minor roles in shows such as ''

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'', ''

One Foot in the Grave ''One Foot in the Grave'' is a British television British sitcom, sitcom written by David Renwick. There were six series (each consisting of six half-hour episodes) and seven Christmas specials over a period of ten years from early 1990 to late ...

'', and ''

Yes Sir, I Can Boogie "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" is a 1977 song by the Spanish vocal duo Baccara, released as the first single from their debut album ''Baccara''. Written by Frank Dostal and , and produced by Soja, the song was a hit across Europe and became the duo's ...

''. He hosted ''Mendzies & Co'' and ''Beat the Cyborgs'' alongside the Mark Speight on CITV.

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