Chris Tummings

Acting

Chris Tummings

Born

1961-04-20 (65)

Place of birth

Forest Hill, London, England

Known for

Acting

Credits

15 titles

Chris is a multi-talented performer who made his professional acting debut in 1979 with Mustapha Matura’s Welcome home Jacko at The Factory in London. He was a founder member of the Black Theatre Co-operative producing plays about the Black experience. He has since worked extensively in Theatre, TV, and film throughout the years along with being a singer and musician. Credits include: Soul Sister (Savoy Theatre/UK and world tour); The Harder They Come (Playhouse Theatre/UK and World tour) and The Big Life (Apollo Theatre). TV credits include lead performer in No Problem (LWT), Desmond’s and comedy sketch show Get Up Stand Up (Ch4). He has recently been seen in The Widow (Amazon prime) and …

Known for

Death in Paradise poster
7.5

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.

Death in Paradise

2011

American Playhouse poster
6.6

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

American Playhouse

1982

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire poster
6.4

The Spengler family returns to where it all started - the iconic New York City firehouse - to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who've developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

2024

The New Statesman poster
7.5

The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.

The New Statesman

1987

Me & My Girl poster
5.7

While running the advertising agency Eyecatchers, Simon Harrap explores his relationships with his daughter Samantha, his business partner Derek Yates, and a string of romantic liaisons. His mother-in-law, Nell, often interferes in his attempts to raise Samantha on his own, but usually haa her granddaughter's best interests at heart.

Me & My Girl

1984

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NR

"A dramatisation of the experiences of black servicemen from the Second World War to the present day. These fascinating accounts - vivid, humorous, often harrowing - offer an unusual and sometimes startling perspective on army life. First produced by the Royal National Theatre Studio and now re-created for television, Black Poppies was filmed on the Broadwater Farm Estate in north London." - Radio Times, 1992

Black Poppies

1992

Film credits

1980s · 5 titles

Series credits