Jeremy Cumpston

Jeremy Cumpston (born ) is an Australian doctor, actor and director, best known for his work as Connor Costello in Australian hospital drama All Saints (1998 to 2001).

Early life and education Jeremy Cumpston was born around 1967 in Darwin, Australia, to Noelene and Trevor Cumpston. Noelene's mother was Afghan-Aboriginal of Barkandji heritage, and her father was a white Australian. Cumpston's grandfather was head doctor of the New Broken Hill Mines. Trevor was a radiographer based in Darwin working on a program to provide X-ray screenings for tuberculosis in remote Aboriginal communities when Jeremy was born, three and a half years after his sister art photographer and curator Nici Cumpston.

He worked as general practitioner for some time before heading off to Perth for three years' full-time acting study at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). During his time on the show, Cumpston kept up his real medical career by writing a medical column in a weekly magazine and working in a clinic on Saturdays.

In 1998, Cumpston directed Pitchfork and co-produced Diary of a Madman. In 1999 he is directed and starring in Amco Riders at the Old Fitzroy Hotel in Sydney. At the 2019 Chelsea Film Festival it won the award for Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Frederick Du Rietz), and the Grand Prix Best Feature Film.

In his medical career, Cumpston ran a series of cosmetic clinics, Ageless Clinics, across New South Wales. In 2020 his license to practice expired and he was called on by AHPRA to provide proof of proper professional indemnity insurance coverage to the Medical Board of Australia.

Personal life During his time in All Saints, Cumpston worked with his then partner, props buyer and later producer, Rachel Lane, who is the mother of his eldest son Hal, born in 1999.

Filmography Film

Television