Born in Portsmouth in 1947, Costigan grew up in Salford and joined the esteemed Liverpool Everyman theatre company in 1974. He has been a regular on our screens since 1978

KNOWN FOR

Midsomer Murders
2010
Casualty
1990
Vera
2015
Play for Today
1982
The Bill
2000
Minder
1991
Screen Two
1994
Peak Practice
2001
Sherlock Holmes
1985
New Tricks
2008
A Touch of Frost
2010
Bergerac
1989

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
81
Writing
1
2023
Maryland
as Richard
2022
Ridley
as Ray Trevice
2019
Gentleman Jack
as James Holt
2017
Having a Ball: The Making of Rita, Sue and Bob Too
2016
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
as Self
2016
Line of Duty
as Patrick Fairbank
2016
Line of Duty
2015
Vera
as Bill Telling
2014
Happy Valley
as Nevison Gallagher
2011
Casualty
as Father Vincent McConnell
2010
The Arbor
as Jimmy 'The Wig'
2010
Hereafter
as Foster Father
2010
Midsomer Murders
as Jack Filby
2010
A Touch of Frost
as Allen Moorhead
2009
Unforgiven
as Eddie Ackroyd
2008
Hancock & Joan
as George
2008
Summer
as Mr. Tanner
2008
New Tricks
2007
Garage
as Dan
2007
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
as Max Capricorn
2007
The Royal
as Hugh Etheridge
2006
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Owen Harcourt-Baines
2006
Casualty
as Stephen Gregory MP
2006
See No Evil: The Moors Murders
as DCI Joe Mounsey
2006
Dalziel and Pascoe
as Barry Bendelow
2005
Frozen
as P.C. Pike
2005
Rose and Maloney
as Marcus Roche
2004
The Long Firm
as Mooney
2003
Calendar Girls
as Eddie
2002
Stranded
as Quirk
2001
Love or Money
as Ted
2001
Peak Practice
as Roy Telford
2000
The Bill
1999
Badger
1998
Girls' Night
as Steve Wilkinson
1998
The Tribe
as Micky
1997
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Wallace Pickering
1997
Casualty
as Martin Gregory
1996
Madson
as George Dartnell
1996
Murder Most Horrid
as Dave Jones
1995
A Mind to Murder
as Robin Cheeseman
1995
Screen Two
as Stephen Marsh
1995
Coogan's Run
as Barry Parry
1994
Sin Bin
as Don
1994
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Det. Insp. Manciple
1994
Screen Two
as Don
1993
The Hawk
as Stephen Marsh
1993
Safe
as Sean
1993
ScreenPlay
as Sean
1992
Monkey Boy
as Schaffer
1992
So Haunt Me
1991
Director: Alan Clarke
1991
Chimera
as Schaffer
1991
Minder
as Billy
1990
Inspector Morse
as Ron Garrett
1990
Casualty
as Robert
1990
Stolen
as Terry
1989
Shirley Valentine
as Dougie
1989
Bergerac
as Oliver Sutton
1989
The Jim Henson Hour
as Father
1988
London's Burning
1988
The Beiderbecke Connection
as Ben
1988
Rockliffe's Babies
as Johnny Wilshire
1987
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
as Bob
1985
Sherlock Holmes
as Wilson Kemp
1985
Connie
as Arnie
1985
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Wilson Kemp
1984
The Life and Death of King John
as Philip - the Bastard
1983
Red Monarch
as Projectionist
1983
Widows
as Charlie
1982
Under the Skin
as Nolan
1982
Play for Today
as Nolan
1982
The Barchester Chronicles
as Tom Towers
1982
Fame Is the Spur
as Tom Hannaway
1981
Happy Since I Met You
as Ted
1981
Somewhere More Central
as Hotel Manager
1980
Bloody Kids
as School Masters 2
1978
The Sailor's Return
as Harry Targett
1978
Pickersgill People
as Duggie Butterworth
1977
Second City Firsts
as Trevor
1975
Jenny Can't Work Any Faster
as Brian