Dominic Jephcott (born 28 July 1957) is aRADA-trained English actor and writer. He is known for his work inThe Beiderbecke Affair,The Beiderbecke Connection,Midsomer Murders, and inHolby City andCasualty, as the adulterous Doctor Alistair Taylor.
Jephcott was born on 28 July 1957 inCoventry,Warwickshire. Jephcott worked professionally as a child actor.[1] He graduated from theRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1975.[2] He became a member of theRoyal Shakespeare Company in 1978[3] and later worked extensively in television.
Jephcott played Sir Andrew Ffoulkes inThe Scarlet Pimpernel, Mount inGood and Bad at Games,[4] Reggie inThe Jewel in the Crown, Det. Sgt. Hobson BA inThe Beiderbecke Affair[5][6] (later Det. Insp. Hobson PhD inThe Beiderbecke Connection),[6] Capt. Sandy Ransom in "Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim", Magnus Strove inParadise Postponed, David Warner inThe Bill, George Compton inA Touch of Frost, Dr. Sam Fallowfield inDalziel and Pascoe, Simon Dymock inJudge John Deed, Suspicious Monk inRelic Hunter, Father Jonathan inDoctors, Peter Gosford inCasualty and Alistair Taylor inHolby City.[citation needed] He was David Durance in the first London production ofIndian Ink.[7]
Jephcott appeared in two episodes ofMidsomer Murders as two different characters; "Death's Shadow" and seven years later in 2006, "Four Funerals and a Wedding".
His film credits includeAll Quiet on the Western Front (1979), the horror filmInseminoid (1981),The Opium War (1997), An African Dream[8] (1990), andO Jerusalem (2006). Jephcott has also worked in radio including the part ofMarlowe inThe Christopher Marlowe Mysteries. This aired briefly onBBC Radio 4 in 1993.
Jephcott is married to authorKelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott. They have collaborated on screenplays selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowship, theAustin Film Festival,[9] and Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope.
Year | Film or Television | Role | Ref |
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1979 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Peter Leer | [1] |
1980 | War Game | Untersturmbannfuhrer Kleist | [1] |
1981 | Inseminoid | Dean | [1] |
1981 | All's Well That Ends Well | Second French Lord | [10][11] |
1982 | Stalky and Co. Part 5 "A Little Prep" | Purvis | [1] |
1982 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Sir Andrew Ffoulkes | [1] |
1982 | A New Life | Sebastian | [1] |
1982 | Ivan the Ninny | Brother | [1] |
1983 | Good and Bad at Games | Mount | [1][12] |
1983 | The Aerodrome | Flt Lieut Mark | [1] |
1984 | The Jewel in the Crown Episode 1 "Crossing the River" | Reggie | [1] |
1985 | Oliver Twist Parts 8, 10 and 11 | Harry Maylie | [1] |
1985 | That Was a Very Funny Evening | cast member | [1] |
2001–2002 | Holby City | Alistair Taylor | [citation needed] |
2004 | The Brief | Donald Bell | [13] |
Note: This table is incomplete and Jephcott's filmography from 1985 to 2013 can be found athere |
Year | Play | Author | Role | Theatre | Ref |
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1994 | Gaucho | Doug Lucie | Spencer Taplow | Hampstead Theatre | [14] |
2007 | Fallujah | Jonathan Holmes | US general | Truman Brewery | [15] |
2008 | Scenes from a Marriage | Peter, Arne | Ingmar Bergman | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry | [16][17] |
2015–2016 | King Charles III | Mike Bartlett | UK tour | [18] |