Biography
Dave Thompson is an English actor, stand-up comedian and writer. He is known for playing Tinky Winky in the first 70 episodes of the children's series Teletubbies (1997–2001) before being removed from the role.
His acting credits include Hardcore (1979), Time Gentlemen Please (2000–2002), The Harry Hill Movie (2013), Rocketman (2019), The Munsters (2022) and The Continental: From the World of John Wick (2023). He has also appeared in various Harry Hill programmes.
As a writer, Thompson contributed additional material to the first series of Harry Hill's TV Burp (2002) and episodes of The Sketch Show (2001–2004).
