---
name: "Steve Tompkins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-tompkins"
fi1m_id: "steve-tompkins"
imdb_id: "nm0867012"
tmdb_id: 1215616
wikidata_id: "Q4817410"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T11:51:17.099164+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Steve Tompkins

## Identity

Steve Tompkins

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-tompkins
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-tompkins
- **IMDb ID:** nm0867012
- **TMDB ID:** 1215616
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4817410
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Tompkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4817410, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0867012/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215616

Writer. Born 1 January 1950 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, United States
- **Active:** 1989–2004
- **Also known as:** Steve Tombkins, Steve Pumpkin
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [David Richardson](https://film.one/person/david-richardson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 59 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Tompkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4817410, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0867012/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215616

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)
- **Peacock:** [*Two and a Half Men*](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Steve Tompkins is an American television writer and producer. He graduated from Harvard University in 1988, where he wrote for the Harvard Lampoon.

He worked on *The Simpsons* during its seventh and eighth seasons as a writer, supervising producer and co-executive producer. His writing contributions include the episode "A Milhouse Divided" and segments in "Treehouse of Horror VI" and "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase". He later co-created the animated series *The PJs* with Larry Wilmore and Eddie Murphy. Other credits include writing and producing for *The Critic*, *In Living Color*, *The Bernie Mac Show*, *Two and a Half Men* and *The Ranch*. He received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program for his work on *The Simpsons* and served as executive producer on *Fanboy & Chum Chum*, also voicing a character.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Two and a Half Men* (2003), Fi1m 55, Story, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Entourage* (2004), Fi1m 63, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Ranch* (2016), series, Writer
- *Wilfred* (2011), series, Writer
- *Fanboy and Chum Chum* (2009), series, as Janitor Poopatine (voice) · Executive Producer, Writer
- *Wilfred* (2007), series, Writer
- *The Knights of Prosperity* (2007), series, Producer, Writer
- *Entourage* (2004), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md)
- *Two and a Half Men* (2003), series, Story, Teleplay, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md)
- *The Bernie Mac Show* (2001), series, Producer, Writer
- *The PJs* (1999), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *The Critic* (1994), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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