Jeremy Cumpston (born 10 January 1967, Darwin, Northern Territory) is an Australian doctor, actor and director most known for his work as Connor Costello on All Saints, an Australian hospital drama. Early life Cumpston was born in Darwin to Noelene and Trevor Cumpston. Noelene's mother was Afghan-Aboriginal of Barkandji heritage, and her father was the 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. The family moved to Canada, where Cumpston's father was the hospital administrator for a small town. When Jeremy was eight they briefly returned to Australia but then went back to Canada, and this time his father worked at the hospital base for the world's second largest nickel mine, in Thompson, Manitoba, located north of the 63rd parallel. At age 11, Cumpston and his parents and four sisters returned to live in South Australia. At the end of Year 12 he decided to study Medicine despite his love of drama. While Cumpston pursued his medical career, he was still interested in acting so auditioned and was accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). He couldn't defer his intern year so he had to pass up the place. After completing his internship at Wollongong Hospital and Sydney's Prince Henry Hospital, Cumpston enrolled in classes at The Actor's Centre where his classmates included Hugh Jackman and Jason Clarke. Cumpston then worked as general practitioner before heading off to Perth for three years' full-time acting study at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). Career Whilst in his final year at WAAPA in 1995, Cumpston worked as a GP full-time for six weeks during his holidays to save money which enabled him to produce and then perform in the one-man play Shadow Boxing. He performed in Adelaide and had a return season in Perth. This was the first play produced by the Tamarama Rock Surfers theatre company which he co-founded with Michael Gwynne and his sister Zena Cumpston in 1994. After graduation, Cumpston obtained an agent which led him to a role with the Sydney Theatre Company's 1996 production of Miracle City, directed by Gale Edwards. Next came the lead in the New England Theatre Company's production of Romeo and Juliet and then the role of Mercutio in the Glenn Elston production of