Romeo and Juliet in the Botanic Gardens. In 1997, Cumpston took a role at an Aboriginal medical centre in Sydney's western suburbs while continuing to audition and work on guest roles in Murder Call and Roar. The Tamarama Rock Surfers' first Sydney project, Road, directed by Simon Lyndon was produced by Cumpston and he performed in it. He then directed Three Strikes at the Old Fitzroy Hotel, which had a sellout season. From 1998 to 2001 Cumpston played the "lovable rogue" nurse Connor Costello in the Australian medical drama All Saints. During his time on the show, Cumpston kept up his real medical career by writing a medical column in a weekly magazine and working in a clinic on Saturdays. In 1998, Cumpston directed Pitchfork and co-produced Diary of a Madman. In 1999 he is directed and starring in Amco Riders at the Old Fitzroy Hotel in Sydney. Cumpston founded the Old Fitzroy Theatre in 1997 with the other members of the Tamarama Rock Surfers but the group folded in 2015. Cumpston directed short films 'Free' in 2003, 'The Sky is Always Beautiful' in 2007 and 'The Last Race' in 2011. Cumpston directed the movie "Bilched" that was written by his son Hal Cumpston. The film was shot in 2019 and received a national release in Australia. At the 2019 Chelsea Film Festival it won the award for Best Screenplay, Best supporting actor (Frederick Du Rietz) and the Grand Prix Best Feature Film. In his medical career, Cumpston ran a series of cosmetic clinics, Ageless Clinics, across New South Wales. In 2020 his license to practice expired and he was called on by AHPRA to provide proof of proper professional indemnity insurance coverage to the Medical Board of Australia. Personal life During his time in All Saints, Cumpston worked with his then partner, props buyer and later producer, Rachel Lane who became the mother to his eldest son Hal, born in 1999. In 2005, Cumpston married Jessica Brentnall and had 2 sons and a daughter together before separating in 2010. Cumpston's sister Nici received an Order of Australia as nominated by the elders from Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands for her service to the museums and galleries sector, and to Indigenous art. References External links Living people 1967 births Australian directors Australian male television actors Australian medical doctors Indigenous Australian male actors University of Adelaide Medical School alumni Western Australian Academy