Michael Cumpsty (born 1960) is a British actor.
Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, Cumpsty received a degree from Haileyburg College in Hertfordshire and attended graduate school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been acting since childhood and has performed on stage, in films, and on television, frequently in the US.
Cumpsty's Broadway theatre credits include La Bête (1991), Timon of Athens (1993), The Heiress (1995), 1776 (1996), Copenhagen (2000), 42nd Street (2001), and The Constant Wife (2005). Most recently, Cumpsty played the title role in a Classic Stage Company production of Richard III.
Cumpsty's television credits include the daytime soap operas One Life to Live and All My Children, recurring roles on the primetime dramas L.A. Law and Star Trek Voyager, and guest appearances on Matlock and Law & Order.
Cumpsty's feature films include State of Grace, Fatal Instinct, and The Ice Storm.
Now appearing on Broadway in "Copenhagen".
