Born in Portsmouth in 1947, Costigan grew up in Salford and joined the esteemed Liverpool Everyman theatre company in 1974. He has been a regular on our screens since 1978
The Bill
Series • 1984
Midsomer Murders
Series • 1997
Casualty
Series • 1986
Play for Today
Series • 1970
Vera
Series • 2011
Peak Practice
Series • 1993
Screen Two
Series • 1985
Minder
Series • 1979
New Tricks
Series • 2004
Sherlock Holmes
A Touch of Frost
Series • 1992
Line of Duty
Series • 2012
Dalziel and Pascoe
Series • 1996
Bergerac
Series • 1981
Inspector Morse
Series • 1987
Birds of a Feather
Series • 1989
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Series • 2002
Happy Valley
Series • 2014
London's Burning
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Gentleman Jack
Series • 2019
Ridley
Series • 2022
Murder Most Horrid
Series • 1991
Rose and Maloney
Widows
Series • 1983
Hereafter
Movie • 2010
The Barchester Chronicles
Series • 1982
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Pickersgill People
Series • 1978
Maryland
Series • 2023