Career
He played Nathan in Channel 4"s drama Sugar Rush and on radio he plays Ray in Clare in the Community. Lumsden"s television work includes Colin in three series of Is it Legal?, Henry in Wonderful you (both for Independent Television). Foggy in two series of First of the Summer Wine, Charles in All About Maine, Nutter in The Sharp End and Roger in The House That Jack Built, all for the British Broadcasting Corporation. He has appeared as Martin in series three of The Catherine Tate Show, and Arnold, an ex-boyfriend of Clare Bates in EastEnders.
He appeared in the films Sense and Sensibility, The Avengers, Room To Rent, Silent Cry, Gospel of John, Attila The Hun, and Life of Riley.
In December 2013 the television channel Sky Atlantic aired a new comedy series called Little Cracker. The story centres on the time Front witnessed a serious incident when her father (Charles) was nearly drowned in a lake.
The role of Front"s father was played by Lumsden. Samantha Spiro played Front"s mother (Sheila) in the show.
He performed his own one–man musical play We Could Be Heroes at the Bridewell Theatre in 2004.
His repertory theatre work at Stoke-on-Trent and Basingstoke included Master Harold & The Boys, the title role in Hamlet, As You Like lieutenant, King Lear, A Trip To Scarborough, Amadeus, Juno and the Paycock, Far From The Madding Crowd,and Having A Balliol He played Roche in Rat in the Skull at Theater Exchange, Minneapolis, and John Thorpe in Northanger Abbey at Greenwich. At the Almeida Theatre, London, in February 2016 he was Cartwright (Telegin) in Chekhov"s Uncle Vanya for director Robert Icke, providing on-stage musical accompaniment to the action on mouth-organ and guitar.
He has recently finished shooting the independent British feature film Downhill, which is a comedy about four men attempting Alfred Wainwright"s Coast to Coast Walk.
lieutenant will be released in 2013 and co-stars Ned Dennehy, Karl Theobald and Jeremy Swift. The film is directed by James Rouse and the screenplay was written by Torben Betts.
His writing work includes a seven-hour drama Wonderful you for Independent Television (co-written with Chris Niel), in which he also starred, and three verse plays for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4: John Dodd Gets Taken for a Ride (which was nominated for the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Imison award for new writing), A Good Place Foreign Fishing which starred Anne Reid, and Manitoba in the Moon which starred Tom Courtenay (The Guardian and Daily Telegraph"s radio "Pick of the week"). Readings of his play Skeletons have taken place at Soho Theatre and The Venue.
He has released two CDs with his band Henry Kissing Her – A Little of Who You Fancy (1996) & Pull (2006) – and also released a Civil Defense of piano music, Concert From The Eyrie (2001).
In 2012, Richard and John Dipper released the album Sunshine Takes You: 11 songs for ukulele, fiddle, banjo, bass, percussion & keyboards. Lumsden attended Lady Manners School situated in Bakewell in the Peak District before he trained at the Guildford School of Acting, graduating in 1986. Married to actress Sophie Thompson since 1995, they live in East Finchley, London and have two children, Ernie James (b 1997) and Walter Eric (b 2000).