- Playing ex-husband to real-life wife Sharon Maughan's character in Taster's Choice commercial cycle. (2000)
- In 1986, he was considered for the role of James Bond before Timothy Dalton landed the role in The Living Daylights (1987).
- He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award, Best Actor in a New Play (1981 theatre season), in 1982 for his performance in "Children of a Lesser God".
- Is involved with a street charity called Child Hope International.
- In 1995, while playing polo, he fell badly from his pony, and for 48 hours, the doctors feared he would be paralysed.
- Before enrolling at RADA he studied architecture at Kingston Polytechnic in London.
- His father was English and his mother was Welsh.
- Played a learner driver in an early 1970s public information film advising experienced drivers of the need to check their mirrors.
- Did his lap on Top Gear (1978) in 1 minute 48 seconds - after the first couple of laps in which he buried the wheels in grass and mud, and then had to do an emergency stop as his front right tyre sailed off into the distance.
- He is an Associate of RADA.
- He was awarded the 1997 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role of 1996 for his performance in "Uncle Vanya" at the Albery Theatre.
- He and his wife Sharon Maughan guest-starred on Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief (1992), but they share only one scene together,.
- Lives near the river in Chiswick.
- Enjoys playing tennis,.
- After completing his course at RADA he went to the Everyman Theatre at Liverpool.
- Fulfilled an ambition when he was in in one of Ernie's plays in an edition of a Morecambe and Wise show.
- Educated at Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire, Kingston Upon Thames Art College.
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