| In his teens, was a lead singer in a band called The Prophecy. |
| Performed with the Royal Shakespeare Theater Company in productions such as Romeo and Juliet. |
| Recognizable to American audiences for his roles in USA's The Starter Wife and HBO's vampire series True Blood. |
| Has played a vampire twice: in True Blood and Ultraviolet (1998), a British television series. |
| Did not need to wear prosthetic fangs for his role in Ultraviolet because his natural canine teeth were considered sharp enough to resemble a vampire's. |