| Known for playing real-life characters, such as Tony Blair in the 2003 TV-movie The Deal and again in the 2006 film The Queen. |
| Originated the role of David Frost in the 2006 West End production of Frost/Nixon; reprised the role in 2007 on Broadway and in the 2008 film version. |
| Was offered a place on the Arsenal youth team when he was 12, but turned it down because his father thought he was too young. |
| Father worked as a Jack Nicholson impersonator. |
| Raised in Port Talbot, Wales, the same town that produced Richard Burton and Anthony Hopkins. |