| Won Most Promising Newcomer at the 1993 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards and was nominated the following year for a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. |
| While at Central School, he was cast in a play directed by alum Judi Dench. The dame ultimately took him under her wing and helped him find an agent. |
| Made his professional stage debut in a production of As You Like It. |
| Made his feature-film debut as a junkie in the 1991 indie Twenty-One. |
| As a teen, he played drums in bands with his older brother. |