RECENT CREDITS
Robot Chicken (TV)  Feb. 8, 2009
Battle in Seattle (FILM)  Sep. 19, 2008
Chaos Theory (FILM)  Apr. 11, 2008
Bloodsucking Cinema (TV)  Oct. 26, 2007
Night Stalker (TV)  Oct. 13, 2006


HIGHLIGHTS
2008 Co-starred with Ryan Reynolds and Emily Mortimer in "Chaos Theory"
2008 Made writing and directorial debut with "Battle in Seattle," which is loosely based on the protests of the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999; featured real life love, Charlize Theron
2005 Cast as investigative reporter Carl Kolchak on the ABC thriller "Night Stalker"
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Thor  2011 -Fandral
Actor
Film


Director, Producer, Screenplay
Film


Chaos Theory  2008 -Buddy Endrow
Actor
Film


Bloodsucking Cinema  2007 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Best Man, Worst Friend  2006 -Olly Pickering
Actor
TV


The 2005 American Music Awards  2005 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Night Stalker  2005-2006 -Carl Kolchak
Actor
TV
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Robot Chicken  2005-2009
Voice
TV
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Head in the Clouds  2004 -Guy
Actor
Film


Shade  2004 -Vernon
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Trapped  2002 -Dr Will Jennings
Actor
Film


Queen of the Damned  2002 -Vampire Lestat
Actor
Film


About Adam  2001 -Adam
Actor
Film


Simon Magus  2000 -Dovid
Actor
Film


Wonderland  2000 -Tim
Actor
Film


Will & Grace  1998 -Edward
Actor
TV
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Resurrection Man  1998 -Victor Kelly
Actor
Film


Shooting Fish  1998 -Jez
Actor
Film


Trojan Eddie  1997 -Dermot
Actor, Song
Film


Under the Skin  1997 -Tom
Actor
Film


The Escort   -Tom
Actor
Film


The Venice Project   -Lark/Gippo the Fool
Actor
Film




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Highlights

2008 Co-starred with Ryan Reynolds and Emily Mortimer in "Chaos Theory"
2008 Made writing and directorial debut with "Battle in Seattle," which is loosely based on the protests of the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999; featured real life love, Charlize Theron
2005 Cast as investigative reporter Carl Kolchak on the ABC thriller "Night Stalker"
2004 Cast in the action thriller "Shade," set in the world of L.A. poker hustlers
2004 Starred with real life love Charlize Theron in the WWII drama "Head in the Clouds"
2003 Cast in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" with Sean Connery
2002 Played husband and wife, opposite Charlize Theron in the thriller "Trapped"
2001 Cast as Lestat in the film adaptation of Anne Rice's "Queen of the Damned"
2000 Played the titular character in "About Adam" opposite Kate Hudson
2000 Returned to the London stage to appear opposite Helen Mirren in "Orpheus Descending"
1999 Acted in Michael Winterbottom's acclaimed "Wonderland"
1999 Featured in Robert Dornhelm's "The Venice Project" with Lauren Bacall and Dennis Hopper
1999 Originally cast as Aragorn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy; left the production due to "creative differences" and was replaced with Viggo Mortensen
1997 Joined Dan Futterman and Kate Beckinsale for the British film "Shooting Fish"
1997 Garnered praise for his leading role in "Resurrection Man"
1996 Feature debut in Gilles MacKinnon's "Trojan Eddie"
1994 Non-professional stage debut in a school production of "Tear Up The Black Sail"
Raised in Howth, Dublin, Ireland
Professional stage acting debut, "True Lines" directed by John Crowley
Co-founded the theater company Ether for Lunch


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