Received his dramatic training at East 15 Acting School
Often plays gangsters and other characters with a hard edge, most notably in two Guy Ritchie crime capers, "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch․"
Played Roosta in the original radio version of Douglas Adams's "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy․"
Appeared in the music video for "For He's a Jolly Good Felon" by Lostprophets, a Welsh rock group
In the video game "Fable II," he voices Arfur, a wanted criminal living in Bowerstone
Published a novel called "Thin Ice" in 2006 through the Orion Publishing Group
A clip of his voice is featured in Rusko's dubstep song "Cockney Thug․"