Decided to become an actor when attending a production of The School for Scandal with his class at school
Aged 21, dropped out of university to audition for RADA, but didn't learn his lines and wasn't accepted; worked as a bin man to make ends meet while attending night classes at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Wrote the Welsh television series We Are Seven (1989-91) and the made-for-television films Better Days (1988) and Ballroom (1988), both starring Glyn Houston
In 2015, took part in the Hackers Cup charity golf tournament at the Mid Ocean Club and Port Royal Club, Bermuda