Landed his first role, as Caliban in Dulwich College's performance of The Tempest, at age 13
Made television debut alongside his mother in Cold Comfort Farm, a TV movie in 1995
Booked a few modeling jobs and was the face of Lypsyl lip balm while looking for work as an actor
Made London stage debut as Fortinbras in the production of Hamlet at the Hackney Empire Theatre in 1995, where Ralph Fiennes played the title character
Met wife while they were in a stage production of Dangerous Corner, a play by JB Priestley in 2001
Cast as Carl in The Priority, a play written by Michael Wynne at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2009