✦Contributed a short story entitled "The Department of Nothing" to Nick Hornby's "Speaking With the Angel" for the TreeHouse Trust in aid of autistic children.
✦Has had a verbal feud with fellow actor Rupert Everett while the source of this tension remains unknown to public.
✦Has been the Royal Shakespeare Company's member.
✦His paternal and maternal grandparents used to be Methodist missionaries.
✦Appeared in the stage productions of "The Lonely Road" (1985), "Desire Under the Elms" (1987), "The Caretaker" (1991), "Chatsky" (1993), and "Three Days of Rain" (1999-2000).