About
British actor on the stage and screen who was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001 for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in A Servant For Two Masters. He won two British Academy Television Awards for his role in The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies and starred in the 2011-2014 series Trollied.
Before Fame
He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and became a member of the National Theatre Company. He was a guest star in several television series before earning a minor role in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies.
Trivia
Prominent television roles of his include parts in Being Human, Conviction, Psychoville, Funland, and Five Days. He played Harold Wilson in The Crown in 2019.
Family Life
He dedicated his BAFTA Awards to his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Maude who died of sepsis in 2011.
Associated With
He co-starred in all three of the Nativity films, the first of which starred Martin Freeman.
