- His bravura work at the Royal Shakespeare Compony during the 1984-1986 seasons included "Henry V" with Kenneth Branagh, "The Merchant of Venice", with Roger Rees in "Hamlet", "Love's Labour's Lost," "The Winter's Tale," "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and with Jeremy Irons in "Richard II".
- Won Broadway's 2001 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for "The Invention of Love."
- Became a character star on Broadway when he won the Tony Award for "The Invention of Love" (2000). Went on to include "Noises Off" (2001), "Observe the Sons of Ulter Marching Towards the Somme" (2003) and the title role in "Henry IV" opposite Kevin Kline as Falstaff and Ethan Hawke as Hotspur.
- Found a decade's worth of classical work at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre where he enjoyed character star roles: Estragon in "Waiting for Godot," Prospero in "The Tempest", Antonio in "The Merchant of Venice" and the title role in "Uncle Vanya".
- His close theatre association with Kenneth Branagh led to work in a couple of the actor's biggest films: Henry V (1989) and Dead Again (1991).
- Underwent a procedure to correct a heart arrhythmia in 2006, briefly delaying the opening of Tom Stoppard's "The Coast of Utopia," in which he plays a major role.
- Joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company at the Palace in 1955 and worked alongside John Gielgud in "Much Ado About Nothing" and as Edgar opposite Gielgud's "King Lear".
- Veteran Canadian-born classical actor who trained with Eleanor Stuart in Montreal and (via a scholarship) at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
- Acted with a children's theatre group before moving, at the age of seventeen, to Ottawa to work in weekly rep.
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