Trivia

He used to be a chef.

Son-in-law of Dennis Waterman and Patricia Maynard.

Got engaged to long-term girlfriend Hannah Waterman whilst on holiday in Barbados (February 2005).

Enjoys golf and fishing.

Was in attendance at the funeral of his former EastEnders (1985) co-star Wendy Richard (9 March 2009).

Participated in the 7th series of Strictly Come Dancing (2004) in 2009, partnered with professional dancer Erin Boag, coming in 7th out of 16 contestants.

Is one of 20 EastEnders (1985) actors to compete in Strictly Come Dancing (2004). The others, in chronological order, are Christopher Parker (Spencer Moon), Jill Halfpenny (Kate Mitchell), Patsy Palmer (Bianca Jackson), Louisa Lytton (Ruby Allen), Letitia Dean (Sharon Rickman), Matt Di Angelo (Deano Wicks), Phil Daniels (Kevin Wicks), Gillian Taylforth (Kathy Mitchell), Jessie Wallace (Kat Moon), Zöe Lucker (Vanessa Gold), Natalie Cassidy (Sonia Fowler), Jimi Mistry (Fred Fonesca), Scott Maslen (Jack Branning), Kara Tointon (Dawn Swann), Anita Dobson (Angie Watts), Sid Owen (Ricky Butcher), Jake Wood (Max Branning), Kellie Bright (Linda Carter) and Tameka Empson (Kim Fox-Hubbard).

Ranked #46 in the 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for his performance as Garry Hobbs (2010).

Ranked #55 in the 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for his performance as Garry Hobbs (2015).

As of 2017 he is the 10th-longest serving actor in the history of EastEnders (1985) (tied with John Altman, Tony Caunter, Shane Richie, Nitin Ganatra and Himesh Patel, and behind only Adam Woodyatt, Steve McFadden, Perry Fenwick, Sid Owen, Rudolph Walker, a tied Mike Reid and Todd Carty, John Bardon, a tied Bill Treacher, James Alexandrou, Derek Martin, Jake Wood and Jamie Borthwick, and a tied Ross Kemp, Dean Gaffney and Shaun Williamson), having played the character Garry Hobbs for 9 years (from 2000 until 2009).