Biography

Appeared in Vidal Sassoon commercials in the late 1980s. His unusual way of pronouncing the word "salon" in these commercials was parodied in a Saturday Night Live sketch.

Pictured as the character Lieutanant Malcolm Reed on one of a set of 18 British commemorative postage stamps issued 13 November 2020, celebrating the "Star Trek" television and film franchise. Stamps were issued as 12 individual stamps, honoring captains and crew members; and 6 stamps in a single souvenir sheet, highlighting heroes and villains. All stamps were nondenominated and marked first class (76p on day of issue). Others honored by this set are William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Bakula, Jason Isaacs, Leonard Nimoy, Marina Sirtis, Alexander Siddig, Sonequa Martin-Green, Shazad Latif, Simon Pegg, Tom Hardy, Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Alice Eve, and Idris Elba.

He worked in a drag act called Feeling Mutual in order to get his Equity card.

Was formerly engaged to Tam Nguyen, whom he met during the filming of Ninong (2009).

Appeared in two episodes with the same title on different series: Fight or Flight (2001) and Chapter Five 'Fight or Flight' (2007).