Trivia

He does not drink alcohol.

Was engaged to Ballykissangel (1996) co-star, Dervla Kirwan, for 2 years.

Had a 5 year relationship with Dervla Kirwan who he met on the set of Ballykissangel.

One daughter, Daisy Ellen (b. November 2000).

First job was on a weekend at a grocers in St Annes on Sea near Blackpool.

Won the Best Actor Award at the British Comedy Awards for 'Drop the Dead Donkey.

Delivered his daughter Daisy.

Starring in Cloaca at London's Old Vic Theatre. (November 2004)

He's a partner with Robson Green in the Coastal Productions company.

Current partner Nicci Taylor who he met at a Saville Row tailors when he was being measured for a suit.

After studying at the Central School of Speech and Drama he joined the BBC radio rep company and took part in 54 plays in 7 months.

His first big role was playing Damien Day in 'Drop the Dead Donkey'.

Would love to play a Bond villain.

Lives in Hove, Sussex with his interior designer wife, Nicci and their daughter Daisy.

His father was a banker and his mother a primary school teacher who moved to St Annes, in Lancashire when Stephen was 5.

He made his name as the unprincipled TV reporter Damian Day in 'Drop the Dead Donkey and became a household name as Father Peter Clifford in 'Ballykissangel' on which he met Dervla Kirwan.

His parents saw him in The Crucible when he was 16 and let him go to auditions for drama school instead of university.

In his youth he considered becoming a priest.

Educated at St Bede's Catholic High School in St Anne's, Lancashire. then the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Loves cricket, watching Sussex whenever he can and plays for The Bunburys, a celebrity team, whenever he can.

Father, Brian, worked for a bank while his mother, Josephine was a junior school teacher. while his brother john was a care worker and all lived at St Annes on Sea, Lancashire.

His first marriage was to Celia who was a BBC radio producer.

He was In a sell out run of 'Art' in London's West End which he ended in early 2000 then went into rehearsals for a tv production of 'Lucky Jim' to be followed by a 6 part tv drama 'Shades with Dervla Kirwan/.

He lived with actress Dervla Kirwan for a time.

Has a brother John who is 3 years older.

When he was a student at London's Central School of Speech and Drama he won the Carlton Hobbs Award which included a contract with the BBC Radio Drama Rep in which he did 54 plays in 7 months.

He made his name in 'Drop the Dead Donkey'.

He was in Busy Body, the first segment of the Black Cab series of 10 short films, which was written by actress Amelia Bullmore, who he'd worked with at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre.

He's best known for the tv series Wild at Heart and as DCI Banks.

His family lived at Oulston Road, Stockton on Tees then moved to Scarborough when 4 after his father got promotion with the Yorkshire Bank.

He's a fan of Laurel and Hardy.

He had a major part in the film Brassed Off.