Became a member of the Young Vic, performing in several plays, such as "Romeo and Juliet"

Feature film debut, "Vroom"

Made American TV debut in "Precious Bane," a two-part segment of the PBS series, "Mystery!"

Played the series lead in "Chancer"

Won praise for his performance as an incestuous brother in Steven Poliakoff's "Close My Eyes"

Directed by Poliakoff in "Century"

First major Hollywood film, "The Rich Man's Wife"

Starred in the ITV series, "Sharman"

Played the leading role in the film adaptation of Martin Sherman's "Bent"

Received international acclaim for his role in Mike Hodges' "Croupier"

Appeared in the BBC series "Second Sight" as Chief Inspector Ross Tanner (aired on PBS in the US)

Co-starred opposite Helen Mirren in "Greenfingers"

Appeared in a series of advertisements for BMW shown over the Internet at bmwfilms.com

Played a valet in Robert Altman's "Gosford Park"; second collaboration with Helen Mirren

Had a villainous turn, opposite Matt Damon in "The Bourne Identity"

Re-teamed with Hodges for "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"

Played the title role in Antoine Fuqua's version of "King Arthur"

Co-starred with Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman and Jude Law in "Closer"; directed by Mike Nichols and based on the play by Patrick Marber; earned first Academy Award nomination

Cast as Dwight in the adaptation of comic book icon Frank Miller's uber-noir series, "Sin City"; co-directed by Miller and Robert Rodriguez

Starred opposite Jennifer Aniston in the thriller, "Derailed"

Played a mysterious bank robber in Spike Lee's "Inside Man"

Starred in Alfonso Cuaron's highly acclaimed, "Children of Men"; worked on the screenplay, although he was uncredited

Starred alongside Paul Giamatti in the film, "Shoot 'Em Up"

Appeared as Sir Walter Raleigh, opposite Cate Blanchett, in the film "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"

Teamed with Naomi Watts and director Tom Tykwer for "The International"

Re-teamed with Julia Roberts to play corporate spies in "Duplicity"

Played a grieving single parent trying to raise his equally grieving son in "The Boys are Back"