Played a supporting role in the Australian TV-movie "Come in Spinner"

Created the role of the gruff parolee Brett Sprague for the stage play "The Boys"

Appeared in the feature film "Greenkeeping"

Played a 12-year-old boy in the stage production "That Eye, The Sky"; co-written and directed by Richard Roxburgh

Had featured role as a pyromaniac in "Cosi"; had originated the role on stage

Earned critical praise for his role in the TV miniseries "Babies/Simone de Beauvoir's Babies"

Re-created his stage role for the film adaptation of "The Boys"; also associate producer

Portrayed a genius research scientist opposite Frances O'Connor in "A Little Bit of Soul"

Appeared in the underrated thriller "Dark City"

Had leading role in the Australian TV series "SeaChange"; did not renew contract for the second season

Co-starred with Tom Conti in the Australian stage production of "Art"

Portrayed the missionary priest Father Damien in "Molokai: The Story of Father Damien"

Offered a fine turn as a philandering husband in "Russian Doll"

Delivered a fine performance as the male half of a couple whose one-night stand turns into something a bit more complicated in "better than sex"; released theatrically in the USA in 2001

Seen briefly at the beginning of "Moulin Rouge!" playing a transvestite playwright

Portrayed a cowboy who competes with his brother (played by Joseph Fiennes) for the love of the same woman in "Dust"

Starred as a computer programmer in the thriller "The Bank"

Appeared in "The Crocdile Hunter: Collision Course" opposite Steve Irwin

Cast as Faramir in "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"

Acted on stage in the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of "True West"

Reprised role of Faramir for "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"

Played Hugh Jackman's sidekick, Friar Carl in "Van Helsing"

Co-starred with Guy Pearce in the Australian western "The Proposition"

Narrated and appeared in the film "300"

Co-starred with Hugh Jackman in the Baz Luhrmann-directed epic "Australia"

Cast as a member of American bank robber John Dillinger's crew in Michael Mann's 1930s gangland flick "Public Enemies"