Made acting debut in the London Weekend Television series, "The Piglet Files"

Had a small role in the popular BBC sitcom "Game On" as a bungling bank robber

Had a recurring role on "The Bill" as Dean Stacey

First film role, "The Man Who Knew Too Little"

Debuted as a series regular on the short-lived BBC comedy series "Get Well Soon"

Had a small role in Michael Radford's crime thriller, "B. Monkey"

Had a small role in the British crime film "Gangster No. 1" starring Malcolm McDowell and Paul Bettany

Played Killoran in Martin Scorsese's crime epic, "Gangs of New York"

Cast as Reverend John in "21 Grams"; directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu

Co-starred in Mike Leigh's "Vera Drake"

Appeared in the Wachowski-penned thriller, "V for Vendetta"

Co-starred in Terrence Malick's "The New World"

Cast in J. J. Abrams' "Mission: Impossible III" as Davian's (Philip Seymour Hoffman) henchman

Played Ed Norton's stage manager in "The Illusionist"

Re-teamed with Mike Leigh to play an angsty teacher in "Happy-Go-Lucky"

Played the villian, Red Parker, opposite Will Smith in "Hancock"

Co-starred in the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Little Dorrit"

Will co-star in a Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes" (lensed 2009)