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milestones
Year
Milestone
Born in London
After parents' divorce when he was a teenager, moved to Glasgow with his mother
Briefly worked for local council as a social worker before enrolling in drama schhol
1989
Was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company; appeared in "Coriolanus" and "All's Well That Ends Well", among other productions
1991
Breakthrough TV role, "A Question of Attribution" (shown in USA in 1992)
1992
US TV debut, featured in two-part episode of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (ABC)
Co-starred in the Scottish TV series "Doctor Finlay" (aired on "Masterpiece Theatre" in USA in 1993)
1994
Feature film debut, "Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Book'", directed by Stephen Sommers
1995
Accepted small role in "Rob Roy" because he wanted to work with Tim Roth
1996
Had featured role in "Stealing Beauty"
1997
Breakthrough feature roles in the USA in Angela Pope's "The Hollow Reed" and Nancy Meckler's "Alive and Kicking/Indian Summer"
1998
Reteamed with Sommers for the thriller "Deep Rising"
1998
Played one of a quartet of amateur thieves in the stylish "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" by director Guy Ritchie
1998
Appeared in "The Red Violin"
2000
Reunited with director Ritchie and actor Jason Statham on "Snatch"
2001
Played the lead singer of heavy metal band in "Rock Star"
2001
Starred in the British play "Antarctica"
2001
Cast as a coachman in the period thriller "From Hell"
2001
Co-starred in the British independent film "The Bunker"
2003
Cast as Dr. Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" starring Sean Connery
2004
Cast in the Matthew Vaughn thriller "Layer Cake" starring Daniel Craig and
2005
Reunited with Jason Statham to star in "The Transporter 2" scripted by Luc Besson
2007
Once again teamed with director Vaughn to co-star in "Stardust" based on Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel
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