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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 school
1989
Member of the Royal Shakespeare Company
1991
Breakthrough TV role, "A Question of Attribution" (aired in the US in 1992)
1992
First role on American television, appeared in a two-part episode of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (ABC)
1993
Co-starred in the Scottish TV series "Doctor Finlay" (aired in the US on "Masterpiece Theatre")
1994
Made feature film debut in "Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book"; directed by Stephen Sommers
1995
Accepted a small role in "Rob Roy" because he wanted to work with Tim Roth
1996
Had featured role in Bernardo Bertolucci's "Stealing Beauty"
1997
Breakthrough feature role, starring in Nancy Meckler's "Alive and Kicking"
1998
Re-teamed with Sommers for the thriller "Deep Rising"
1998
Played one of a quartet of amateur thieves in Guy Ritchie's gangster film "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"
2000
Re-teamed with director Guy Ritchie for "Snatch"
2001
Played the lead singer of heavy metal band in "Rock Star"
2001
Starred in the British play "Antarctica"
2003
Played Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"
2004
Played Crazy Larry in the Matthew Vaughn thriller "Layer Cake"
2005
Re-teamed 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
2008
Played a father who abandons his son (played by Brad Pitt) in David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
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