Began acting career on stage in productions such as Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and Lorca's "Blood Wedding"

TV-move debut, played Casper in the retelling of the Cinderella story, "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister" (ABC)

Learned his lines in Spanish for "South of Granada"; debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and released theatrically in Spain

Played the lead in the BBC movie, "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: A Suitable Vengeance"

Starred in the BBC's period production of Anthony Trollope's "He Knew He Was Right"

Breakthrough role as Mandy Moore's love interest in "Chasing Liberty"

Cast in a supporting role opposite Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in Woody Allen's "Match Point"

Appeared in the British comedy, "Imagine Me & You"

Played a criminal, opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt in "The Lookout"

Played the leading role of Charles Ryder in the film, "Brideshead Revisited"

Cast as superhero Ozymandias in the comic book adaptation, "Watchmen"

Will play a leading role in ex-fashion designer Tom Ford's directorial debut, "A Single Man" (lensed 2009)