Was a championship boxer, losing only eight of 88 bouts

Attended drama school; was asked to leave because of an incident involving his sabotaging of the headmistress' car

Discovered by director Alan Clarke and hired to play reform school terror Carlin in the BBC telefilm "Scum" (shelved by censors for content)

Reprised his role for Clarke's feature remake of "Scum"

Portrayed rocker Kevin in "Quadrophenia," a Mods vs Rockers tale inspired by The Who's album of the same name

Had title role in the British TV series "Fox"

Appeared in "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains," starring Diane Lane as a teenage punk star

Played recurring role of a gangster in the British series "A Fairly Secret Army"

Starred as Will Scarlett in the British TV series "Robin of Sherwood"

Starred in "Tank Malling" as titular investigative reporter

Initial collaboration with Kathy Burke, starring in the stage play "Mr. Thomas," written and directed by Burke

Starred in the BBC sitcom "Get Real"

Returned to the stage in the Royal Court production of "Some Voice"

Appeared in Ken Loach's "Ladybird, Ladybird"

Starred in Patrick Marber's play "Dealer's Choice"; transferred to the West End

Made a a triumphant return to form with a starring role as the raging Raymond in Gary Oldman's "Nil By Mouth"

Starred alongside Robert Carlyle as a career criminal who betrays his cohorts in "Face," helmed by Antonia Bird

Portrayed a working-class father who, along with his wife, must cope with the accidental death of their young son in the British telefilm "Our Boy" (screened at Toronto International Film Festival)

Acted in "Woundings," a futuristic war drama co-starring Guy Pearce, Johnathon Schaech and Noah Taylor

Appeared in the romantic comedy "Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence" (released in the USA as "The Very Thought of You" in 1999); film starred Monica Potter, Joseph Fiennes, Rufus Sewall and Tom Hollander

Played leading role as a family patriarch in "The War Zone," an incest themed drama marking Tim Roth's directorial debut; screened at both the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals

Starred in "Births, Marriages and Deaths," a four-part BBC TV series

Featured as a loan shark in Anjelica Huston's 1967 Dublin-set drama "Agnes Browne"

Had first real romantic lead opposite Kerry Fox in "Fanny and Elvis"

Acted in "My Father, The Liar," a Bob Hoskins-directed segment of the omnibus film "Tube Tales"

Starred in "Sexy Beast"; screened at Sundance in 2001

Appeared in the Donmar Warehouse production of "To the Green Fields and Beyond," directed by Sam Mendes

Was in the ensemble of the drama "Last Orders"

Starred in Jez Butterworth's stage play "The Night Heron" at London's Royal Court Theatre

Played Teague in the drama "Cold Mountain"

Appeared in "King Arthur" with Clive Owen and Keira Knightley

Voiced Mr. Beaver in "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," based on the children's novel by C.S. Lewis

Starred in "The Proposition," an Australian western written by musician Nick Cave

Cast in Martin Scorsese's mob drama, "The Departed"

Cast in Anthony Minghella's ensemble "Breaking and Entering"

Portrayed the title character in Robert Zemeckis' big-budget film version of "Beowulf"

Cast in the fourth Indiana Jones film series, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"