Film acting debut in Joseph Losey's "The Concrete Jungle/The Criminal"

Breakthrough film performance, Toby in "The L-Shaped Room"

Acted in the comedy "Lock Up Your Daughters!"

Appeared alongside Janet Suzman and Ian McKellen in a British TV production of "Hedda Gabler"

Was featured in "Royal Flash"

US TV debut as Adolph Eichmann in the NBC miniseries "Holocaust"

Co-starred in the British TV productions "Sons and Lovers" and "Reilly, Ace of Spies" (both aired on PBS)

Had supporting role as a bookie who runs a local cinema in "Wish You Were Here"

Offered a strong turn as a particularly vicious criminal in "The Krays", directed by Peter Medak

Created role of Sergeant Bill Otley in "Prime Suspect"; aired in USA on PBS in 1992

Collaborated again with director Peter Medak on "Let Him Have It", a based-on-fact story of a miscarriage of justice in England

Reprised role of Sgt. Otley in "Prime Suspect 3"

Was the patriarch of farming family that takes in a homeless young woman in "Feast of July"

Cast as the father of a servant girl (Rachel Weisz) in "Swept From the Sea"

Was part of the ensemble cast of the TV movie "Tube Tales", an anthology of stories involving the London Underground

Co-starred in the black comedy "The Last Minute" (filmed in 1999)