Joined Glasgow Citizens Theatre

Stage debut in "The Roving Boy" at the Citizens Theatre

TV debut, "Mother of Men"

London stage debut, "Savages"

Appeared in films: "Galileo" and "Flame"

Had the lead in the six-part BBC series "The Glittering Prizes", written by Frederic Raphael

Starred in the TV production "The Norman Conquests"; aired in the USA on PBS in 1978

Broadway debut, "Whose Life Is It, Anyway?"; received Tony Award for reprising his his portrayal of a paralyzed sculptor who wants to die

Broadway directing debut, "Last Licks"

Stage musical debut in "They're Playing Our Song"

Co-starred in the CBS TV-movie "The Wall"

Appeared opposite Pauline Collins in the London stage production of "Romantic Comedy"

Cast as Col. Lawrence in "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence"

Earned Academy Award nomination as Best Actor for his performance as Scottish poet teaching at a New England college in "Reuben, Reuben"

Cast as the Pope in the comedy "Saving Grace"

Starred opposite Farrah Fawcett as her husband in the ABC biopic "Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story"

Acted with John Travolta in the ABC production of Harold Pinter's "The Dumb Waiter", directed by Robert Altman

Appeared as the heroine's Greek lover in "Shirley Valentine"; reunited with former co-star Pauline Collins

Portrayed a Spanish bar owner in "Someone Else's America"

Starred as a British barrister who relocated to the USA and practiced law in the short-lived CBS series "The Wright Verdicts"

Directed and starred in the Neil Simon play "Chapter Two" in London's West End

Made guest appearances on episodes of the NBC sitcom "Friends", playing the father-in-law of David Schwimmer's Ross Geller

Returned to series TV as co-star of the NBC fall series "Deadline"

Cast opposite Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston in the psychological thriller "Derailed," directed by Mikael Håfström