Raised in Woking, Surrey, he attended Hurtwood House before training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, where he earned the Sir John Gielgud Trust Award for clogging and was steered toward period pieces. Early screen work featured a debut in Venus and supporting roles in One Day and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, while his stage résumé includes Fortinbras in a Trevor Nunn Hamlet at Old V…
