Born in Stepney in 1968 to a lorry-driver father and a school-dinner lady mother, he grew up in Bethnal Green, left school at sixteen and first worked as a printer before turning to the stage. After graduating from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in 1991 he completed further study under Sam Kogan at the Kogan Academy of Dramatic Arts, an institution he now supports as a patron.
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Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
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