He came to national prominence at the beginning of his career playing the support role of Russell Parkinson in Carla Lane's BBC situation comedy Butterflies (1978–1983).

The family moved around the country, before settling in Guildford, Surrey where he attended the Royal Grammar School.

He joined the Northcott Theatre in Exeter, where he worked as an assistant stage manager on productions directed by Jane Howell, and then rose to be a stage manager at several venues including the Royal Court in London before training as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

Coronation Street, EastEnders, Butterflies, Brookside, Hollyoaks, Children's Ward, Doctors, Dream Team, The Enigma Files, William Tell, Brensham People, Dead Entry, Casualty, Holby City, Birds of a Feather, 2point4 Children, Riders, Come Fly With Me, and Blood Drive.

He was survived by his wife Abigail (née Sharp, whom he married in 1977),[2] his mother Mabel, his children Kate and Josh, and his grandchildren.