His credits include Privates on Parade (1983), Juliet Bravo (1983), Crown Court (1984), Call Me Mister (1986), The Buddha of Suburbia (1993), Pride and Prejudice (1995), Chalk (1997), Mile High (2004), Beethoven (2005), Rome (2005-2007), Valkyrie (2008), Psychoville (2009-2011), The Borgias (2011), The Hollow Crown (2012), What Remains (2013), Darkest Hour (2017), Borg vs McEnroe (2017), Peterloo (2018), A Very English Scandal (2018), Flesh and Blood (2020) and The Regime (2024).

[4] he made appearances in Juliet Bravo (1983),[5] and Crown Court (1984), before securing a regular role as Fred Hurley in Call Me Mister (1986).

[4] He appeared in the BBC adaptations of Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia (1993),[5] and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice,[5] in which he portrayed the Bennets' clergyman cousin, Mr. Collins.

[5] His roles as a voice actor include Emperor Constantine in the Doctor Who audio drama, The Council of Nicaea and as Jeremy Longstaff in the 2008 radio series The Way We Live Right Now.

[4] In 2013, he starred as Mathematics teacher Joe Sellers, alongside David Threlfall and Russell Tovey in the murder mystery miniseries What Remains.