He is best known for his portrayal as the Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in the 2000 film Lumumba, as "Blacktie" in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale and as "Ice" in the 2008 action film Transporter 3 in which he starred opposite Jason Statham.

[1] However, at the age of 30, he joined a theatre company and left his job as a sales manager to become a professional actor.

In 2002, he starred in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale alongside Antonio Banderas.

In 2004, he played the character of Jean Claude in Mark Bamford's debut feature Cape of Good Hope.

In 2008, he played a supporting role in the critically acclaimed Australian film Disgrace featuring American actor John Malkovich,[2] a small role in the Italian film Bianco e nero and later was cast as "Ice" in Transporter 3, featuring British actor Jason Statham.