At Chester Cathedral Choir School he was head chorister, and he went on to study at the Royal College of Music with Heddle Nash.
[1] Roles included Florestan in Beethoven's Fidelio, the title roles in Wagner's Rienzi and Siegfried, Siegmund in Die Walküre, Calaf in Puccini's Turandot, and Herod in Strauss's Salome.
[2] He appeared in a series of operas of Leoš Janáček conducted by Charles Mackerras.
[2] Woollam created roles in new operas: The Royal Hunt of the Sun by Iain Hamilton, Toussaint by David Blake, and A Gentle Spirit by John Tavener.
In later years he also coached actors, including Lenny Henry, Glenn Close and Niels Arestrup.