[1] He is most known for the recent Netflix series Glória, his role as the 'real' Captain Jack Harkness in Torchwood in 2007 and his comic stage performances with the Reduced Shakespeare Company.

He attended the drama department at Houston's prestigious High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) and was a member of the Alley Theatre repertory company for three seasons.

In 2002 he was a Helen Hayes Award nominee for Outstanding Lead Actor for his role in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

[4] He has worked extensively in UK television, including appearances in Cracker, Jonathan Creek, Ultimate Force, Doctors, Holby City, Secret Diary of a Call Girl and The Crown.

He was in a heterosexual relationship, and was eventually revealed to be attracted to Torchwood's Jack, who after an unfortunate "temporal shift", landed in 1941 during the height of the Cardiff blitz.