He was trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.
[1] His television credits include Brookside, Up the Garden Path, The Bill, Boon, Cadfael, Doctor Finlay, Doctors, Eleventh Hour, Holby City, Roman Mysteries, Hustle, Life on Mars, Midsomer Murders, New Tricks, Red Cap, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Spatz, Taggart, The Agatha Christie Hour, The Chief, The Royal, and Wycliffe.
He has recently been in the BBC TV series Lip Service, Moving On and Inside Men.
His film credits include Brothers, Beyond the Sea, Iris, Beautiful Creatures and Croupier as Detective Inspector Ross.
In December 2012 he joined the cast of Emmerdale as horse trainer Steve Harland.