Is a member of the Phillip Glass ensemble.Plays violin."Shockheaded Peter", a musical he created and starred in, won the 2002 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.Trained at LAMDA.The fourth actor, following Michael Wisher , David Gooderson and Terry Molloy , to play Davros, the mad scientist and creator of the Daleks.Voted Best Guest Actor by Doctor Who Magazine readers for 'The Stolen Earth/Journey's End'.One of the handful to play a guest role in all series of the 21st Century Doctor Who Franchise : Doctor Who, Torchwood and Sarah Jane Adventures.
A political thriller advancing the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays; set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.