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Milestones
Born in Leeds.
Moved with family to Canada for approximately five years.
Returned to England with family; settled in Cornwall.
Landed first professional job as an actor one day after graduating from RADA working in Camden.
1981 Appeared in "Hamlet" at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
1983 Cast as poet T.S. Eliot opposite Julie Covington in the biographical play "Tom and Viv".
1985 Played supporting role in "Wetherby", written and directed by David Hare and starring Vanessa Redgrave.
1986 Garnered attention in the British TV production "First Among Equals".
1986 Co-starred with Vanessa Redgrave in "Ghosts" at the Young Vic.
1988 Portrayed Ernest Simpson in CBS movie "The Woman He Loved", the story of the love affair that toppled a king.
1988 Appeared in CBS movie "The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank", starring Mary Steenburgen and Paul Scofield.
1988 Enjoyed a stage success in "An Enemy of the People".
1990 Guest-starred as Peter Rawlins in the popular "Prime Suspect"; aired in 1992 on PBS' "Mystery!".
1991-1992 Had title role in "Resnick: Lonely Hearts" and "Resnick: Rough Treatment", the BBC adaptations of John Harvey's detective novels featuring hero Charlie Resnick; both programs written by Harvey.
1993 Played small role in Jim Sheridan's "In the Name of the Father".
1994 Appeared as a priest involved with his housekeeper in Antonia Bird's controversial "Priest".
1994 Gave memorable performance as Seth Pecksniff in "Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit"; aired on PBS' "Masterpiece Theatre" in 1995.
1995 Acted the role of Gerald in A&E's "Inspector Alleyn: Scales of Justice".
1995 Featured performance as Mr. Dashwood in "Sense and Sensibility", directed by Ang Lee.
1996 Portrayed Beaumont in "The Ghost and the Darkness".
1997 Cast as Professor Loyen in the Bille August-directed "Smilla's Sense of Snow", which starred Julia Ormond.
1997 Breakthrough screen role as Gerald, the older gentleman who agrees to partake in an amateur strip show in "The Full Monty".
1997 Portrayed Lord Queensberry, the father of Lord Alfred Douglas in the biopic "Wilde".
1997 Appeared as the severe adoptive father of the title male in "Oscar and Lucinda".
1998 Had co-starring role in the box-office hit "Rush Hour".
1998 Played the patriarch of a family who falls in love with the title character in "The Governess".
1998 Cast as the money lender turned producer in the Oscar-winning Best Picture "Shakespeare in Love".
1999 Co-starred in "Molokai: The Story of Father Damien".
1999 Reteamed with director Ang Lee for a cameo role in "Ride With the Devil".
2000 Offered a fine turn as an aristocratic Cornwallis in "The Patriot".
2000 Returned to the London stage after many years, starring opposite with Julia Ormand in David Hare's play "My Zinc Bed".
2001 Starred alongside Sissy Spacek as parents coping with the loss of a child in "In the Bedroom", directed by Todd Field; screened at Sundance Film Festival; garnered a Best Actor Academy Award nomination.
2001 Co-starred in the Martin Lawrence comedy "Black Knight".
2002 Had supporting role as Dr. Chausible in the feature remake of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest".
Appeared in the film version of the play "The Memory of Water" (lensed 2001).
2003 Co-starred with Jessica Lange as a man who wants a sex change after 25 years of marriage in "Normal".
2003 Appeared in the film "Girl with a Pearl Earring", which starred Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson.
2003 Received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his role in "Normal".
2003 Received a golden globe nomination for best actor in a mini series or television movie for his work in "Normal".
2004 Played Dr Howard Mierzwiak, the inventor of an experimental memeory erasing procedure, in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," written by Charlie Kaufman.
Will play Falcone, one of Gotham City's crime leaders in "Batman Begins," starring Christian Bale as Batman and directed by Christopher Nolan (lensed 2004).
Source: imdb.com
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