About
| Birth Notes: | 8 September 1971, Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK |
| Height: | 5' 7" |
Filmography
| Ali G Indahouse (2002) as Ricky C |
| Hot Fuzz (2007) as Met Sergeant |
| Love Actually (2003) as John |
| Shaun of the Dead (2004) as Declan |
| The All Together (2007) as Chris Ashworth |
| The Good Night (2007) as Gary Shaller |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) as Arthur Dent |
| Wild Target (2010) as Dixon |
| Blake's Junction 7 (2004) as Vila |
| Breaking and Entering (2006) as Sandy |
| Call Register (2004) as Kevin |
| Confetti (2006) as Matt |
| Dedication (2007) as Jeremy |
| Fancy Dress (2001) as Pirate |
| HIV: The Musical (2009) as James McKenzie |
| I Just Want to Kiss You (1998) as Frank |
| Lonely Hearts (2007) as The Pig |
| Long Hot Summer (2006) as Terry |
| Nativity! (2009) as Paul Maddens |
| Nightwatching (2007) as Rembrandt van Rijn |
| Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! (2008) as Rembrandt van Rijn |
| Round About Five (2001) as The Man |
| Rubbish (2007) as Kevin |
| Swinging with the Finkels (2010) as Martin Finkel |
| The Low Down (2000) as Solomon |
Trivia
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* He has three older brothers and a sister. * He trained at Central School of Speech and Drama. * Doesn't drive. * Girlfriend is actress Amanda Abbington. * Owns a dog, Archie, a miniature wire-haired dachshund. * The youngest of five children of Philomena and Geoffrey. * Went to a Catholic secondary school. * Comes from an artistic family: older brother Tim was in Eighties art-pop group Frazier Chorus; another brother Jamie is a musician and website designer; cousin Ben Noris is a stand-up comic. * Was on the British national squash squad from the age of nine to fourteen. * After his parents divorced he lived with his dad. After his dad died when he was seven, he moved back in with his mom and step-dad James. * Is a vegetarian. * The first single he bought was "Ghost Town" by The Specials. * Enjoys music including Marvin Gaye , James Brown , Richard Hawley , The Beatles, Laura Nyro, Nick Drake , The Beat (aka English Beat), Madness and The Band. * A big fan of 60s and '70s soul music. 'Stevie Wonder's "Songs In The Key Of Life" is his favorite album. |
Quotes
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* "Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words?" * "God, no. I don't do any of that shit [partying with celebrities]. I've got a stag weekend coming up and I've said I'm not doing anything more than a few drinks. I won't have it. I'll go home and watch Antiques Roadshow." * "If I could get bands to come and play in my house, I'd like that. I've never been to a festival. I'm a creature of habit, mashed-potato comfort, I like rugs. Our sofa's squishy. Maybe too squishy - it's hard to get up sometimes." * "Most people have a passive relationship with music and clothes, with culture. But music was my first contact with anything creative. Music is it, as far as I'm concerned." * "Some people have that roar in their head, but I'm not sure I ever did. That live-fast-die-young thing. No one wants it really - Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin - it's not good. I want to live with Amanda till I'm 70. I was never the kid that went all the way with naughtiness, never got caned or in serious trouble. I always knew when to pull back." * "I don't think it was a surprise that I ended up as an actor, and it was anything but a disappointment. My parents gave me the knowledge that reading isn't a bad thing, and admitting to liking a painting doesn't make you an arse-bandit. And that wouldn't have been a problem either." * "I'm not a practicing Catholic or I wouldn't be living unwed with a woman, and I don't think all poofs are going to hell, and I don't think everyone who's had an abortion is damned, most of my friends are atheists and I understand atheism, I get it, but I happen to be a theist. I believe in our answerableness to something else." * "My mum was Labour-voting, but wanted us to know we were important. Basically, everyone's equal, but you, my children, are a bit better." * "Once you've switched that switch [commitment], then, though you notice that other people are great, you're just not interested." |
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