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Acting Timeline
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1983
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Began acting, aged 18 / 19 (approx).
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1986
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Film debut with a small part in 'No Surrender'.
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1991
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Got his first starring feature role playing John Lennon in Christopher Munch's 'The Hours and Times'.
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1994
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Played John Lennon for the second time in Iain Softley's 'Backbeat'.
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1995
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Won Best Supporting Actor prize at The Venice Film Festival for his work in 'Nothing Personal'.
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Appeared in the features 'The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain', 'Clockwork Mice' and 'Loved Up'
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Had starring role in Ken Loach's 'Land and Freedom', playing a Brit who goes to fight in the Spanish Civil War.
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1996
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Co-starred in 'Michael Collins' as the title character's secretary, marking his debut in a US produced film; first collaboration with writer-director Neil Jordan.
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Gave a memorable performance as the supportive lover of a man fighting for custody of his young son in the fact-based drama 'The Hollow Reed'.
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1997
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Played the club manager in 'Mojo', adapted by Jez Butterworth from his stage play.
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Reunited with Neil Jordan for a supporting role in 'The Butcher Boy'
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1998
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Had a supporting turn in the conspiracy thriller 'Enemy of the State'.
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Starred in the small scale independents 'Still Waters Burn' and 'Frogs For Snakes'.
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1999
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Featured as a private detective tracking a woman for her former lover in the acclaimed drama 'The End of the Affair'; third collaboration with Neil Jordan.
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Played an angry alcoholic with marital problems in Michael Winterbottom's 'Wonderland'.
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Appeared in the British independent features 'B. Monkey' and 'This Year's Love'.
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2000
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Played the title character's father in Stephen Frears' 'Liam'; shown at Venice Film Festival.
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Co-starred in 'Born Romantic'; screened at Toronto Film Festival.
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Appeared in the fact-based historical miniseries 'Longitude', aired on Channel 4.
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Starred as a man trying to lure eligible American women to his small Irish town in the comedy 'The Closer You Get'.
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2001
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Played Professor Quirrell in 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'.
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Featured as a truck driver who romances a feisty lawyer in the drama 'Aberdeen'.
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Co-starred with Ian Holm in a stage revival of "The Homecoming"; played role Holm originated in the premiere staging of the Pinter drama; acted in London, then recreated the part in NYC as part of a 70th birthday tribute to the author.
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Portrayed a Scottish singer who gets involved with local gangsters hoping it will propel him into the big time in 'Strictly Sinatra'.
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2002
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Appeared in the thriller 'Killing Me Softly', starring Heather Graham and Joseph Fiennes and directed by Chen Kaige.
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2004
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Cast in 'Finding Neverland' which details the experiences of 'Peter Pan' author J.M. Barrie.
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2005
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Starred alongside many well-known British and Irish actors in 'Breakfast On Pluto'; fourth collaboration with Neil Jordan.
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Starred in TV mini-series 'The Virgin Queen' alongside Anne-Marie Duff.
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2007
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Got an essential role in FX's 'Dirt' playing Courteney Cox's papparazzi friend.
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As Unknown