2012 | Starred in romantic comedy "Playing for Keeps" as a former pro soccer star |
2012 | Played surfer Frosty Hesson in "Chasing Mavericks" |
2012 | Cast as Tullus Aufidius in the feature adaptation of Shakespeare's "Coriolanus," directed by Ralph Fiennes |
2011 | Portrayed a former drug-dealing biker who becomes a crusader for Sudanese children in the action drama "Machine Gun Preacher" |
2010 | Voiced Stoick the Vast in the animated feature "How to Train Your Dragon" |
2010 | Played a bounty hunter who tracks down his bail-jumping ex-wife (Jennifer Aniston) in the action comedy "The Bounty Hunter" |
2009 | Teamed with Jamie Foxx for the thriller "Law Abiding Citizen" |
2009 | Co-starred with Katherine Heigl in the romantic comedy "The Ugly Truth" |
2008 | Portrayed Abigail Breslin's father in the adventure-fantasy film "Nim's Island" |
2007 | Co-starred in "P.S. I Love You" with Hilary Swank |
2007 | Cast as the Spartan King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's "300," an adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel |
2005 | Starred in "The Game of Their Lives" based on the true story of the 1950 U.S. soccer team who, against all odds, beat England in the small town of Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
2004 | Starred in the adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "The Phantom of the Opera," portraying the title character |
2003 | Cast as assistant professor Andre Marek in the big screen adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel "Timeline" |
2003 | Starred alongside Angelina Jolie as a British marine turned mercenary in "Tomb Raider 2: The Cradle of Life" |
2002 | Appeared opposite Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey in "Reign of Fire" |
2001 | Cast in the breakthrough role of Attila the Hun in the USA movie "Attila" |
2000 | Cast in the lead role of Wes Craven's "Dracula 2000" |
1998 | Appeared in Russell Mulchary's "Tale of the Mummy" |
1997 | Landed a small role in the James Bond Movie "Tomorrow Never Dies" |
1997 | Made his film debut as Billy Connolly's younger brother in "Mrs. Brown" |
| Cast as Ewan MacGregor's character Renton in the stage adaptation of the movie "Trainspotting" |
| Received first stage role in the play "Coriolanus" after actor Stephen Berkoff approached him in a London coffee shop |
