Biography
Possessing a steely gaze and stentorian tones, he lent an elegant evil to such onscreen bad guys as Mel Gibson's British nemesis in "The Patriot" (2000), the theatrical Lucius Malfoy in the "Harry Potter" series, and Captain Hook in "Peter Pan" (2003). He showed more complex sides to his talent in films like "The End of the Affair" (1999) and "Black Hawk Down" (2001), though his finest showcases came on television series like "Brotherhood" …
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Career Milestones
| Earned Equity card performing as a children's entertainer | ||
1988 | Early TV credit, a guest appearance on the series "This Is David Lander" | |
1989 | Feature acting debut in small role of a doctor in "The Tall Guy" | |
1989 | Had regular role of Chas Ewell on the British series "Capital City" | |
1991 | Acted in the British miniseries "Ashenden" (aired in the US on A&E in 1992) | |
1992 | Again played a nefarious character, a doctor who has developed an anti-aging drug in "Inspector Morse: Cherubim & Seraphim" | |
1992 | Delivered memorable role as a man who murders his twin in the three-part "Taggart: Double Exposure" | |
1993 | Won acclaim for originating the role of Louis in Declan Donnellan's staging of Tony Kushner's "Angels in America" at the Royal National Theatre | |
1994 | Co-starred with Jude Law and Sadie Frost in "Shopping"; first film with director Paul Anderson | |
1995 | Played a drug dealer in "Loved Up" | |
1996 | Starred as Vittorio Mussolini in Patrick Marber's play "1953" at the Almeida Theater | |
1997 | Re-teamed with Anderson for "Event Horizon" | |
1998 | Had featured role as an IRA terrorist in the comedy thriller "Divorcing Jack" | |
1998 | Played a priest who has an affair with a gangster's daughter in the CBS miniseries "Mario Puzo's The Last Don II" | |
1998 | Third collaboration with Anderson, playing the despotic Colonel Mekum in "Soldier" | |
1999 | Portrayed Father Smythe, the confidante of Julianne Moore's Sarah in Neil Jordan's remake of "The End of the Affair" | |
2000 | Delivered villainous role as British Colonel Tavington in the Revolutionary War epic "The Patriot" | |
2000 | Returned to the London stage as a British detective interrogating a suspected terrorist in "The Force of Change" at the Royal Court Theatre | |
2001 | Co-starred with Charlize Theron and Keanu Reeves in the remake of "Sweet November"; played a drag queen | |
2001 | Had featured role as American Ranger Captain Mike Steele in "Black Hawk Down" | |
2002 | Cast as Major Mellitz in John Woo's "Windtalkers" | |
2002 | Played villainous Lucius Malfoy in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" | |
2003 | Cast as the villainous Captain Hook in "Peter Pan" | |
2005 | Again played Lucius Malfoy in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" | |
2005 | Cast in the Rodrigo García ensemble "Nine Lives" | |
2005 | Starred in Paul Haggis' directorial debut "Crash" | |
2006 | Cast in Nicole Holofcener's "Friends with Money" | |
2006 | Played Michael Caffee on the Showtime series "Brotherhood" | |
2007 | Played Sir Mark Brydon, a British Ambassador to Washington in The State Within (aired on the BBC in Britain and BBC America); earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Mini-series or TV Movie | |
2007 | Reprised the role of Lucius Malfoy in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," adapted from the fifth book in the fantasy series | |
2008 | Co-starred with Viggo Mortensen in "Good" | |
2010 | Reprised the role of Lucius Malfoy for the seventh and final installment of the series directed by David Yates, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"; film released in two parts, Part 1 in November 2010 and Part 2 in July 2011 | |
2011 | Starred in BBC crime drama "Case Histories" | |
2012 | Played a police detective living parallel lives on NBC's "Awake" | |
Awards
2007 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television in The State Within |