2012 | Co-starred with Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana in romantic drama "The Words" |
2011 | Joined the ensemble cast of the financial drama thriller "Margin Call" |
2011 | Portrayed Rodrigo Borgia, also known as Pope Alexander VI, on Showtime's historical drama "The Borgias" |
2009 | Re-teamed with Joan Allen for the Broadway play "Impressionism" |
2009 | Portrayed photographer Alfred Stieglitz, opposite Joan Allen as painter Georgia O'Keeffe, in the Lifetime movie "Georgia O'Keeffe"; earned Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actor in a TV Movie |
2006 | Cast as Brom, a former Dragon Rider in "Eragon," a fantasy/adventure movie based on the novel of the same name |
2006 | Offered an award winning performance opposite Helen Mirren in "Elizabeth I" (a joint HBO/Channel 4 production) |
2005 | Co-starred as in Lasse Hallström's "Casanova," opposite Heath Ledger |
2005 | Starred in Ridley Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven," about the 12th-century Crusades |
2004 | Cast opposite Al Pacino and Joseph Fiennes in "The Merchant of Venice," a Shakespearean adaptation set in 16th century Venice |
2004 | Cast in "Being Julia," which centers around stage actors and their experiences with love and revenge in 1930's London |
2003 | Joined co-star Patricia Kaas for the feature "And Now Ladies and Gentlemen" |
2002 | Co-starred with Fanny Ardant in "Callas Forever" |
2001 | Cast opposite Forest Whitaker in "The Fourth Angel" |
2000 | Offered over-the-top villainous turn in "Dungeons and Dragons" |
2000 | Co-starred on the British TV drama "Longitude"; written and directed by Charles Sturridge |
1998 | Offered a fine turn as the swashbucling Aramis, one of the original Musketeers, in "The Man in the Iron Mask" |
1997 | Portrayed Humbert Humbert in Adrian Lyne's remake of "Lolita" |
1996 | Cast as a dying writer in Bernardo Bertolucci's "Stealing Beauty" |
1995 | Played the villain in "Die Hard With a Vengeance" |
1994 | Voiced the villainous Scar in Disney's "The Lion King" |
1993 | Acted the role of a French diplomat who falls in love with a Chinese performer who harbors a secret in "M Butterfly"; second film with Cronenberg |
1993 | Played a politician who falls in love with his son's girlfriend in "Damage" |
1991 | Cast in title role of Stephen Soderbergh's "Kafka" |
1990 | Earned acclaim and a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Claus von Bulow in "Reversal of Fortune" |
1988 | Breakthrough screen role, played twins in David Cronenberg's "Dead Ringers" |
1986 | Teamed with Robert De Niro for Roland Joffé's "The Mission" |
1985 | Directed video for Carly Simon's song "Tired of Being Blonde" |
1984 | Played the title role in "Swann in Love," adapted from Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu |
1984 | Broadway debut in "The Real Thing" |
1983 | Co-starred with Ben Kingsley and Patricia Hodge in "Betrayal" |
1981 | Cast opposite Meryl Streep in "The French Lieutenant's Woman" |
1980 | Film debut as Mikhail Fokine in "Nijinsky" |
1979 | Breakthrough TV role, playing Charles Ryder in "Brideshead Revisited" (aired on ITV in the U.K. and on PBS in the U.S.) |
1975 | TV debut as Franz Liszt in the BBC miniseries, "Notorious Woman" (also shown on PBS's "Masterpiece Theatre") |
1973 | Made London stage debut as John the Baptist in "Godspell" at Round House Theatre (later at Wyndham's Theatre for two years) |
1971 | Made stage debut in "Hay Fever" with Bristol Old Vic company; company member for three years |
