2012 | Co-starred with Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal in the period comedy "Hysteria" |
| Nominated for the 2010 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie |
2010 | Earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for "Return to Cranford" |
2009 | Played the U.S. President in "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" |
2008 | Co-starred in the 1920s-era football comedy "Leatherheads" with George Clooney, who also directed |
2007 | Reprised role of Elizabeth's father Governor Swann in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" |
2006 | Once again cast opposite Depp and Orlando Bloom in Gore Verbinski's sequel "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" |
2005 | Cast in Terry Gilliam's "The Brothers Grimm" with Matt Damon and Heath Ledger |
2004 | Featured in "De-lovely" about the legendary composer Cole Porter |
2003 | Starred opposite Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," directed by Gore Verbinski |
2003 | Cast in the teen comedy "What a Girl Wants," starring Amanda Bynes |
2002 | Returned to his musical roots to portray a murdered pop star in "Who Shot Victor Fox?" |
2001 | Played supporting role in the period drama "The Affair of the Necklace" |
2001 | Cast as Rachel Griffith's dad in "Very Annie Mary" |
1999 | Offered another villainous turn as a scheming cardinal in "Stigmata" |
1997 | Cast as the nemesis to James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) in "Tomorrow Never Dies" |
1996 | Portrayed Juan Perón opposite Madonna's Eva in the screen version of the pop opera "Evita" |
1995 | Landed breakthrough starring role in Christopher Hampton's "Carrington" |
1992 | Featured in "Glengarry Glen Ross" alongside Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, and Alec Baldwin |
1989 | Originated the role of The Engineer, an Eurasian pimp in the award-winning West End musical "Miss Saigon"; won a Tony when he reprised role in the 1990 Broadway run |
1982 | Starred on the cable series "Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (A&E) |
1980 | Portrayed the title role in "Hamlet" at the Royal Court Theatre |
1978 | Acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company in "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Antony and Cleopatra" |
1977 | Film acting debut, "Voyage of the Damned" |
1976 | Made Broadway debut as Gethin Price in "Comedians" |
1975 | Appeared in "Comedians" with National Theatre Company at the Nottingham Playhouse |
1975 | First major London stage appearance in "Heroes" at Royal Court Theater |
| Made stage debut (also was artistic director) at the Everyman Theater in Liverpool |
1963 | Left home at age 16 to attend art school where he also took drama classes |
