He was born in Mbabane, Swaziland, went to university in Cape Town, South Africa, and moved to London in 1982.
Films Withnail and I (1987) Mountains of the Moon (1990) L.A. Story (1991) Jack and Sarah (1995) Gosford Park (2001) TV The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1998) as Sir Percy Blakeney Animation ''Doctor Who Scream of the Shalka (online)