Has appeared in six films/mini-series based on the works of Stephen King (The Stand, Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace, Quicksilver Highway, Riding the Bullet, Desperation and Bag of Bones) - more than any other actor.
Appeared as an "elderly" version of Max Headroom in a PSA about the changeover from analog to digital TV for British television.
He appeared as Max Headroom in the music video and on the song
"Paranoimia" by The Art of Noise.
Reprised his role of Max Headroom in the 2015 movie Pixels (Voice only).
Trained at the famous Bristol Old Vic Drama School and graduated from
the three-year acting course in 1980
His father was a hockey player who also served in the Army for 36
years.