He originated the role of Posner in the award winning National Theatre production of The History Boys and repeated the role in the regional and international tours of the play and on Broadway where he received a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play, He trained at LAMDA and has appeared at the National in His Dark Materials and in The Accrington Pals at the Chichester Festival Theatre. His television work includes The Royal, Doctors and Inpectot Linley
When he was 18 his friends filled in a drama school application form and told him that was where he belonged.
Acted and danced as a youngster.
Nominated for the 2005 American Theatre Wing's Antoinette Perry ("Tony") Award for Excellence in Theatre, Supporting or Featured Actor in a Drama, for _The History Boys_.