영국 배우.
그가 처음으로 맡은 배역은 1987년 영화 <Prick Up Your Ears>이다. 이 외에도 <Raiders of the Lost Ark>, <Spider-Man 2, Species>, <Not Without My Daughter>, <Chocolat>, <Frida>, <Steamboy>, <The Hoax>, <The Da Vinci Code>, <Little Traitor>, <An Education>으로 잘 알려진 배우이다.
런던, 패딩턴 출생. 스페인 마드리드 출신 아버지와 이탈리아 출신 어머니 사이에서 태어났으며, 노팅힐에서 자랐다. 그의 나이 9살 때 영화 <Spartacus>를 보고 배우가 되고 싶어했다. 길드홀음악연극학교 졸업하였다.
1978년 시트콤 드라마 <The Losers>로 데뷔하였다. 1981년 <Raiders of the Lost Ark>, 1985년<Letter to Brezhnev>, 1987년 <Prick Up Your Ears> 등에 출연하였다. 이 밖에도 TV 시리즈 <Red Dwarf>, <El C.I.D> 등에 출연하였고, <Boogie Nights>, <Magnolia>, <Frida>, <Coffee and Cigarettes>, <Spider-Man 2>, <Spider-Man 3>, <As You Like It>, <The Da Vinci Code> 등에 출연하였다.
그는 연극무대 등에도 섰는데 테네시 윌리암스의 <The Night of the Iguana>와 <Speed the Plow>에 출연하였다. 브로드웨이에 데뷔한 작품은 야스미나 레자의 토니어워드 작품상을 수상한 작품 <Art>에 출연하여 1998년 토니어워드에 노미네이트 되었다. 2004년 브로드웨이 프로덕션 작품 <Fiddler on the Roof>에 출연하여 토니어워드 남우주연상에 노미네이트 되었다. 2010년 연극 <Red>에 출연하여 남우주연상에 노미네이트 되기도 하였다. 작품은 베스트 연극상을 수상하였다.
2010년 BBC 시트콤 <Roger and Val Have Just Got In>에 출연할 예정이다.
Film <Poe, 2011> Actor(Husband, The Black Cat>)
<Vivaldi, 2011/II> Actor(Tartini)
<Abduction, 2011> Actor
<Rango, 2011> Voice
<Carmel, 2010> Actor
<The Tempest, 2010/II> Actor(Stephano)
<The Sorcerer's Apprentice, 2010> Actor(Maxim Horvath)
<Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, 2010> Actor(Sheik Amar)
<The Life & Times of Tim, 2010>
<Yes, Virginia, 2009> Actor(Francis Church)
<Lessons in Self-Defense, 2009> Actor(Ben)
<Wonder Woman, 2009> Voice(Ares)
<The Pink Panther 2, 2009> Actor(Pepperidge)
<An Education, 2009> Actor(Jack)
<The Lodger, 2009> Actor(Chandler Manningh)
<Big Guy, 2009> Actor(Kent)
<Nothing Like the Holidays, 2008> Actor(Edy Rodriguez)
<Courtroom K, 2008> Actor(Judge Robars)
<The Ten Commandments, 2007> Voice(Ramses)
<The Little Traitor, 2007> Actor(Dunlop)
<Silk, 2007/I> Actor(Baldabiou)
<Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!, 2007> Voice(Professor Jeffries)
<The Company, 2007> Actor(Harvey Torriti)
<Monk, 2007> Actor(Peter Magneri)
<The Moon and the Stars, 2007> Actor(Davide Rieti)
<Orchids, 2006> Actor(Cliff)
<The Hoax, 2006> Actor(Dick Suskind)
<As You Like It, 2006> Actor(Touchstone)
<The Da Vinci Code, 2006> Actor(Bishop Manuel Aringarosa)
<Law & Order: Trial by Jury, 2005> Actor(Gabriel Duvall)
<Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 2005> Actor(Gabriel Duvall)
<Joan of Arc, 2005> Voice(Narrator)
<Suchimuboi, 2004> Voice(Dr. Eddie Steam)
<Spider-Man 2, 2004> Actor(Doc Ock, Dr. Otto Octavius)
<Spider-Man 2, 2004> Voice(Dr. Otto Octavius, Doc Ock)
<Cronicas, 2004> Actor(Victor Hugo Puente)
<Justice League, 2003> Actor(King Gustav)
<Coffee and Cigarettes, 2003> Actor(Alfred, segment Cousins)
<Luther, 2003> Actor(John Tetzel)
<Identity, 2003> Actor(Dr. Malick)
<My Life Without Me, 2003> Actor(Ann's Father)
<Bram and Alice, 2002> Actor(Bram)
<Ape, 2002> Actor(Mendez)
<Plots with a View, 2002> Actor(Boris Plots)
<Frida, 2002> Actor(Diego Rivera)
<Ladies Man, 1999-2001> Actor(Jimmy Stiles), Producer
<Texas Rangers, 2001> Actor(John King Fisher)
<Murder on the Orient Express, 2001> Actor(Hercule Poirot)
<Chocolat, 2000> Actor(Comte de Reynaud)
<The Miracle Maker, 2000> Voice(Simon the Pharisee)
<Magnolia, 1999> Actor(Solomon Solomon)
<Dudley Do-Right, 1999> Actor(Snidely Whiplash)
<Pete's Meteor, 1998> Actor(Hugh)
<The Wild Thornberrys Actor(Elcio), 1998>
<The Treat, 1998> Actor(Colonel)
<The Impostors, 1998> Actor(Sir Jeremy Burtom)
<Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples, 1998> Actor(Emile Taquet, segment Marie Taquet)
<The Man Who Knew Too Little, 1997> Actor(Boris 'The Butcher' Blavasky)
<Boogie Nights, 1997> Actor(Rahad Jackson)
<A Further Gesture, 1997> Actor(Tulio)
<Anna Karenina, 1997> Actor(Levin)
<The Place of Lions, 1997> Actor
<Scorpion Spring, 1996> Actor(Denis Brabant)
<Mojave Moon, 1996> Actor(Sal)
<Before and After, 1996> Actor(Panos Demeris)
<Tracey Takes On..., 1996> Actor(Mr. Dragotti)
<Nervous Energy, 1995> Actor(Ira Moss)
<Species, 1995> Actor(Dr. Stephen Arden)
<Dead Man, 1995> Actor(Trading Post Missionary)
<The Perez Family, 1995> Actor(Juan Raul Perez)
<The Steal, 1995> Actor(Cliff)
<Hideaway, 1995> Actor(Jonas)
<Requiem Apache, 1994> Actor(Hanish)
<Maverick, 1994> Actor(Angel)
<White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf, 1994> Actor(Rev. Leland Drury)
<Cabin Boy, 1994>, uncredited> Actor(School Professor)
<Crime Story, 1993> Actor(Ian Spiro)
<When Pigs Fly, 1993> Actor(Marty)
<The Trial, 1993> Actor(Titorelli)
<A Year in Provence, 1993> Actor(Tony Havers)
<The Marshal, 1993> Actor(Marshal Guarnaccia)
<Typhon's People, 1993> Actor(Andreus)
<Screen One, 1989-1992> Actor(Harry Greaves)
<Angels, 1992> Actor(George)
<Enchanted April, 1992> Actor(Mellersh Wilkins)
<Boon, 1991> Actor(Mike Hubble)
<Ashenden, 1991> Actor(Carmona)
<The Trials of Oz, 1991> Actor(George Melly)
<American Friends, 1991> Actor(Oliver Syme)
<El C.I.D., 1990-1991> Actor(Bernard Blake)
<Not Without My Daughter, 1991> Actor(Moody)
<Screen Two, 1989-1990> Actor(John Ogdon)
<Saracen, 1989> Actor(Jose Morazan)
<Revolutionary Witness, 1989> Actor(Robert Sauveur, segment The Butcher)
<Nativity Blues, 1989> Actor(Hank)
<Manifesto, 1988> Actor(Avanti)
<Miami Vice, 1987> Actor(Esther's Attorney)
<Prick Up Your Ears, 1987> Actor(Kenneth Halliwell)
<Casualty, 1986> Actor(Harry Horner)
<Letter to Brezhnev, 1985> Actor(Sergei)
<Eleni, 1985> Actor(Young Christos)
<C.A.T.S. Eyes, 1985> Actor(Det. Sgt. Cropper)
<Water, 1985/I> Actor(Pierre)
<Number One, 1985> Actor(Constable Rogers)
<Ladyhawke, 1985> Actor(Cezar)
<Meantime, 1984> Actor(John)
<Reilly: Ace of Spies, 1983> Actor(Blumkin)
<Anyone for Denis?, 1982> Actor(Eric)
<Joni Jones, 1982> Actor(Giovanni)
<Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981> Actor(Satipo)
<Bognor, 1981> Actor(Waiter)
<A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, 1979> Actor(Port Official)
<The Losers, 1978> Actor(Nigel)