One of more than 10,000 children born with missing or undeveloped limbs in the early 1960s because their mothers were prescribed the drug thalidomide during pregnancy.
He is an avid practitioner of Karate, Hapkido, Taekwondo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Made an early appearance as a viewer wearing dreadlocks in the audience of Right to Reply (1982) in 1985.