In May 2005 ran as Conservative candidate for Stockton South in the
north-east of Endland, in the 2005 general election for mps.
He had a spell as a spear carrier with the RSC followed by 4 years as Dr Robert Nevin in 'Medics'.
Daughter Cate born 2000.
He was rubbish at school, no good at studying or sports but enjoyed acting. Left at 16 to study drama at Billingham Technical College then to Bristol Old Vic Theatre School where his contemporaries were Miranda Richardson and Daniel Day Lewis..
Father was a wrestler under the names of Tony Royale and Earl Warwick.