Intended to be a sports journalist, and actively writes for his local newspaper, the Nottingham Post, on his favorite soccer team, the Nottingham Forest Football Club.
Won 7,500 pounds in 2005 after being awarded the Laurence Olivier Student Award.
Named A Star for the Future by Screen International in 2007.
Played Marat in Marat/Sade for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2011.