He played Pip in Great Expectations (1981) and Gringoire in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982), and appeared to have a promising career, but after his appearances in The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) and the horror film Don't Open Till Christmas (1984), his career and personal life went into steep decline, with him later developing a drug problem.
He portrayed Pip in Great Expectations (1981) and Gringoire in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982), and seemed to have a promising career, but after his roles in The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) and the horror film Don't Open Till Christmas (1984), his career and personal life plummeted, with him later struggling with addiction.