His film career has since taken off with a variety of roles, including "Jude" (1996), "Elizabeth" (1998), "eXistenZ" (1999), "Gone in 60 Seconds" (2000), "The Others" (2001), "24 Hour Party People" (2002) and "28 Days Later" (2002). He played a major role as the protagonist of the 2002 "Revengers Tragedy", adapted from Thomas Middleton's play of the same name. He starred in the independent films "A Price Above Rubies" (1998) and "The Invisible Circus" (2001). He starred in the car-heist film "Gone in 60 Seconds", but did not take his driving test until January 2004. He said on BBC's "Top Gear" that his licence restricts him to vehicles with automatic transmission.