He made his screen debut in 1979 as Rory Storm in "Birth of The Beatles", and appeared in numerous British films and television programmes, such as cult classic Quadrophenia after being suggested to the director by his long time friend Gary Holton. He played PC Dave Litten in the first series of "The Bill", but achieved fame only with the role of Ben in the sitcom "2point4 Children" (1991–1999). He played a starring film role as Arthur Hoyle alongside Samantha Janus and Neil Morrissey in the rugby league comedy, "Up 'n' Under". He appeared in many TV adverts, notably the 1996 National Westminster Bank advertising campaign.