- 2009: Played a grieving single parent trying to raise his equally grieving son in "The Boys are Back"
- 2009: Re-teamed with Julia Roberts to play corporate spies in "Duplicity"
- 2009: Teamed with Naomi Watts and director Tom Tykwer for "The International"
- 2007: Appeared as Sir Walter Raleigh, opposite Cate Blanchett, in the film "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
- 2007: Starred alongside Paul Giamatti in the film, "Shoot 'Em Up"
- 2006: Played a mysterious bank robber in Spike Lee's "Inside Man"
- 2006: Starred in Alfonso Cuaron's highly acclaimed, "Children of Men"; worked on the screenplay, although he was uncredited
- 2005: Starred opposite Jennifer Aniston in the thriller, "Derailed"
- 2005: Cast as Dwight in the adaptation of comic book icon Frank Miller's uber-noir series, "Sin City"; co-directed by Miller and Robert Rodriguez
- 2004: Co-starred with Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman and Jude Law in "Closer"; directed by Mike Nichols and based on the play by Patrick Marber; earned first Academy Award nomination
- 2004: Re-teamed with Hodges for "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"
- 2004: Played the title role in Antoine Fuqua's version of "King Arthur"
- 2002: Had a villainous turn, opposite Matt Damon in "The Bourne Identity"
- 2001: Appeared in a series of advertisements for BMW shown over the Internet at bmwfilms.com
- 2001: Played a valet in Robert Altman's "Gosford Park"; second collaboration with Helen Mirren
- 2000: Co-starred opposite Helen Mirren in "Greenfingers"
- 1999: Received international acclaim for his role in Mike Hodges' "Croupier"
- 1999: Appeared in the BBC series "Second Sight" as Chief Inspector Ross Tanner (aired on PBS in the US)
- 1997: Played the leading role in the film adaptation of Martin Sherman's "Bent"
- 1996: First major Hollywood film, "The Rich Man's Wife"
- 1996: Starred in the ITV series, "Sharman"
- 1993: Directed by Poliakoff in "Century"
- 1991: Won praise for his performance as an incestuous brother in Steven Poliakoff's "Close My Eyes"
- 1990: Played the series lead in "Chancer"
- 1989: Made American TV debut in "Precious Bane," a two-part segment of the PBS series, "Mystery!"
- 1988: Feature film debut, "Vroom"
- Became a member of the Young Vic, performing in several plays, such as "Romeo and Juliet"




