- 2009: Will make Broadway debut in the revival of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit"
- 2007: Reprised role of Prince Charming for "Shrek the Third"
- 2005: Cast opposite Emily Watson and Tom Wilkinson in Julian Fellowes' directorial debut "Separate Lies"
- 2005: Voiced the Fox in the adaptation of C.S. Lewis' fantasy classic "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
- 2004: Cast as King Charles II in Richard Eyre's adaptation of Jeffrey Hatcher's play "Stage Beauty"
- 2004: Lent his voice to Prince Charming in the animated feature "Shrek 2"
- 2002: Re-teamed with director Oliver Parker for the remake of "The Importance of Being Earnest"
- 2002: Cast as the lover of a murdered pop star in P. J. Hogan's "Who Shot Victor Fox?"
- 2000: Cast as Madonna's gay best friend in "The Next Best Thing"; also sang backup on her cover of "American Pie," which appears on the film's soundtrack
- 1999: Played Lord Goring in the Oliver Parker-directed film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband"
- 1999: Played the villainous Dr. Claw in the live-action film "Inspector Gadget" opposite Matthew Broderick in the title role
- 1999: Portrayed Oberon, the king of the fairies, in Michael Hoffman's adapation of "William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream"
- 1998: Made cameo appearance as playwright Christopher Marlowe in the Oscar-winning "Shakespeare in Love"
- 1997: Won critical praise for his turn as Julia Roberts' gay editor in "My Best Friend's Wedding"
- 1996: Appeared in print advertisements for Opium for Men cologne
- 1996: Acted in a Paris production of "The Importance of Being Earnest"
- 1995: Played the female lead (in drag) in Tennessee Williams' stage play "The Milk Train Doesn'r Stop Here Anymore"
- 1994: Filmed the leading role in Michele Soavi's "Cemetery Man"
- 1994: Re-ignited film career with comic turns in Robert Altman's "Ready-to-Wear (Pret-a-Porter)" and Nicholas Hytner's "The Madness of King George"
- 1991: Made American stage acting debut in a Los Angeles production of Noel Coward's "The Vortex"
- 1991: Published first novel, Hello Darling, Are You Working?
- 1990: With Natasha Richardson, played a British couple who fall in with an expatriate couple in Venice in "The Comfort of Strangers"
- 1987: Cast as singer James Colt in "Hearts of Fire"; sang several songs on the film's soundtrack
- 1987: Starred in film adaptation of "Chronicle of a Death Foretold"
- 1986: Worked with his idol Julie Andrews in "Duet for One"
- 1985: Appeared as Lancelot in the CBS movie "Arthur the King" (filmed in 1982)
- 1985: Played romantic role of Miranda Richardson's lover in "Dance With a Stranger"
- 1984: Reprised stage role in the film version of "Another Country"
- 1983: Major TV debut, "Princess Daisy" (NBC)
- 1983: Feature acting debut, played the lead role "Real Life"
- 1982: Film debut in the short "A Shocking Accident"
- 1982: Breakthrough stage role, playing the lead role of Guy Bennett in "Another Country"
- 1978: Made stage debut at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre with a walk-on role in "Don Juan"
- 1976: Asked to leave Central School of Speech and Drama in his second year due to insubordination
- Attended boarding schools; dropped out at age 15 to pursue theater studies
- Cast by Orson Welles to portray Welles as a young man in a film about the staging of "The Cradle Will Rock"; project was abandoned when Welles died in 1986
- Moved to Milan and briefly worked as a model
- While a struggling actor in the early 1980s, worked as a male prostitute
- Raised in England




