Plays the guitar, ukulele, bugle and a bit of piano. To prepare vocally for "From Here to Eternity" he busked every day for a month on London's Southbank.
Owns a Brompton bike which he prefers to ride to film sets rather than having a driver.
His father is a landscape architect and his mother is a livestock farmer.
Whilst performing in "Anna Christie" in London's West End, the cast, led by Jude Law, formed a group called "The Horrid Crew" and gigged several times in London pubs.
Rode along on a genuine police patrol as research for his role in "The Interceptor".
Before studying as an actor had a very brief career as a door-to-door salesman.
For "From Here to Eternity" the male cast members had to undergo rigorous army training.