Neil began his acting career at the tender age of eleven, appearing as
an altar boy in the opera Esclamonde at The Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden, alongside Dame Joan Sutherland. However, there was a break in
his theatrical career as he concentrated on his studies but during this
time he worked with The Royal Shakespeare Company in London as a
stage-hand.
In December, 1993 he wrote, directed and appeared in the short film "Of
Sound Mind", which was selected for the Halloween Society's short film
festival in the summer of 1995 after an ill-fated attempt to gain
entrance to the National Film & Television School.
He continued to write and direct short films and in 1994 he made
Reservoir Guide Dogs - a spoof film trailer that was later shown on
Channel Four. However, disillusioned with the way the film industry was
run in the UK, he dropped out of the scene altogether and moved onto
the web, creating short animation features using the latest computer
software.
There he stayed until 2004, when he nabbed a small role in the feature
film Trash House - creating the film's opening credit sequence in
return for the part of the surgeon.