Biografia

Owns a winery, Two Paddocks, in the Central Otago region of New Zealand. It was started in 1993.

Suffered with a stammer when he was younger.

Moved to New Zealand at age 7.

One of the original candidates for the fourth and fifth actor to portray James Bond - 007 in 007 - Marcado para a Morte (1987) and 007 Contra GoldenEye (1995). Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan ended up as James Bond, respectively.

He is a big fan of The Beach Boys.

"Of all the characters I've played, I think I have more in common with that guy than with Reilly: O Maior dos Espiões (1983) referring to Carl Fitzgerald in Morte em Brunswick (1990). Who Weekly (NZ) 8/23/93.

Referring to Os Simpsons (1989): "I'm playing a cat burglar. I've made it. This is the high point of my career. I'm really chuffed". EW, 7/23/93.

"Perhaps we should look at somewhere else where they recently used the time-old bribe of tax cuts, and see how it worked. In 2000, George W. Bush, under the reasonable sounding 'compassionate conservatism', offered huge tax cuts. And he delivered. Take a look at America now. The rich are certainly richer, but the economy is in the tank, a healthy surplus has been converted into a massive deficit, and the U.S. is a place that cannot even afford the basics. Like maintaining levees in low-lying Louisiana. Might I suggest that tax cuts led indirectly to the flooding of New Orleans?".

If all I did was acting, I'd go out of my mind.

The pathetic thing about actors is they don't feel valid unless they're acting.