“Until my 30s my career had been great, and then it just fell off a cliff.”
He credits his agent and manager, both American, who encouraged him to audition for the role.
And three weeks after sending in his tape, he was offered the job and flew to the States immediately, leaving behind his wife and their two daughters.
Despite having now moved back to the UK permanently to reunite with his family after almost a decade in the US, it will remain a move he will never regret.