영국 웨일스주 플린트셔 출생. 로얄 드라마틱 아트 아카데미, 로얄 셰익스피어 컴퍼니에서 연기수업을 받았으며, 그는 영화, 뮤지컬, 연극 등에서 많은 활약을 보였다. 1980년 <Hamlet>으로 올리비에 어워즈 남우주연상을 수상하였다. 영화는 1972년 <Doomwatch>로 데뷔하였으며, <Brazil>, <Evita>, <Stigma>, <De-Lovely>, <G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra>가 그의 대표작이다.

Film
<Hysteria, 2011> Actor
<Cranford,  2009> Actor(Mr. Buxton
<G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, 2009> Actor(U.S. President)
<Echelon Conspiracy, 2009> Actor(Mueller)
<Bedtime Stories, 2008> Actor(Marty Bronson)
<Clone, 2008> Actor(Dr. Victor Blenkinsop)
<Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, 2008> Actor(Field Marshall Robert Bingham)
<My Zinc Bed, 2008> Actor(Victor Quinn)
<Leatherheads, 2008> Actor(C.C. Frazier)
<Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2007> Actor(Governor Weatherby Swann)
<Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2007> Voice(Governor Weatherby Swann)
<Baker Street Irregulars, 2007> Actor(Sherlock Holmes)
<HR, 2007> Actor(Peter)
<The Moon and the Stars, 2007> Actor(James Clavel/Scarpia)
<Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 2006> Actor(Governor Weatherby Swann)
<Renaissance, 2006>, voice> Actor(Paul Dellenbach)
<The New World, 2005> Actor(King James)
<Brothers of the Head, 2005> Actor(Henry Couling)
<The Brothers Grimm, 2005> Actor(Delatombe)
<Untitled Bruckheimer/McCall Project, 2005> Actor
<De-Lovely, 2004> Actor(Gabe)
<Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003> Actor(Governor Weatherby Swann)
<What a Girl Wants, 2003> Actor(Alistair Payne)
<Mad Dogs, 2002> Actor(Supreme Being)
<Unconditional Love, 2002> Actor(Victor Fox)
<Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, 2002>,  Actor(Master Schoenmacker)
<The Affair of the Necklace, 2001> Actor(Cardinal Louis de Rohan)
<Victoria & Albert, 2001>,  Actor(King Leopold I of Belgium)
<Bride of the Wind, 2001> Actor(Gustav Mahler)
<Very Annie Mary, 2001>,  Actor(Jack Pugh)
<The Testimony of Taliesin Jones, 2000> Actor(Tal's Dad)
<The Suicide Club, 2000> Actor(Bourne)
<Stigmata, 1999> Actor(Cardinal Daniel Houseman)
<Il gioco, 1999> Actor(Mark)
<The Union Game: A Rugby History, 1999> Voice(Narrator)
<Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death, 1999> Actor(The Master)
<Ronin, 1998> Actor(Seamus O'Rourke)
<Into the Unknown, 1997> Narrator
<Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997> Actor(Elliot Carver)
<Regeneration, 1997> Actor(Capt. William Rivers)
<David, 1997>,  Actor(Saul)
<Evita, 1996> Actor(Juan Peron)
<Carrington, 1995> Actor(Lytton Strachey)
<A Troll in Central Park, 1994> Voice(Alan)
<Shopping, 1994> Actor(Conway)
<Deadly Advice, 1994> Actor(Dr. Ted Philips)
<A Business Affair, 1994> Actor(Alec Bolton)
<The Age of Innocence, 1993> Actor(Riviere)
<Barbarians at the Gate, 1993>  Actor(Henry Kravis)
<Mr. Wroe's Virgins, 1993> Actor(John Wroe)
<Dark Blood, 1993> Actor(Harry Fisher)
<Great Moments in Aviation, 1993> Actor(Duncan Stewart)
<Thicker Than Water, 1993> Actor(Sam)
<Glengarry Glen Ross, 1992> Actor(James Lingk
<Freddie as F.R.O.7., 1992> Voice(Trilby)
<A Child's Garden of Verses, 1992> Voice(Narrator/Father)
<Selling Hitler, 1991> Actor(Gerd Heidemann)
<Screen Two, 1990> Actor(William Wallace)
<The Rachel Papers, 1989> Actor(Norman)
<The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 1988> Actor(The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson)
<The Storyteller, 1988> Actor(King)
<Consuming Passions, 1988> Actor(Mr. Farris)
<Tickets for the Titanic, 1988> Actor(Rev Richard Hopkins)
<Man on Fire, 1987> Actor(Michael)
<Jumpin' Jack Flash, 1986> Actor(Jack)
<Haunted Honeymoon, 1986> Actor(Charles)
<The Doctor and the Devils, 1985> Actor(Robert Fallon)
<Brazil, 1985> Actor(Sam Lowry)
<Martin Luther, Heretic, 1983> Actor(Martin Luther)
<The Ploughman's Lunch, 1983> Actor(James Penfield)
<Something Wicked This Way Comes, 1983> Actor(Mr. Dark)
<Murder Is Easy, 1982> Actor(Mr. Ellsworthy)
<Praying Mantis, 1982> Actor(Christian Magny)
<Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore, 1981> Actor(Roger Flower)
<Timon of Athens, 1981> Actor(Timon)
<Loophole, 1981> Actor(Taylor)
<Breaking Glass, 1980> Actor(Ken)
<The Day Christ Died, 1980> Actor(Herod)
<Play for Today, 1975-1979> Actor(Gethin Price)
<BBC2 Play of the Week, 1978> Actor
<Spasms, 1977> Actor(Dave Finn)
<Chalk and Cheese, 1977> Actor(Dave Finn)
<After the Boom Was Over, 1977> Actor(Mr. Ambrose)
<Voyage of the Damned, 1976> Actor(Joseph Manasse)
<Bill Brand, 1976> Actor(Jamie Finn)
<BBC2 Playhouse, 1976> Actor(Playleader)
<Daft As a Brush, 1975> Actor
<Doomwatch, 1972> Actor(Police Constable)