- Left the University of Sussex after two years to join a fringe theater group called the Brighton Combination.
- Performed with the Madhouse Company of London, a comedy troupe, during the 1970s.
- Attended a circus school in New York during the 1970s, where he learned to walk the tightrope, ride a unicycle, juggle and perform magic.
Screen Actors Guild Awards
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