Band Of Brothers, BBC2, 9 pm

(publication unknown), Autumn 2001

Age: 29

Best not to mention: His red hair. One critic scoffed about him being a "carrot-topped Romeo." Another told him that a redhead couldn't possibly play Hamlet.

Ironic confession: "Actually I would have been a really terrible paratrooper because I hate heights."

Currently filming: Granada's The Forsyte Saga -- he stars as Soames.