Random Facts

  • Started dancing when he was six. Dancers have been in his family for ages. His sister, his mother, grandmother, and aunt all danced before him.
  • When he won Best Actor at the 2001 British Academy Awards (BAFTAs), not only did he beat the Best Actor Oscar winner of that year, Russell Crowe, but the other three nominees he beat out – Tom Hanks, Michael Douglas and Geoffrey Rush – had also won the Best Actor Oscar in past years.
  • Only the second actor ever to be awarded Outstanding Performance by a Young Actor from the National Board of Review, USA. The first was fellow Brit Christian Bale in 1987 (then titled Outstanding Juvenile Performance) for Empire of the Sun (1987).
  • Prefers tap dancing over ballet. Has been in many tap-dancing competitions and won many awards.