Born: 11th June, 1959
Birthplace: Oxford
Educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge.
Member of the Cambridge Boat Race crew in 1980, when Oxford won.
Became President of Footlights in his third year at university.
TV programmes include:
- Alfresco (1983-1984)
- Happy Families (1985)
- Blackadder (1983-2000)
- Letters From A Bomber Pilot (1986)
- A Bit Of Fry And Laurie (1986-1995)
- Jeeves And Wooster (1990-1993)
- The Laughing Prisoner (1993)
- All Or Nothing At All (1993)
- Look At The State We're In (1995)
- Unspeakable Verse (1995)
- Fortysomething (2003)
- House M.D. (2004-2010)