 His first acting role was as a guest star in an episode of "Zorro" called "The Newcomers" (aired 10 February 1991) but a more prominent role was as the thug "Ferguson" alongside John Sessions in "Jute City", a four-part 1991 BBC drama based on a group of Masonic ruffians.In 1994, he appeared in "Chasing the Deer", a film set during the 1745 Jacobite rebellion, as "Angus Cameron".He also missed out on a role in "Braveheart".