He and his wife Jacqueline own a corporate event business in Brighton,
called 'The Brilliant Company', which specialises in organising murder
mysteries, gameshows, teambuilding events and themed parties.
Before achieving fame on ITV's Coronation Street (1960) as serial killer Richard Hillman
in 2002 he appeared on the soap back in 1981-1982 playing a different
character called Donald.
He played six different characters, at different times, in the popular ITV
drama The Bill (1984).
He has three children: Lucy (born November 1975) and Ellen (born June
1978) with his first wife, and Louis (born June 1996) with his second
wife Jacqueline Bucknell.