Biografie

1,91 m

He won Outstanding Performing Artist in the 2018 York Culture Awards for three horror roles: Count Dracula in "Dracula", the Creature in Frankenstein's Creature (2018) and Lucifer in "The York Mystery Plays".

Kim Newman chose him as his Cult Hero of the Month in the August 2021 edition of Empire.

He contributed to Sight and Sound's 2022 Greatest Films of All Time poll. His selections were Alles über Eva (1950), Frankensteins Braut (1935), Schloss des Schreckens (1961), Die Spur des Falken (1941), Die Nacht des Jägers (1955), Oliver Twist (1948), Das ist New York (1949), Sonnenaufgang (1927), Vampyr (1932) and Vertigo: Aus dem Reich der Toten (1958).

He is a recurring guest on The Evolution of Horror with Mike Muncer. Classic horror films they have discussed so far include Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920), Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922), Die Hexe (1922), Freaks - Missgestaltete (1932), Vampyr (1932), Das Haus des Grauens (1932), King Kong und die weiße Frau (1933), Die schwarze Katze (1934), Der Rabe (1935), Schock - The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), Das Dorf der Verdammten (1960) and Theater des Grauens (1973).

He was the recipient of the Dracula Society's 2023 Hamilton Deane Award for three different performances: Victor Carroon in the 70th anniversary production of "The Quatermass Experiment" (Alexandra Palace), his one-man renditions of "A Christmas Carol", "The Chimes" and "The Haunted Man" (Charles Dickens Museum) and the Mummy in Lot No. 249 (2023).