Is fluent in Japanese and lived in Tokyo until he was 8 years old before moving to Surrey, England.
Has written for Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
Read Classics at the University of Cambridge, where he was the president of the Footlights Revue. Graduated in 2008 and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company for their 2008/2009 season.
His first feature film, Black Pond, was released on 11 November 2011.