Biografia

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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 A Malvada (1950), A Noiva de Frankenstein (1935), Os Inocentes (1961), O Falcão Maltês (1941), O Mensageiro do Diabo (1955), Oliver Twist (1948), Um Dia em Nova York (1949), Aurora (1927), O Vampiro (1932) and Um Corpo que Cai (1958).

He is a recurring guest on The Evolution of Horror with Mike Muncer. Classic horror films they have discussed so far include O Gabinete do Dr. Caligari (1920), Nosferatu (1922), Häxan - A Feitiçaria Através dos Tempos (1922), Monstros (1932), O Vampiro (1932), A Casa Sinistra (1932), King Kong (1933), O Gato Preto (1934), O Corvo (1935), Terror que Mata (1955), A Aldeia dos Amaldiçoados (1960) and As 7 Máscaras da Morte (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).