Actor, comedian, writer, teacher
Auditioned for the part of Rimmer in "Red Dwarf" .
Along with Bill Wallis , he is one of only two actors outside of the six core "Blackadder" cast members (Rowan Atkinson , Tony Robinson , Tim McInnerny , Stephen Fry , Hugh Laurie and Miranda Richardson ) to appear in three different "Blackadder" series: "Black-Adder II" , "Black Adder the Third" and "Blackadder Goes Forth" .