On television, he has appeared in Queer As Folk, Prime Suspect, New Tricks, The Virgin Queen, Inspector Morse, Cutting It, Happiness (TV series), Lead Balloon as well as other roles. He has also worked in film. 12 October 2008, he appeared as the dog trainer in Peter Kay's Britain's Got The Pop Factor ... And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice, a spoof on the talent show genre of programmes. He played Uncle Fred in Frankenstein's Wedding on 19 March 2011.
In 2013, he played Dave in the BBC comedy-drama Being Eileen.
In 2014, 2015 and 2017 he played the part of Russell in the television sitcom Detectorists.
