✦Along with his girlfriend Jemima Khan filed a libel suit against British newspaper Daily Mail over its article titled "I never knew he was such a good actor," which he claims is "false and defamatory" which was published June 3, 2006.
✦Became one of the first 100 to be bestowed an honor of his name being set into the pavement at London's Avenue of the Stars in Convent Garden by 2005.
✦Was considered for the role of Gilderoy Lockhart in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002).
✦Was the 4th Greatest British Film Actors based on the Orange 2001 film survey.
✦Was given the nickname of Whippy by James Caan during the filming of "Mickey Blue Eyes" (1999) because the older actor considered him to worry about everything like "the little whippet dogs that get nervous."