Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Coasting | Mike | TV series broadcast on ITV |
| 1992 | Angels | Victor | |
| 1995 | Feast of July | Jedd Wainwright | |
| Sharpe's Sword | Captain Jack the Lord Spears | ||
| 1997 | Jilting Joe | Joe | |
| 1998 | Bedrooms and Hallways | Brendan | |
| 1999 | Mansfield Park | Tom Bertram | |
| Women Talking Dirty | Daniel | ||
| 2000 | Lighthouse | Richard Spader | |
| Maybe Baby | Carl Phipps | ||
| The Wedding Tackle | Hal | ||
| Don Quixote | Sansón Carrasco | ||
| 2001 | Tomorrow | Andrew Spender | |
| A Knight's Tale | Edward, the Black Prince of Wales alias Sir Thomas Colville | ||
| 2002 | Resident Evil | Spence Parks | |
| 2003 | Photo Finish | James | Won a Jury Award for best actor |
| Lena: The Bride of Ice | Dr. Harper | ||
| 2004 | George and the Dragon | George | |
| Blessed | Craig Howard | ||
| Vanity Fair | Colonel Rawdon Crawley | ||
| 2005 | Rome | Mark Antony | 2 seasons, 2005–2007 |
| Blackbeard: Terror at Sea | Edward Teach/Blackbeard | ||
| 2006 | Goose on the Loose | Kenneth Donnelly | |
| Beau Brummell: This Charming Man | Beau Brummell | ||
| 2009 | The Philanthropist | Teddy Rist | TV series, cancelled after one season |
| Solomon Kane | Solomon Kane | ||
| 2011 | Camelot | King Lot | TV series, Starz. Episode 1.1,1.2 |
| Ironclad | Marshall | ||
| Injustice | William Travers | ITV 5-part TV-serial | |
| Revenge | Dominik Wright | TV series, ABC. Episodes 1.17,1.18 | |
| 2012 | John Carter | Kantos Kan | |
| Richard II | Mowbray | TV film | |
| 2013 | The Following | Joe Carroll | TV series |
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