Alex studied English and Theatre Studies at Warwick University, before training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has won many awards including the 1989 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Comedy Performance as well as the 1988 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actor for Too Clever By Half.
an English actor, best known for his roles as Guy Secretan in the television series Green Wing, Dan Moody in I'm Alan Partridge, Sean Lincoln in Episodes and holistic detective Dirk Gently in Dirk Gently.
