Overview
- Best known for portraying Rupert Campbell-Black in ITV’s 1993 adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Riders.
- A Facebook fan page said he died on Sunday, January 11, 2026, following a three-year fight with throat cancer, a date widely reported by UK outlets.
- Colleagues and fans paid tribute, including Russell T Davies and Toby Hadoke, who recalled his turns in Doctor Who and Evil Dead 3.
- He is survived by his children, Maxi and Aaliya, and he had recently been in a relationship with former co-star Lysette Anthony after his wife Homaa died in 2020 and his daughter said he had Parkinson’s.
- His screen credits include Doctor Who’s Battlefield, Rambo III and Evil Dead 3, and he was reportedly considered for the role of James Bond in the late 1980s.