- He studied law at Cambridge University and qualified as a barrister before becoming an actor
- He was born in Ghana, then moved with his family to Dublin when he was 8, later relocating to England.
- He was considered for the role of James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987) before Timothy Dalton was cast.
- He realised at the age of 13 that he had a flair for acting.
- He met his wife when he was aged 28, at a dinner party.
- His wife, Victoria Threlfall, is an artist
- He has four children with his wife: Matilda, Clemency, Oriel and Honor.
- He auditioned for the part of Rimmer in Red Dwarf (1988).
- He is no relation to Peter Bathurst, another distinguished British actor with an extensive screen career, who died in 1989.
- He has one brother, Nicholas and one sister, Charlotte.
- He is occasionally mistaken for actor Jeff Daniels.
- In his twenties he made up two fake credits on his CV, and has continued to use them throughout his career: "The Odd Thing" and "Loads of Tosh".
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