Has aspired to become a professional soccer player
Got his start in acting in 2000 after winning the role of the Antichrist in the horror film The Calling
First TV role was Jay Keaton on the children's sci-fi drama series The Fugitives
Earned a sixth-form scholarship to the prestigious Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith thanks to his talent as a soccer player and his minor success in acting, and was later approached by actor Jennifer Saunders after she saw him in that school's production of Our Country's Good
Practiced every day for 3 months with Brett Boyett, the music supervisor on Forever My Girl, to prepare for his role, and also studied interviews with various country music stars