Even when you're producing difficult material and you get emotional, after it you feel good; you feel like you've done a good job, or had an emotional release. I've always enjoyed that, but you go home and think, that was a good day's work, and you move on.

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Shortly after Hackers he was cast in Trainspotting as "Sick Boy". His first appearance on US television was the 1996 miniseries Dead Man's Walk. He currently stars as Sherlock Holmes in the CBS crime drama Elementary alongside Lucy Liu as Dr.

He achieved early success with roles in the films Hackers (1995) and Trainspotting (1996) and worked steadily in film and theatre until 2008 when he starred as the series lead in two seasons of the American television series Eli Stone. He currently stars as Sherlock Holmes in the CBS crime drama Elementary alongside Lucy Liu as Dr.