He does a fantastic American accent. I saw him in some student flims, from the school he went to in Great Britian. He was doing some period pieces – powdered wig and buckled shoes. He also is the “husband” in Walking on Broken Glass video with Annie Lennox -
Check him out with Dudley Moore from the late 1970s. He’s hilarious as well as in the Blackadder show with Rowan Atkinson. He’s a genius.
And, I read an interview where he said it was very difficult to do the American accent and he finds it to be exhausting. But he’s great at it.
I think he does a great job. I know a lot of people who didn’t know he was English. Aside from that – I am totally addicted to House – can’t get enough of that show!