Background
Carvel was born in London, England, the son of a psychologist mother and John Carvel, a journalist.
Carvel was born in London, England, the son of a psychologist mother and John Carvel, a journalist.
Carvel was educated at University College School.
Carvel is a Patron of the Globe "s education department"s "Playing Shakespeare" programme, which provides free educational resources and free theatre tickets to secondary school students. In 2013 he ran for and was elected to Equity"s 11-person Stage Committee. He was re-elected for a further two-year term in 2015.
Carvel has appeared in several other film, television and theatre roles, including The Wrong Mans, Babylon, Doctor Who (episode "The Lazarus Experiment"), Sherlock (episode "The Blind Banker"), Bombshell, Hawking, The Crimson Petal and the White, Money and Midsomer Murders (episode "The Great and the Good").
He played Lord Carmarthen in John Adams. In the television film Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures he played Christie"s second husband Max Mallowan.
Carvel appeared as Bamatabois in the film Les Misérables, based on the musical of the same name. Carvel is also the voice of the male Imperial Agent in the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic.
In 2015 Carvel starred as Jonathan Strange in the British Broadcasting Corporation One adaptation of Susanna Clarke"s novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, opposite Eddie Marsan as Gilbert Norrell.
He played Nick Clegg in the Channel 4 drama Coalition and in September appeared as the unfaithful husband of Suranne Jones"s title character in the British Broadcasting Corporation One thriller series Doctor Foster.