Background
Dimsdale is the son of a Swiss mother.
Dimsdale is the son of a Swiss mother.
Dimsdale attended the Dragon School and then Eton College, and went on to study French and Economics at university.
Born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, he was brought up in Hertfordshire. He has a sister, Anna. He developed a stammer at age six which he has since partially brought under control through speech therapy.
He trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1999.
Dimsdale began his performing career at the age of thirteen in a radio play for the British Broadcasting Corporation. He has lent his voice to the radio productions In The Company of Men and Sharp Focus. His film credits include RocknRolla (2008), Cosi (2010) and the short film Pest.
On television, he played the lead roles of Louis Trevelyan in the 2004 adaptation of He Knew He Was Right, and Doctor Felix Quinn in the 2008 ITV1 medical drama Harley Street. He has also made guest appearances in Doctors, Casualty and Lark Rise to Candleford.
His theatre work includes Great Expectations, The Changeling, Five Finger Exercise and The Tempest.
Pravda, Chichester Festival, September 2006 (playing Andrew May) The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Cottesloe, March - April 2006, (playing Fat Prince) Twelfth Night, Tricycle, September 2008 (playing Toby Belch).