With his Cockney dialect, he beat out several real British actors for his role as The Barker in The Prestige (2006). He's actually from Muncie, Indiana.
Got his name from his maternal grandfather, who used it as his stage name when he headlined in vaudeville.
Originally cast for 6 of 10 episodes on the NBC series "Crossbones", after working with him on the first three shows, writer/show creator Neil Cross added Ezra's character Oswald Eisengrim to 3 more episodes.