His father, Canon John Ovenden, is a chaplain to the Queen of England. Has an exceptional tenor singing voice and plays trumpet, trombone and piano to Grade 8. He looked set to have a career in Music until he chose to study at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art to learn more about stagecraft. One starred in a Diet Coke advert in the UK, which gained him a massive female fanbase. Won choral scholarships to Eton and New College Oxford.