He is best known for playing Lazlo Vig, the psychotic Serbian war criminal goalkeeper, in Mike Bassett: Manager for ITV1.
The series picks up some time after Mike took England to the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup (the exact date is unspecified, though in the second episode Mike implies that he lost the England job four years ago, which would seem to set the series during the 2007-08 season).
Her highest-profile television roles to date include Down to Earth (in which she played Emma Murphy, the wayward daughter of Ricky Tomlinson and Denise Welch), Holby City, Doctors, Mike Bassett: Manager and Family Affairs, in which she played Eve O'Brien.
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Venter gave extremely short answers to every question posed to him, and afterwards admitted that he was inspired from a comedy sketch from the film Mike Bassett: England Manager which he had recently watched.
The album is a mixture of covers and new tracks, in addition to 'Summertime', a song originally written when Williams left Take That and which appeared in the credits of Mike Bassett: England Manager'. Receiving a mixed reception from critics, the album reached the top position in fourteen countries including United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Mexico, Argentina, Spain, Italy and Finland.
He has also appeared in Mike Bassett: England Manager playing the character Harpsey, a womaniser constantly on his mobile phone to the annoyance of his manager and Family Affairs where he briefly played the character PC Dan Ellison.