While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the one person who made me wanna sing myself.

In December 1992 he began the first of five appearances as the evil Immortal Xavier St. In 1990 he was named by People magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" in the world. He has also appeared in the movie The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife (2001).

Roland Lee Gift (born 28 May 1961) is a British singer and actor.