Biography
Roland Gift is a British singer, songwriter and actor. He was the lead vocalist of the band Fine Young Cannibals, formed in 1984, and earlier fronted the ska band Akrylykz.
Gift made his screen acting debut in Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987). He appeared as a band member in Tin Men (1987) and portrayed Johnnie Edgecombe in Scandal (1989). On television he played Xavier St. Cloud in five episodes of Highlander: The Series (1992–1997). His stage work includes the role of Romeo in a 1990 Hull Truck Theatre production of Romeo and Juliet.
He was born Roland Lee Gift on 28 May 1961 in Sparkhill, Birmingham.
