Jake Weber

Starred in the remake of the 1978 horror film "Dawn of the Dead"

Starred in the Off-Broadway play "Monster", based on Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"

Had featured role on the HBO series "The Mind of the Married Man"

Received strong reviews as a man whose family comes under attack in the supernatural thriller "Wendigo"; screened at Sundance

Cast as FBI agent Gordon Ramsey in supernatural thriller "The Cell", the feature directorial debut of award-winning music video director Tarsem

Portrayed one of the leaders of a mission to intercept a stranded German submarine in the WWII thriller "U-571"

Played John Cusack's sarcastic, opinionated best friend in "Pushing Tin"

Essayed French King Henry whose liaison with the famous 16th-century courtesan of "Dangerous Beauty" insured the offer of his ships to save Venice from the Turks

Offered a suitably despicable turn as the treacherous Drew in "Meet Joe Black", co-starring Claire Forlani

Starred opposite Rob Morrow as his idealistic "golden boy" best friend since childhood in "Into My Heart" (filmed in 1996); Claire Forlani played his wife; released theatrically in the USA in 2000

Appeared as snotty, rich brat in "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation, "What the Deaf Man Heard" (CBS), starring Matthew Modine

Had small role as Mr Wright in Steven Spielberg's "Amistad"

Reteamed with Shanley for two one-act plays ("Missing Marisa" and "Kissing Christine") produced Off-Broadway as "Missing/Kissing"

TV-movie debut, "Vanishing Son II", an installment of the syndicated "Action Pack" series; portrayed a tobacco-chewing homicidal maniac

Played secret informant who puts life on line to reveal truth about a conspiracy to murder supreme court justices in "The Pelican Brief", adapted from the John Grisham novel

Portrayed a violent pimp in the independent feature "Skin Art"

Broadway debut, playing five Italian brothers in Alan Ayckbourn's farcical "A Small Family Business"

Played a Hasidic Jew in Sidney Lumet's "A Stranger Among Us"

Shared Drama Desk Award nomination as part of the ensemble of the Off-Broadway production of "Mad Forest"

Film acting debut, Melvin Van Peebles' "Identity Crisis" (unreleased theatrically in the USA)

First released film, Oliver Stone's "Born on the Fourth of July"; played bit role

New York stage debut in "Road"

Appeared as a regular on "American Gothic", a CBS supernatural drama

Appeared in Shakespeare in the Park (New York Shakespeare Festival) productions of "Richard III" (1990), "Othello" (1991) and "As You Like It" (1992); also acted in NYSF production of John Patrick Shanley's "The Big Funk" (1990)

Did TV guest shots on "Another World" and "Law & Order" (both NBC), among other series

Turned down roles in "Glory" (1989) and "Reversal of Fortune" (1990) to continue his studies at Juilliard

TV series debut as a regular, "Something Wilder" (NBC), a sitcom starring Gene Wilder