2012 | Cast in ensemble crime comedy "Seven Psychopaths" |
2012 | Made cameo in superhero blockbuster "The Avengers" |
2011 | Voiced Balthazar in Gore Verbinski's animated feature "Rango" |
2009 | Played the Caterpillar in SyFy fantasy miniseries "Alice" |
2006 | Reteamed with director David Lynch to star in "Inland Empire" |
2006 | Cast as Roman Grant, the prophet of the Juniper Creek compound on HBO drama series "Big Love" |
2005 | Appeared in "The Wendell Baker Story" for Andrew and Luke Wilson |
2001 | Played opposite Jack Nicholson in "The Pledge" for director Sean Penn |
1999 | Cast in "The Green Mile" for director Frank Darabont |
1998 | Appeared in the feature adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" for Terry Gilliam |
1996 | Co-starred in ABC miniseries "Larry McMurtry's 'Dead Man's Walk'" |
1992 | Starred in David Lynch's "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" |
1990 | Played a soft-hearted, but ill-fated private investigator in David Lynch's "Wild at Heart" |
1988 | Played Saul (Paul) in "The Last Temptation of Christ" |
1986 | Played Molly Ringwald's father in "Pretty in Pink" |
1984 | Cast in the quirky cult film "Repo Man," by indie director Alex Cox |
1984 | Landed first screen lead in Wim Wenders directed "Paris, Texas" |
1979 | Cast in Ridley Scott's sci-fi thriller "Alien" |
1979 | Made TV-movie debut in "Flatbed Annie & Sweetpie: Lady Truckers" (CBS) |
1974 | Cast in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather, Part II," as an FBI agent protecting Michael V. Gazzo |
1967 | Played a convict who sings gospel tunes to Paul Newman in "Cool Hand Luke" |
| Roomed with Jack Nicholson in the late 1960s |
1966 | Made unsold CBS pilot |
1958 | Played villain opposite Alan Ladd in "The Proud Rebel" |
1957 | Moved to Hollywood and made screen debut in "Tomahawk Trail" |
| Moved to New York; joined Strawbridge Children's Theatre |
| Joined the American Male Chorus |
| Moved to Pasadena, CA, to study acting |
| Decided to pursue acting career after starring in college production of "Pygmalion" |
| Served in the Navy during WWII |
| Raised in Kentucky |
