1977 | Decided he wanted to be an actor at age five |
1980 | At age eight, asked his mother to take him to a local audition held in San Antonio |
1981 | Feature debut at age nine, "Raggedy Man," starring Sissy Spacek |
1981 | Made TV debut in the NBC special, "The Steeler and the Pittsburgh Kid" |
1982 | Gained international celebrity as the star of Steven Spielberg's "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" |
1984 | Received positive notices for his lead performance opposite Gene Hackman in "Misunderstood" |
1984 | Received top billing over Dabney Coleman in "Cloak and Dagger"; last American film credit for nine years |
1988 | Played a supporting role in Milos Foreman's international co-production, "Valmont" |
1990 | Played the young Norman Bates in the made-for-cable sequel, "Psycho IV: The Beginning" |
1993 | Returned to Hollywood films with a supporting role in the UFO drama, "Fire in the Sky" |
1994 | Co-starred with Brad Pitt and Aidan Quinn in "Legends of the Fall" |
1995 | Earned praise for his turn as Ray Buckey, accused of child abuse, in the HBO docudrama, "Indictment: The McMartin Trial" |
1997 | Starred opposite Robin Tunney in the independent film, "Niagara, Niagara" |
1998 | Appeared in the ensemble film, "Suicide Kings," alongside Johnny Galecki, Jeremy Sisto and Christopher Walken |
1998 | Co-starred as Ishmael in USA Network's remake of "Moby Dick" |
2000 | Appeared opposite Matt Damon in "All the Pretty Horses" |
2002 | Appeared as Johnny Sirocco in "Gangs of New York" |
2007 | Played a 'Man of God' in "The Last Sin Eater" |
2010 | Played the close friend of Amanda Seyfried in the feature adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel, "Dear John" |
