Biography
He honed his classical chops in a number of Shakespeare in the Park productions, including "Richard III" (1990), "Othello" (1991) and "As You Like It" (1992), as well as acting in Off-Broadway productions of John Patrick Shanley's "The Big Funk" (1990) and the highly-acclaimed "Mad Forest" (1991). The blandly attractive blond actor made an auspicious Broadway debut playing five Italian brothers in Alan Ayckbourn's farcical "A Small Family …
Career Milestones
| Appeared in Shakespeare in the Park productions of "Richard III" and "Othello" | ||
1988 | Made his New York stage debut in "Road" | |
1989 | Film acting debut, Melvin Van Peebles' "Identity Crisis" (film not released in the US) | |
1989 | First released film, Oliver Stone's "Born on the Fourth of July" | |
1992 | Made Broadway debut in Alan Ayckbourn's farcical "A Small Family Business" | |
1992 | Played a Hasidic Jew in Sidney Lumet's "A Stranger Among Us" | |
1992 | Was part of the ensemble of the Off-Broadway production of "Mad Forest" | |
1993 | Played a secret informant in the film adaption of the John Grisham novel "The Pelican Brief" | |
1993 | Portrayed a violent pimp in the independent feature "Skin Art" | |
1994 | Made series debut, opposite Gene Wilder, in NBC's "Something Wilder" | |
1994 | Portrayed a tobacco-chewing homicidal maniac in his TV-movie debut, "Vanishing Son II" | |
1995 | Appeared as a regular on the CBS supernatural drama "American Gothic" | |
1997 | Appeared as snotty, rich brat in the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation, "What the Deaf Man Heard" (CBS) | |
1997 | Had small role in Steven Spielberg's "Amistad" | |
1998 | Essayed the role of French King Henry in "Dangerous Beauty" | |
1998 | Offered a memorable role as the treacherous Drew in "Meet Joe Black" | |
1999 | Played John Cusack's sarcastic, opinionated best friend in "Pushing Tin" | |
2000 | Cast as FBI agent in the supernatural thriller "The Cell" | |
2000 | Portrayed one of the leaders of a mission to intercept a stranded German submarine in "U-571" | |
2001 | Cast as one of the leads in the HBO series "The Mind of the Married Man" | |
2001 | Earned positive reviews as a man whose family comes under attack in the supernatural thriller "Wendigo" | |
2002 | Starred in the Off-Broadway play "Monster" | |
2004 | Starred in the remake of the 1978 horror film "Dawn of the Dead" | |
2005 | Cast as the husband of a woman (Patricia Arquette) plagued by psychic visions who uses her ability to help solve crimes in "Medium" (NBC, 2005-09; CBS, 2009-10) | |