Biography
Sisto made his feature film debut while still in high school, playing Kevin Kline's son in Lawrence Kasdan's ensemble drama, "Grand Canyon" (1991). He quickly racked up a number of supporting roles opposite Hollywood's most popular names in such high-profile films as "Clueless" (1995) and "White Squall" (1996). Recognized for a calm intensity he brought to his characters, he went on to win the title role of the messiah in the biblical drama …
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Career Milestones
| Acted with Chicago's Absolute Theater Company and at the Cherry Street Theater | ||
| By age eight, started auditioning for various Chicago theaters; hired by Goodman Theater to appear in Tennessee Williams' "House Not Meant to Stand" and opposite Brian Dennehy in "Galileo" | ||
1991 | Made film debut as Kevin Kline's son in Lawrence Kasdan's "Grand Canyon" | |
1992 | TV debut, opposite Reese Witherspoon in "Desperate Choices: To Save My Child" (NBC) | |
1993 | Moved to Los Angeles and landed the role of Andrew, an epileptic and retarded teenager in "The Care and Custody of Barbara Moon" at Theatre Geo | |
1994 | Appeared in Disney's ABC-TV remake of "The Shaggy Dog" as Trey Miller, the hero's cool best friend who invisions himself a teenage Casanova | |
1994 | Starred as a sexually confused, vulnerable and explosive young man in the independent feature "The Crew" | |
1995 | Played a serial killer in "Hideaway"; first film with Alicia Silverstone | |
1995 | Portrayed Gwyneth Paltrow's love interest in "Moonlight and Valentino" | |
1995 | Re-teamed with Alicia Silverstone, playing popular and rich high school student Elton in "Clueless" | |
1996 | Co-starred in in the ensemble of "White Squall"; directed by Ridley Scott | |
1997 | Acted in the black comedy-thriller "Suicide Kings" as a morphine-addicted medical student | |
1998 | Featured in the ensemble of the festival-screened "Bongwater," playing Andy Dick's comic love partner | |
1998 | Played distance runner Frank Shorter to Billy Crudup's Steve Prefontaine in "Without Limits" | |
1998 | Portrayed Frederick Seward in "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" (TNT) | |
1999 | Played the over-the-edge radical Kenny Klein in NBC's miniseries "The '60s" | |
1999 | Starred as a young Hollywood screenwriter who deals with the untimely death of his wife in "This Space Between Us" | |
2000 | Played the title role in the CBS miniseries "Jesus" | |
2001 | Cast as Jennifer Lopez's troubled brother in "Angel Eyes" | |
2001 | Cast in the award winning HBO series "Six Feet Under" as Billy Chenowith, the troubled brother of Rachel Griffith's character Brenda | |
2002 | Played title role in the TNT miniseries "Julius Caesar" | |
2003 | Co-starred in the indie thriller "Wrong Turn" | |
2005 | Cast opposite Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet in the romantic comedy "A Lot Like Love" | |
2006 | Cast as a hostage rescue specialist in the NBC drama "Kidnapped" | |
2006 | Played a heroin addict opposite Heather Graham in the indie film "Broken" | |
2006 | Starred alongside Larry Bryggman, Ali MacGraw and Julianna Margulies in the Broadway production of "Festen" | |
2007 | Co-starred with Keri Russell in the indie feature "Waitress"; helmed by Adrienne Shelly, who was murdered before the film's release | |
2007 | Joined the cast of NBC's "Law & Order" as a detective; series was cancelled after being on the air for 20 years | |
2011 | Co-starred as the father of a Manhattan teen (Jane Levy) who moves from the big city to the suburbs on the ABC comedy series "Suburgatory" | |
Awards
2002 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Six Feet Under |
2006 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Six Feet Under |