| Acted in industrial films, "Just Along for the Ride" and "My Father's Son" |
| Appeared in the L.A. production of "Our Country's Good" |
| Portrayed Huck Finn in a Chicago production at the Goodman Theater |
1985 | Made Broadway debut as an understudy to the lead role in the musical, "Big River" |
1986 | First film role, "One More Saturday Night"; filmed first but released after "Band of the Hand" |
1986 | Made TV acting debut in "The Roommate," a PBS' "American Playhouse" presentation |
1988 | Co-starred in the Disney Channel movie, "A Friendship in Vienna" |
1989 | Starred as a Polish violinist in "Misplaced" |
1990 | Appeared in the off-Broadway and Broadway productions of John Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation" |
1990 | Had leading role in "Teach 109," a presentation of PBS' "American Playhouse" |
1991 | Cast as Dickon in the Broadway musical adaptation of "The Secret Garden" |
1992 | Portrayed Ned Weeks in Larry Kramer's autobiographical stage drama, "The Destiny of Me" |
1994 | Had featured role in "Hello Again," Michael John LaChiusa's off-Broadway musical adaptation of "La Ronde" |
1994 | Met musician Stephen Trask on an airplane flight; later collaborated on idea that developed into "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" |
1996 | Cast as the title character's gay best friend in the short-lived FOX sitcom, "Party Girl" |
1996 | Played a small role as an aspiring actor in Spike Lee's "Girl 6" |
1997 | Co-wrote (along with composer Stephen Trask) and starred in the off Broadway musical, "Hedwig and Angry Inch" |
2001 | Made his directorial debut with the feature adaptation of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"; also scripted and reprised role as an East German transgender rock musician |
2003 | Executive produced the documentary film, "Tarnation" |
2005 | Directed the Scissor Sisters video of "Filthy/Gorgeous," which was banned from American MTV for its explicitly sexual content |
2006 | Directed the feature "Shortbus," which incorporates explicit sex in a naturalistic way; presented out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival |
2010 | Directed the indie drama, "Rabbit Hole," starring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart as parents grieving the death of their young son |
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Independent Spirit Award for Best Director |
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Independent Spirit Award for Best Director ("Rabbit Hole") |
