| Helmed the screen adaptation of the British miniseries "The Singing Detective" (lensed 2002), starring Robert Downey Jr |
1973 | Inspired to act at age 12 after seeing James Earl Jones act in a Broadway production of "Of Mice and Men" |
1976 | At 15, took his first professional acting job at the National Playwright's Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre |
1976 | Off-Broadway acting debut, "Secrets of the Rich" |
1978 | Feature acting debut as Doug in "Jaws II" |
1979 | First starring role, Dennis in Brian De Palma's comedy "Home Movies" |
1979 | Made TV acting debut in the miniseries "Studs Lonigan" as Young Paulie |
1980 | Played Peter Miller, the resourceful son of Angie Dickinson, in Brian De Palma's thriller, "Dressed to Kill" |
1986 | Co-produced, co-wrote screenplay (with director Mark Romanek) and starred in "Static" |
1988 | Made feature debut as writer-director with "The Chocolate War" |
1992 | Wrote and directed second feature, "A Midnight Clear" |
1996 | Helmed "Mother Night"; also produced |
1999 | Produced and directed "Waking the Dead"; also penned the screenplay but lost an arbitration with the Writers Guild which assigned it to the first screenwriter on the project |
