| Born and raised in Oakland, California |
1990 | Made series debut as a regular on the short-lived "Hull High" (NBC) |
1991 | Played recurring role as Ray Nelson in the ABC drama "Life Goes On" |
1991 | TV-movie debut, "Never Forget" (TNT) |
1991 | With fellow UCLA students formed the Buffalo Nights Theatre Company |
1992 | Feature film debut as Skittery in "Newsies"; also appeared in s "Chaplin" (as Charles Chaplin Jr) and "Forever Young" |
1994 | Played Justin Thompson, boyfriend of Julia (Neve Campbell), on the Fox series "Party of Five"; role made regular for the 1995-1996 season only |
1994 | Won an Emmy Award (over such exalted competition as Alan Alda, Richard Gere, Ian McKellen and Matthew Broderick) for his breakthrough role as an autistic youth in the CBS movie "David's Mother" |
1995 | Cast against type as a bad guy who participates in the rape of Elisabeth Shue in "Leaving Las Vegas" |
1996 | Sold first script "Waking the Magician"; attached to direct |
1998 | Delivered memorable death scene as Kenny in "Hard Rain" |
1998 | Directed first feature, the documentary "Oakland Underground" (still in post-production as of 1999) |
1999 | Choreographed the L.A. stage production "Reefer Madness" |
1999 | Played Heroin Bob, the mohawked best bud of blue-haired Stevo (Matthew Lillard) in "SLC Punk!", a look at the spike-haired rebelliousness of Salt Lake City's punk scene in the mid-1980s |
1999 | Starred as Dr. Peter Hamilton in UPN movie "Life in a Day" |
1999 | Starred as heroin-addicted rocker opposite Portia de Rossi's equally-addicted fashion model in "The Invisibles", a black-and-white indie premiering at the Sundance Film Festival |
2005 | Cast in Showtime's "Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical," the musical comedy adaptation of the classic 1936 anti-marijuana propaganda film |
2006 | Wrote directed and co-starred with Kirk Douglas in "The Illusion" a film based on a french play |
