2012 | Reprised "Knocked Up" role in "This Is 40," co-starring Leslie Mann and directed by Apatow |
2012 | Played Logan Lerman's English teacher in feature adaptation of "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," written and directed by the novel's author Stephen Chbosky |
2012 | Co-starred with Jennifer Aniston as a married couple who try to escape modern society in "Wanderlust"; also produced |
2011 | Played the title role in the comedy "Our Idiot Brother" |
2010 | Co-starred with Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson and Jack Nicholson in James L. Brooks' "How Do You Know" |
2010 | Co-starred opposite Steve Carell in the comedy "Dinner for Schmucks" |
2009 | Voiced Reese Witherspoon's fiancé in the computer-animated 3-D feature "Monsters vs. Aliens" |
2009 | Co-starred with Jason Segel in the comedy "I Love You, Man" |
2008 | Co-wrote (with David Wain) the comedy feature "Role Models"; also co-starred with Seann William Scott |
2008 | Played a supporting role in the Apatow produced comedy "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" |
2007 | Starred as Katherine Heigl's brother-in-law in the Judd Apatow directed "Knocked Up" |
2006 | Joined Bradley Cooper and Julia Roberts in the Broadway production of Richard Greenberg's "Three Days of Rain" |
2005 | Cast as Steve Carell's buddy in Judd Apatow's "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" |
2004 | Portrayed journalist Brian Fantana in the comedy "Anchorman" with Will Ferrell |
2003 | Starred in "House Hunting" with Zooey Deschanel and Felicity Huffman, written and directed by Amy Lippman |
2003 | Reprised role of Adam in the film adaptation of Neil LaBute's "The Shape of Things" |
2002 | Played the recurring role of Mike Hannigan, the boyfriend and later husband of Lisa Kudrow's Phoebe Buffay on "Friends" (NBC) |
2001 | Played Adam in Neil LaBute's London stage production of "The Shape of Things" |
2001 | Portrayed Nick Carraway in the A&E adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" |
2000 | Made London stage debut playing Jamie Tyrone in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" |
2000 | Starred opposite Andie MacDowell in the short "Reaching Normal," written and directed by Anne Heche; screened at Sundance before airing on Showtime |
1999 | Co-starred as WWII pilot Wally Worthington in "The Cider House Rules" |
1999 | Appeared as a recently jilted guy depressed over his love life in the indie comedy "200 Cigarettes" |
1998 | Returned to Broadway stage as Orsino to Helen Hunt's Viola in "Twelfth Night"; production aired on PBS' "Live From Lincoln Center" under the direction of Kirk Browning (August 30) |
1998 | Appeared in first leading role in a mainstream feature as a gay schoolteacher who befriends an unwed pregnant woman (Jennifer Aniston) in "The Object of My Affection," directed by Nicholas Hytner |
1997 | Made Broadway stage debut in Alfred Uhry's "The Last Night of Ballyhoo" |
1997 | Reteamed with Ashley Judd in "The Locusts" |
1996 | Made guest appearance on sitcom adaptation of "Clueless" (ABC) as a date of Cher (Rachel Blanchard) |
1996 | Portrayed glibly preppy Dave Paris in Baz Lurhmann's "William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet" |
1995 | Landed breakthrough screen role in "Clueless" as Josh, the stepbrother and would-be love interest of Alicia Silverstone's Beverly Hills socialite Cher Horowitz |
1995 | Cast in feature film debut "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" (filmed before "Clueless," but released after) |
1994 | Co-starred on short-lived Fox sitcom "Wild Oats" |
1993 | Made TV miniseries debut in "The Fire Next Time" (CBS) |
1992 | Made TV acting debut as Kirby Philby, the husband of Reed Halsey (originated by Ashley Judd and then played by Noelle Parker) on NBC series "Sisters" |
| Raised in Overland Park, KS |