| Appeared in a number of chorus roles and small parts before enrolling at Juilliard |
| Appeared on Broadway in John Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation" |
| Born in North Carolina |
| Debut as a series regular, "Going to Extremes", an ABC medical comedy-drama filmed in Jamaica, West Indies |
| Did guest shot as a cadet squad leader in "The First Duty", a memorable episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" |
| Left "Six Degrees..." after one year when cast by then-producer Stanley Jaffe to star in the feature "School Ties"; lost role to Brendan Fraser when Jaffe became president of Paramount |
| Moved to NYC after high school |
| Played Lt. Tom Paris on "Star Trek: Voyager" (UPN); also directed episodes "Sacred Ground" and "Unity" (both 1996) and "Someone to Watch Over Me" (1998) |
| Raised in Washington, DC |
| Settled with family in Atlanta, Georgia |
| With wife Carol, founded Real Play Productions, an organization devoted to providing inner-city school children with creative ways of dealing with their problems |
1985 | After studying for two years at Juilliard, cast as teen romantic lead Charlie Brent on the ABC daytime soap "All My Children"; received Daytime Emmy nomination for the role |
1985 | Produced and starred in the NYC premiere of Sam Shepard's "The Four-H Club" |
1987 | Feature acting debut, "Masters of the Universe" |
1988 | Appeared in the Off-Broadway play "Palace of Amateurs" |
1988 | Featured as Jack (as in Jack and the beanstalk) in the national touring company of "Into the Woods", Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical |
1989 | TV-movie debut, "Mothers, Daughters and Lovers"; also an unsold pilot |
1990 | First TV special, "Flour Babies" on "CBS Schoolbreak Specials" |
1990 | TV miniseries debut, "Jackie Collins' 'Lucky/Chances'" |
1992 | Played a recurring role on "Homefront", a primetime ABC serial set during WWII |
1997 | Co-wrote, produced and directed the short "The Battery", starring Ethan Phillips and Joshua Jackson |
1999 | Helmed an episode of "The Journey of Allen Strange" (Nickelodeon) |
1999 | Shot second shory "9mm of Love" |
