Biography
He next drunkenly avoided commitment in the coming-of-age drama "Fandango", featuring a then unknown Kevin Costner and Robards' wife-to-be Suzy Amis, before Lewis Gilbert's "Not Quite Jerusalem" (both 1985) saw him play a happy-go-lucky American volunteer for kibbutz life romantically involved with Joanna Pacula. The film adaptation of Jay McInerney's "Bright Lights, Big City" (1988) marked his first association with actor Michael J Fox and …
Career Milestones
2008 | Took over the role of Richard Hannay in the NYC theatrical run of "The 39 Steps" |
2007 | Cast in a recurring role on the CW series "Gossip Girl" as Captain Archibald, Nate's (Chase Crawford) strict father |
2006 | Played the pompous megalomaniac producer of a reality TV program in "Surviving Eden" |
2005 | Co-starred in Henry Jaglom's "Going Shopping" with Victoria Foyt, Lee Grant and Bruce Davison |
2004 | Appeared as White House correspondent, Greg Brock in season five of "The West Wing" (NBC) |
2004 | Played a father that gets critically injured in "Catch that Kid" |
2002 | Received a Tony nomination for his role in Arthur Miller's "The Man Who Had All the Luck" |
2001 | Co-starred as the adoptive father of a robotic child in "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" |
2001 | Acted in the live CBS broadcast of "On Golden Pond" |
2000 | Appeared in the Off-Broadway play "The Altruists" by Nicky Silver |
1999 | Portrayed Mike Riordan in CBS TV-movie "Black and Blue," adapted from the Anna Quindlen novel |
1999 | With Scott Bakula, portrayed the gay neighbors, in "American Beauty" |
1998 | Had a recurring role as Arthur on the ABC sitcom "Spin City" |
1998 | Provided the voice of Henry in "Love from Groud Zero" |
1997 | Contributed the voice of Avraham Aviel to the PBS documentary, "The Trial of Adolph Eichmann" |
1996 | Cast in the TNT movie "The Man Who Captured Eichmann," starring Robert Duvall as Eichmann |
1996 | Joined the ensemble of fine young talent in Ted Demme's "Beautiful Girls" |
1995 | Cast against type as an ambitious, amoral transplant surgeon in "Donor Unknown" (USA) |
1994 | Appeared in Altman's "Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter)"; also co-starring his mother Lauren Bacall |
1994 | Portrayed Harold Ross (founder of The New Yorker) in "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle" |
1993 | Acted opposite then wife, Suzi Amis in "The Ballad of Little Jo" |
1990 | Played regular role of Larry Potter on the first season of the comedy series, "Get a Life!" (FOX) |
1989 | Portrayed Chaplain Kirk in Brian De Palma's "Casualties of War" |
1988 | Cast in the lead role of the journalism teacher Kevin Keegan in the CBS drama series, "TV 101" |
1988 | Only feature to date that featured both he and his father Jason in the cast, "Bright Lights, Big City" |
1985 | Met future wife Suzy Amis while filming "Fandango" |
1983 | TV-movie debut, "Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number" (NBC) |
1982 | Feature film debut, Paul Mazursky's "Tempest" |
1980 | Acting debut in the Off-Broadway production of "Album" |