Vincent D'Onofrio

Appeared with Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston in "The Break-Up"

Cast in Mike Mills' independet feature "Thumbsucker" as a father whose son attempts to break free from his addiction to his thumb

Starred in the crime thriller "The Salton Sea" as a drug dealer named Pooh Bear

Supported Lisa Kudrow in "Bark"; screened at Sundance

Headlined the cast of NBC's "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"

Played a priest in "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys"; film originally announced for the 2001 Sundance Film Festival but pulled at last minute; premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival

Played 1960s radical Abbie Hoffman in the biopic "Steal This Movie"

Portrayed a man who travels back in time to rescue a woman he has fallen in love with in "Happy Accidents"

Starred as a serial killer in the sci-fi flick "The Cell"

Headlined the cast of the small screen remake of "That Championship Season"

Played one of the titular bank-robbing brothers in "The Newton Boys"

Re-teamed with director Dan Ireland as producer and star of "The Velocity of Gary"

Appeared in a memorable episode of NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Street" as a man pinned under a subway car

Played the evil insect in purloined human skin in summer blockbuster "Men in Black"

Collapsed during a stage performance of Sam Shepard's "Tooth of Crime" reportedly with the flu

Starred opposite Rebecca De Mornay in "The Winner" as a habitual loser who wins big in Las Vegas

Producing debut (also co-starred) "The Whole Wide World"; first collaboration with director Dan Ireland

Provided a genuinely touching moment as Al Franken's brother in the dismal "Stuart Saves His Family"

Cast as Orson Welles in Tim Burton's affectionate biopic of "Ed Wood"

Starred in the touching gay-themed short "Nunzio's Second Cousin" as a tough-talking cop; film later shown as part of the omnibus "Boys Life 2" in 1997

Appeared alongside Lili Taylor in "Household Saints"

Played small but integral role in Robert Altman's "The Player"

Cast as a local handyman in "Dying Young" starring Julia Roberts

Had small role in Oliver Stone's "JFK"

Romanced Lili Taylor in "Mystic Pizza"; also first film with Julia Roberts

Breakthrough role as Gomer Pyle, a pathetic Marine recruit who kills a sadistic drill sergeant before committing suicide, in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket"

Had a small role as Dawson, the owner of Dawson's Garage in the comedy "Adventures in Babysitting"

Broadway debut in "Open Admissions" playing an Italian kid with a speech impediment

Screen acting debut in "The First Turn-On!"

Acted in community theater

Appeared in several NYU student films and worked as a bouncer at rock and dance clubs

Formed producing partnership with Ken Christmas

Joined the American Stanislavski Theater; appeared in "Of Mice and Men" and "Sexual Perversity in Chicago"

Moved to NYC in the late 1970s to pursue acting career

Raised in Hawaii, Colorado and the Hialeah section of Miami, Florida