- 2006: Cast as Dante, a sensitive singer-songwriter in Bart Freundlich's "Trust the Man"
- 2005: Starred opposite Courteney Cox in the drama "November"; premiered at Sundance
- 2004: Cast in the film "Catch that Kid"
- 2001: Made cameo appearance in "World Traveller", reteaming with director Bart Freundlich; screened at Toronto; shown at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival before its theatrical release
- 2001: Co-starred in "Lovely and Amazing", directed by Nicole Holofcener; also screened at Toronto; released theatrically in 2002
- 2001: Portrayed the slacker owner of a fast food restaurant encouraged by his ambitious wife to kill a rival in "Scotland, PA."; screened at Sundance; released theatrically in 2002
- 2000: Joined cast of "Ally McBeal" (Fox) playing attorney Mark Albert; left after only one season
- 2000: Starred in the Sundance-screened "Drop Back Ten", playing a magazine writer investigating a celebrity; third collaboration with Stacy Cochran
- 2000: Cast as a gay man having doubts about marrying his lover in the Harvey Fierstein penned segment ("Andy & Amos") of "Common Ground" (Showtime)
- 1998: Reteamed with Gus Van Sant to play the car salesman in the director's shot-by-shot remake of "Psycho"
- 1998: Played recurring role on the NBC medical drama "ER" as rival in love to Noah Wyle's Dr Carter
- 1998: Played Will Smith's associate in "Enemy of the State"
- 1997: Co-starred with Julianne Moore in "The Myth of Fingerprints"; first onscreen teaming with Noah Wyle
- 1996: Acted in Cochran's "Boys"
- 1995: Supported Julianne Moore in Todd Haynes' "Safe"
- 1995: Offered an amusing turn as a Brad Pitt-like actor in Tom DiCillo's "Living in Oblivion"
- 1994: Had a tour de force as a man suffering from insomnia in contemporary L.A. in the Sundance-screened "Floundering"
- 1992: Initial collaboration with director Stacy Cochran, "My New Gun"
- 1991: Reteamed with Bigelow on "Point Blank"
- 1989: Had featured role in Gus Van Sant's "Drugstore Cowboy"
- 1988: Debut as a leading man in "Phantasm II"
- 1987: First collaboration with Kathryn Bigelow in "Near Dark"
- 1986: Had featured role in "Solarbabies"
- 1985: TV movie debut, "Kicks"
- 1984: Acting debut in "The Ratings Game", directed by Danny DeVito
- Served an apprenticeship at South Coast Repertory
- Raised in Redlands, California




