- 2006: Reteamed with director David Lynch to star in "Inland Empire"
- 2006: Cast as Roman Grant, the prophet of the Juniper Creek compound in the HBO series, "Big Love"
- 2005: Appeared in "The Wendell Baker Story" for Andrew and Luke Wilson
- 2001: Played opposite Jack Nicholson in "The Pledge" for director Sean Penn
- 1999: Cast in "The Green Mile" for director Frank Darabont
- 1998: Appeared in the feature adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" for Terry Gilliam
- 1996: Co-starred in ABC miniseries "Larry McMurtry's 'Dead Man's Walk'"
- 1992: Starred David Lynch's "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me"
- 1990: Played a soft-hearted, but ill-fated, private investigator in David Lynch's "Wild at Heart"
- 1988: Played Saul (Paul) in "The Last Temptation of Christ"
- 1986: Played Molly Ringwald's father in "Pretty in Pink"
- 1984: Had first screen lead in "Paris, Texas" directed by Wim Wenders
- 1984: Cast in the quirky cult film "Repo Man," by indie director Alex Cox
- 1979: Made TV-movie debut in "Flatbed Annie & Sweetpie: Lady Truckers"
- 1979: Cast in Ridley Scott's sci-fi thriller, "Alien"
- 1974: Cast in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather, Part II," as an FBI agent protecting Michael V Gazzo
- 1967: Played a convict who sings gospel tunes to Paul Newman in "Cool Hand Luke"
- 1966: Made unsold CBS pilot
- 1958: Played villain opposite Alan Ladd in "The Proud Rebel"
- 1957: Moved to Hollywood and made screen debut in "Tomahawk Trail"
- Decided to pursue acting career after starring in college production of "Pygmalion"
- Moved to New York; joined Strawbridge Children's Theatre
- Roomed with Jack Nicholson in the late 1960s
- Joined the American Male Chorus
- Served in the Navy during WWII
- Raised in Kentucky
- Moved to Pasadena, CA, to study acting




