- 2009: Directed the musical-romantic comedy, "Bandslam"
- 1995: Had featured role in "Strange Days"
- 1993: Co-produced and wrote the screenplay for the Hollywood remake of "The Vanishing"
- 1992: First produced screenplay, "Used People"
- 1991: First screenplay, "Fly By Night"; developed at the Sundance Institute; film released in 1993
- 1988: Debut as a playwright with "The Grandma Plays"
- 1987: Played major supporting role in "Five Corners"
- 1984: Film acting debut, "Not Quite Jerusalem"
- 1983: Broadway debut, "Baby"; received Tony nomination as Featured Actor in a Musical
- 1983: Off-Broadway debut, "American Passion"
- 1979: Stage debut, "The City Suite"
- 1975: Appeared regularly as one of the Short Circuits on the PBS series "The Electric Company"
- 1968: Voiced character of Choo Choo Charlie in TV commercials for Good 'N' Plenty
- Raised in the Bellerose section of Queens, New York




