- 2009: Portrayed Paul Child, Julia Child's (played by Meryl Streep) husband, in Nora Ephron's "Julie & Julia"
- 2008: Played Mr. Berk in the family film, "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl"
- 2007: Had a recurring role as the new hospital chief on NBC's medical drama "ER"; earned an Emmy nomination for Guest Actor in a drama Series
- 2006: Won an Emmy for his guest-starring role on the USA series, "Monk"
- 2006: Played Detective Brikowski opposite Josh Hartnett in the thriller, "Lucky Number Slevin"
- 2006: Co-starred opposite Meryl Streep in the "Devil Wears Prada" playing a fashion editor
- 2005: Voiced Herb Copperbottom in the animated feature "Robots"
- 2004: Portrayed Stanley Kubrick in the HBO movie "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers"
- 2004: Cast opposite Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg's "The Terminal"
- 2002: Played real-life Chicago mobster Frank Nitti in "The Road to Perdition"
- 2002: Cast as Ralph Fiennes' anxious campaign manager in "Maid in Manhattan"
- 2002: Cast in the role of Johnny in the revival of Terrence McNally's "Frankie and Johnny"; earned Tony nomination
- 2001: Portrayed Adolph Eichmann in the HBO drama "Conspiracy"; received Emmy nomination
- 2001: Cast as a studio executive in "America's Sweethearts"
- 2001: Co-starred in "Sidewalks of New York" as a philanderer
- 2000: Produced and directed third feature "Joe Gould's Secret"; also co-starred with Ian Holm
- 2000: Co-starred in the TNT series "Bull"
- 1999: Portrayed Puck in "William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream"
- 1998: Starred in the HBO biopic "Winchell"; received Emmy Award
- 1998: Solo feature writing and directing debut, "The Impostors"
- 1996: Signed two-year deal with Rysher Entertainment to write, direct and produce through his company, First Cold Press Prods.
- 1995: Made feature directorial debut (as co-director with Campbell Scott) and feature screenwriting debut (as co-writer with his cousin Joseph Tropiano) with "Big Night"
- 1995: Cast as Richard Cross in Steven Bochco's courtroom drama "Murder One" (ABC); earned Emmy nomination
- 1993: Appeared as an Arab assassin in "The Pelican Brief"
- 1992: Featured as the dogcatcher Vernon in the family comedy "Beethoven"
- 1991: Had a recurring role as a police detective in ABC's "Equal Justice"
- 1991: Portrayed Lucky Luciano in Robert Benton's "Billy Bathgate"
- 1990: Played recurring role of ad agency owner in NBC's "thirtysomething"
- 1988: Had recurring role of predatory gangster Enrico 'Rick' Pinzolo in "Wiseguy" (CBS)
- 1987: TV debut, "Crime Story"
- 1987: Appeared in two episodes of "Miami Vice" (NBC) as mob chief Frank Mosca
- 1985: Feature debut, "Prizzi's Honor"
- 1982: Made stage debut in "The Queen and the Rebels"
- Raised in Katonah, New York
- Cast as George Harvey in Peter Jackson's adaptation of "The Lovely Bones" (lensed 2008)




