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• Parents were peace/anti-nuclear activists who moved frequently while he was young. As a result, he lived in 30 different places before he turned 13.
• His family did not have a TV until 1984, when they purchased one to watch the Olympics.
• Realized he wanted to become an actor in 1987 when he was mesmerized by Michael Douglas's Oscar-winning portrayal of Gordon Gekko in Wall Street.
• Made film debut in 1993's Alive.
• As an up-and-coming actor, he appeared in a number of off-Broadway shows in New York, including Terrence McNally's controversial drama Corpus Christi in 1998.
• Made his Broadway debut in 2005 in a revival of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.
• Put on 43lbs. for the part of Texas Western coach Don Haskins in Glory Road (2006).
• In 2008, he appeared in an off-Broadway production of Fault Lines, a play directed by David Schwimmer. Portrayed a crime boss opposite James Franco in the drama William Vincent, an independent feature that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2010.