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• Names Marlon Brando and Peter Sellers as two of his biggest acting influences.
• Has been a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago and David Mamet's Atlantic Theater Company in New York.
• First big-screen appearance was in the 1997 romantic comedy Fools Rush In.
• Made his Broadway debut in 2005, playing Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire.
• Auditioned for the role of detective Jimmy McNulty on HBO's The Wire, but was later cast as longshoreman Frank Sobotka.
• Has been a regular on several other TV series, including Third Watch, Tilt, Smith and True Blood.