AllMovie

Factsheet

• Growing up, used to accompany his father, an amateur opera singer, to rehearsals at a local church theater.
• Studied acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory in Los Angeles, California.
• Was spotted by an agent while performing with a student theater group.
• A rock climbing accident at age 25 left him paralyzed from the waist down.
• Found new representation after an acclaimed performance in the stage production of "Waiting for Godot" which he starred just six months after his accident.
• In 2000, played Hamlet at the Lillian Theatre in Los Angeles and is considered to be the only actor to have played the character in a wheelchair.