AllMovie

Factsheet

• Turned down an art scholarship to Ohio University.
• Studied to be a monk at the Self-Realization Fellowship Temple in Hollywood, where he worked as a cook and lived for three years before pursuing acting as a career.
• Trained as an actor at the Los Angeles City College Theatre Academy. 
• His role as Steve "Patch" Johnson on Days of Our Lives earned him widespread recognition among television viewers and once ranked him second in the TVQ ratings (Bill Cosby was #1).
• Nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1988 for Days of Our Lives.
• Provided the voice for IKEA for a publicity campaign.
• Has assisted efforts for Haitian relief in the wake of the 2010 earthquake.
• Taking on his 2010 role as businessman Tucker McCall on The Young and the Restless, he told writer Michael Fairman, had him scrambling to learn such terms as "takeover" and "dominant market share."