Goes by his middle name, Stokes, to family and friends.
His father was an engineer with the Navy and the family spent time in the Philippines and Guam before settling in San Diego.
Went to high school with Annette Bening.
Worked with San Diego's Old Globe Theatre, the Junior Theater and the Civic Light Opera.
Met his wife, Allyson Tucker, when they were both cast in the 1990 Broadway production of Oh, Kay!
Took a seven year break from Broadway after his son was born in 2003.
Released his self-titled debut album in 2006.
Before being cast as one of her dads on Glee, worked with Lea Michele when she was 8 in a Toronto production of Ragtime and again in the 2008 Hollywood Bowl production of Les Miserables.
