As an infant, was a "Gerber baby" for the baby-food company in print advertising, and also appeared in TV commercials as a child
Was a teen idol in the 1990s thanks to Camp Nowhere, his film debut in 1994; recurring TV roles in Party of Five and 7th Heaven; and 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) and O (2001), a pair of big-screen updates of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and Othello, respectively
An avid surfer, has competed in celebrity surfing challenges, and has raffled off his talents to give lessons for charity
In 2009, made his stage debut in Erik Patterson's He Asked for It at the Macha Theatre in West Hollywood