Was a classmate of actors Patricia Clarkson and Chris Noth at the Yale University School of Drama
Won an Obie Award for his performance in the 1986 play Not About Heroes
Made his big-screen debut in the 1987 comedy smash Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Received an Independent Spirit Award for his role as a pedophile in Todd Solondz's controversial Happiness (1998)
An award-winning narrator of audio books, his work includes John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, Tom Wolfe's I Am Charlotte Simmons, Michael Crichton's Next and Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
In 2012, joined the cast of Political Animals, a cable drama focusing on the lives of a former first family; he took on the role of a U
S
vice president
Calls his ongoing gig as a book narrator an "actor's dream" that mixes his interests in writing and storytelling
Awards
2014Emmy-Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series:nominated
1999Independent Spirit Awards-Best Male Lead:nominated