Made his TV acting debut in 1995 in a short-lived series for CBS called New York News
Breakthrough film role came in David O'Russell's Flirting With Disaster (1996), opposite Alan Alda and Lily Tomlin
In 2001, was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award (which recognizes achievement in off-Broadway productions) for Outstanding Lead Actor for his turn in Kenneth Lonergan's play Lobby Hero