After college, performed in various stage productions in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Starred in a 1986 production of Macbeth at the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare festival and in a 1988 Circle in the Square revival of A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway (taking over the role of Stanley Kowalski from Aidan Quinn)
Made his film debut in the 1986 Canadian biopic The Boy in Blue
Had recurring roles on Prison Break and CSI: Miami
Received Gemini Award (Canada's version of the Emmys) nominations for roles in the Showtime series Poltergeist: The Legacy and the 1997 TV-movie Dead Silence
Won an Action on Film International Film Festival Half-Life Award in 2009