Stage debut, "Tennessee U.S.A." at Cumberland County Playhouse, Tennessee

Served in US Army; achieved rank of sergeant

Off-Broadway debut, "Who Am I?"

Broadway debut, "Happy End" with Meryl Streep

Played Juan Peron in Broadway production of "Evita"

Film debut, "Rollover" (Warner Bros.)

TV debut, "Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal" (CBS)

TV series debut, "Comedy Zone" (CBS)

Cast as regular in short-lived ABC medical drama "Hothouse"

Breakthrough film role, the prison warden in "The Shawshank Redemption"

Played Judge Homer Conklin in short-lived CBS series "Courthouse"

Appeared as the prosecuting attorney in "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"

Co-starred opposite Robin Williams in "Patch Adams"

Had featured role in "The Perfect Storm"

Co-starred in the Fox midseason replacement series "Greg the Bunny"

Played California Governor Marino in the short-lived NBC drama "Mister Sterling"

Portrayed President Woodrow Wilson in the HBO original movie "Iron Jawed Angels," based on womens' struggle for the right to vote in America

Guest-starred as Agent Sagamore on three episodes of "Nip/Tuck" (FX)

Cast as Noah Taylor on ABC's "Desperate Housewives"