While in college, worked with the Houston Shakespeare Festival

Had bit roles in the TV-movies "The Girls in the Office" and "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders"

Moved to L.A.

TV series debut, "The Chisholms" (CBS)

Appeared as one of the Cleary brothers in the popular ABC miniseries "The Thorn Birds"

Feature film debut "Stewardess School"

Portrayed Dan Fixx on the CBS primetime soap "Falcon Crest"

Co-starred in the CBS miniseries "I'll Take Manhattan"

For one season, co-starred as Marshall Sam Cain on "The Young Riders" (ABC)

Cast as Meg Tilly's husband in "Leaving Normal"

Appeared as the Sundance Kid in the CBS TV-movie "The Gambler V: Playing for Keeps"

Had small role in Lawrence Kasdan's "Wyatt Earp"

Played a Southern cop in the short-lived CBS drama "Orleans"

Had supporting role in the award-winning HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon"

Returned to series TV as the patriarch of a farming family in post-Civil War Kentucky in "Legacy" (UPN)