Born in Quebec, Canada

Alternated living in Princeton, New Jersey, and Bethesda, Maryland,

Moved to Vancouver with his family at age 11 (date approximate)

Lived for 13 months in Switzerland with family; graduated high school and began pursuing career as professional skier

Injured his knee; abandoned career as skier

Was as a singer/guitarist with a Canadian rock band

Made professional debut as performer on stage in Vancouver in "Scapino"

Had leading role in the stage musical "Cruel Tears"

Appeared as a life-size puppet in friend Norman Foote's stage shows for children

Feature acting debut, "Bear Island"

Acted in Vancouver production of "Bent"

Appeared in "First Blood"; role was whittled down in the editing from a moderate speaking part to essentially a walk-on

Last stage appearance for a decade "A State of Grace"

Moved to Los Angeles after being cast in the pilot of the HBO series "The Hitchhiker"

TV series debut as regular, "Legmen" (NBC)

Joined cast of NBC medical series "St. Elsewhere" as Dr Seth Griffin

Starred in USA Network movie, "Spy"

Played Pierce Lawton on "Knots Landing" (CBS)

After ten years, returned to the stage in Los Angeles production of "Deconstructing Romance"

Starred in Atom Egoyan's feature "Exotica"

Played lead in the short-lived Fox sitcom "Hardball"

Played Thomas Veil, the "Nowhere Man" (UPN)

Cast in the short-lived NBC drama "Sleepwalkers"

Reteamed with Atom Egoyan for "The Sweet Hereafter"

Undertook villainous role in "Disturbing Behavior"

Co-starred as Ashley Judd's nefarious husband in the hit "Double Jeopardy"

Cast as a National Security Advisor in "Rules of Engagement"

Portrayed President John F Kennedy in "Thirteen Days"

Again collaborated with Egoyan on "Ararat"

Played leading role in the thriller "Below"

Co-starred with Madonna in the Guy Ritchie feature "Swept Away"

Cast in writer-director Ron Shelton's detective thriller "Hollywood Homicide" starring Harrison Ford

Starred in the FX original movie "Meltdown"

Cast in "Being Julia," based on the novel "Theatre," by W. Somerset Maugham

Co-starred with Denzel Washington in director Tony Scott's, "DéjÀ Vu"

Cast as the patriarch of a surfing family in the HBO series, "John From Cincinnati"

Co-starred in Todd Haynes' film, "I'm Not There" a film reflecting the life of musician Bob Dylan