Grew up in Houston, Texas and Kansas City, Missouri

Got started in theater as set designer and builder when a teenager

Played role of Sam Cranshaw on the daytime drama "Edge of Night" (CBS)

Stage debut, "Of the Fields, Lately"

Film debut, "Bad Timing"

London stage debut, "Sweet Bird of Youth"

Major film debut, John Sayles' "Matewan"

Primetime TV series debut, "The Equalizer" (CBS)

TV-movie debut in "Eugene O'Neill: Journey into Genius" (PBS)

Appeared as July Johnson in "Lonesome Dove" (CBS)

Co-starred in Sayles' "City of Hope"

Reprised role of July Johnson in sequel "Return to Lonsome Dove"

Played Sheriff Sam Deeds in Sayles' "Lone Star"

Co-starred with David Schwimmer in the HBO movie "Breast Men"

Played Robert Redford's brother in "The Horse Whisperer"

Delivered a strong turn as the coal miner father of a boy with aspirations to work for NASA in "October Sky"

Offered a fine turn as a martinet military man in Sam Mendes' "American Beauty"

Portrayed a former comrade of Mel Gibson's in the Revolutionary War drama "The Patriot"

Cast as Lt. Gerke in the Farrelly Brothers comedy "Me, Myself and Irene"

Seen as shadowy espionage orchestrator Konklin in the remake of "The Bourne Identity"

Delivered a compelling performance as orchid thief John Larouche in the offbeat film "Adaptation"; earned BAFTA and SAG nominations for Best Supporting Actor

Co-strarred in the war mini-series "My House in Umbria"; received an Emmy nomination for Supporting Actor

Cast in the Gary Ross directed "Seabiscuit"; received a SAG nomination for best supporting actor

Starred in John Sayles' political satire "Silver City"

Joined the cast of John Patrick Shanley's play, "Chain of Command"

Re-teamed with director Sam Mendes for "Jarhead"

Co-starred with George Clooney and Matt Damon in the geopolitical thriller "Syriana"

Portrayed American traitor Robert Hanssen in the drama, "Breach"

Portrayed a government agent investigating the bombing of an American facility in Saudi Arabia in Peter Berg's "The Kingdom"

Co-starred in the 1950's drama, "Married Life"