After graduating from Juilliard, landed small roles in the New York Shakespeare Festival summer productions

Made Broadway debut in David Hare's "Skylight" opposite Michael Gambon

Joined the inaugural company of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in England

Had recurring role as Mark Endicott on the CBS daytime drama "Guiding Light"; his mother acted on the soap in the late 1960s

Cast as a college student on whom a gay high school student develops a crush, in the festival-screened "The Story of a Bad Boy"

Had small role in the film "Plunkett and Macleane" (filmed in 1997)

Portrayed Horatio to Liev Schreiber's "Hamlet" at the Public Theater

Had featured role in the Los Angeles production of "The Poison Tree"

Breakthrough stage role in the Public Theater production of "Kit Marlowe"

Acted in Steve Martin's adaptation of Carl Sternheim's play "The Underpants" at NYC's Classic Stage Company

First worked with director Kathryn Bigelow in "K-19: The Widowmaker"

Co-created the MTV reality show "Fast Inc."

Played Rudy Cooper, the title character's older brother in the first season of "Dexter" (Showtime)

Portrayed John Wilkes Booth in "National Treasure: Book of Secrets"

Re-teamed with director Kathryn Bigelow for the Iraq war thriller "The Hurt Locker" (released theatrically in 2009)

Played opposite Diane Wiest, John Lithgow and Katie Holmes in Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" on Broadway