Raised in Merrick, Long Island, New York

Professional debut at age 17 on the CBS sitcom "My Three Sons"

Film acting debut "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes"

TV-movie debut, "Family Flight" (ABC)

TV series debut as regular, the short-lived CBS sitcom "Roll Out!"

Had a recurring roles on the syndicated series "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman"

Appeared in a recurring role on CBS' "The New Adventures of Wonder Woman"

Played Lt. Greenbean on "Battlestar Galactica" (ABC); reprised role in the feature film version

Breakthrough role as intern, Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the NBC medical drama "St. Elsewhere"; received six consecutive Emmy Award nominations

Cast as one of William Hurt's siblings in Lawrence Kasdan's "The Accidental Tourist"

Played the straying husband in "She-Devil" opposite Meryl Streep and Roseanne

Starred in the short-lived NBC sitcom "Parenthood"

Co-starred with Stockard Channing in "Meet the Applegates"

Appeared on the short-lived NBC primetime soap "Winnetka Road"

Co-starred in the Off-Broadway production of David Mamet's "The Cryptogram"

Returned to series TV in the CBS sitcom "Meego"

Appeared in a recurring role on the WB's "7th Heaven"

Played a hotel manager in the mockumentary "Best in Show"; co-starring and directed by Christopher Guest

Played the recurring role of Hiram Gunderson on HBO's "Six Feet Under"

Re-teamed with director Christopher Guest for the pseudo-documentary about folk music "A Mighty Wind"

Played hospital administrator Dr. Jesse James in Stephen King's thirteen-episode miniseries "Kingdom Hospital" (ABC)

Guest starred in several episodes on FOX's "Arrested Development"

Appeared in the comedy "For Your Consideration"; directed by Guest

Had a recurring guest role in season three of "Veronica Mars" (UPN)

Appeared with wife Rachelle Carson in the reality television series, "Living With Ed" (aired on the Home & Garden Television channel and Discovery's Planet Green channel)

Appeared in the HBO movie "Recount," which profiled the 2000 Presidential Election