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milestones
Year
Milestone
1985
Had guest role in a two-part episode of "Highway to Heaven" (NBC)
1987
First recurring role on TV, "My Two Dads" (NBC)
1988
TV-movie debut, "Promised a Miracle" (CBS)
Was a regular on the series "Davis Rules" (ABC)
Had recurring role on the ABC sitcom "The Wonder Years"
1993
Starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom, "Family Album"
1995
Made memorable guest appearances on "The X-Files" (Fox), as a lightning-struck teenager who gets strange powers, and on "Chicago Hope" (CBS), as a skinhead desperate for a heart transplant faced with an organ donation from another race
1996
Had recurring role of Frank Junior, the goofy half-brother of Lisa Kudrow's Phoebe, on the hit NBC sitcom "Friends"
1996
Played the band's drummer who is replaced after an accident in "That Thing You Do!", directed by Tom Hanks
1997
Starred as Jeff, one of the slackers who hang out in the parking lot of a mini-mart, in "subUrbia"
1997
Played supporting role in Kevin Costner's overblown "The Postman"
1998
Appeared opposite Natasha Gregson Wagner as a young couple in the throes of a teen romance in "First Love, Last Rites"
1998
Made cameo appearance in "Some Girls" written by and co-starring his twin sister Marisa
1998
Cast as the unit's medic in Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan", starring Hanks
1999
Starred opposite Juliette Lewis as half of a mentally challenged couple fighting to get married in the drama "The Other Sister"
1999
Narrated Sofia Coppola's debut feature, "The Virgin Suicides"
1999
Co-starred with Omar Epps and Claire Danes in the screen version of the 1960s TV show "The Mod Squad"
2000
Had leading role in "Boiler Room"
2000
Portrayed Nicolas Cage's brother in the remake of "Gone in 60 Seconds"
2000
Cast as a troubled young man who seeks guidance from a local psychic (Cate Blanchett) in "The Gift"
2001
Portrayed journalist Mikal Gilmore, the brother of killer Gary Gilmore, in the HBO drama "Shot in the Heart"
2002
Reteamed with "The Gift" co-star Cate Blanchett in "Heaven", the English-language directorial debut of Tom Tykwer
2003
Had a small role in Sofia Coppola's "Lost In Translation"
2003
Seen in Anthony Minghella's war epic "Cold Mountain"
2004
Cast as Dex Dearborn opposite Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow in "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow"
2004
Starred opposite Dennis Quaid in the remake of the 1965 film "The Flight of the Phoenix", as a group of air crash survivors are stranded in the Mongolian desert with no chance of rescue
2005
Played an ambitious insurance agent opposite Robin Williams and Holly Hunter in the dark comedy "The Big White"
2006
Starred in "10th and Wolf" an indie film based on a story by Bobby Moresco and Chazz Palminteri
2007
Co-starred as an IT wiz and hacker in the thriller, "Perfect Stranger"
2006
Received and Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor for his recurring role as Ralph Mariano, a lifelong friend of Earl's on the NBC comedy, "My Name is Earl"
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